Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Husbands and Wives Being Driven Apart by Sleep Disorders

According to a National Sleep Foundation survey, as many as one in every four married couples sleeps in separate bedrooms. The main reason cited for the increasing numbers of couples seeking separate quarters is sleep disorders, especially snoring, which prevents cosleepers from getting a good rest. However, psychologists and doctors caution that this solution is less than ideal.

Psychologists say that although it is important for people to get sleep, simply moving into another room can cause irreparable damage to your relationship. Although sleeping in separate rooms might defuse the tension surrounding snoring or RLS-related disturbance to your partner, it also reduces the amount of bonding you do with him or her. Sleeping in the same bed is important for establishing intimacy which is the foundation of a healthy marriage. Although used as a euphemism for sexual relations (also affected by snoring and sleep apnea), intimacy is a combination of psychological and biochemical mechanisms that help couples to feel close to one another.

And simply moving to another room leaves potentially dangerous conditions untreated. Snoring is often just the most audible symptom of obstructive sleep apnea, which can lead to a number of dangerous health effects. If you truly love your husband or wife, you will not abandon them to gasp and suffer alone, but will help them get treatment, using either CPAP or the more comfortable and less invasive oral appliance therapy.

The best solution to a snoring problem is not to run away, but to seek treatment through sleep medicine. To schedule a snoring relief consultation, contact the Snoring and Sleep Apnea Treatment Center in Gurnee, Illinois, today.

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