My DH is a terrible snorer... He has sleep apnoea, even though he didn't fit any of the 'risk' groups for it, but when they did the soft tissue x-rays they found he had a very tiny airway due to a very set back lower jaw, so when he is on his back he has no chance. They said maybe smashing his lower face and reconstructing it along with adonoids & tonsil removal MIGHT help, so it wasn't worth it, and otherwise the splint (mouthguard) or CPAP is the only way to go.

The only true way to diagnose it is to have a sleep study done.

Since he has been on the CPAP (we started with the splint but it was a huge waste of money and did little for him), the results are great. He feels so much better in the mornings, and th snoring is very minimal as long as he keeps the mask on and also wears a chin strap which reduces snoring.

Besides the fact that we are still married and sleep in the same room (thought i would go insane from the snoring & cruddy sleep), (still have seperate beds as i don't liek the air from the cpap blowing at me, but i'm ultra sensitive sleeper), it is so much better for him, both in how he manages, and there are longer term health implications in leaving sleep aponea untreated.

I would recommend seeing a sleep specalists to have an assessment done, i can recommend highly my DH specalist - based at Cabrini Malvern. PM me if you are interested.