Is your partner's snoring leaving you at your wit's end? Are you forced to sleep on the couch because you snore so loudly? Here are some treatment options, but it's best to consult a medical specialist to find out what's right for you.

Positional therapy
Sleeping on your side or stomach may help reduce snoring. There are a number of devices that may help prevent you from sleeping on your back.

Therapy
Stress affects your breathing, so various methods of stress management may help alleviate snoring. Breathing techniques, for example, can help reduce stress and create a new breathing pattern. Also, hypnotherapy can be used to treat anxiety and depression, both of which may be factors contributing to the snoring. Some people have found success with aromatherapy as well, such as using rose and other relaxing smells.

Quit smoking
You may be allergic to the ingredients in tobacco, which may be a cause of your snoring. Simply being around smoke may be a contributing factor.

Exercise
Exercise can help reduce stress and improve breathing patterns. It's important not only that you exercise, but that you do so in the right conditions to reduce snoring. Exercise in an environment that will not inflame any allergic responses. For example, swimming in a chlorinated pool or jogging in a meadow where you're allergic to the weeds may make the situation worse. For purposes of controlling snoring, gentle exercises like walking are better than more rigorous exercises like hard running.

Weight loss
Obesity is thought to contribute to snoring, so losing weight is frequently recommended as a treatment if you are overweight.

Oral appliances
Devices like a mandibular repositioning appliance or a tongue retaining device work to create a cleaner airway passage. Medical professionals with this expertise can mold, fit and adjust them.

Over-the-counter devices

• Chin strips
  The theory behind chin strips is that if you can keep a person's mouth closed, you can stop the snoring. Some devices go over one's head and under the chin to keep the mouth shut.
  
  
• Oral vestibular shield
  This device, which looks like a small plastic shield, goes in your mouth to keep air from passing through the mouth and to promote breathing through the nose.
  
  
• Nasal dilators
  Athletes often use nasal dilators to breathe more easily and get more oxygen. This same technique, which goes on the nose with an adhesive to open up the nasal passage, can help in snoring.
  
  
• Nasal sprays
  Many have homeopathic ingredients that can help with allergies, and vitamins that can be absorbed to reduce snoring.
  

The theory behind chin strips is that if you can keep a person's mouth closed, you can stop the snoring. Some devices go over one's head and under the chin to keep the mouth shut. This device, which looks like a small plastic shield, goes in your mouth to keep air from passing through the mouth and to promote breathing through the nose. Athletes often use nasal dilators to breathe more easily and get more oxygen. This same technique, which goes on the nose with an adhesive to open up the nasal passage, can help in snoring.Many have homeopathic ingredients that can help with allergies, and vitamins that can be absorbed to reduce snoring.

Medication
There are several medications that may treat snoring, and should be considered with the advice and recommendation of a physician.

Surgery and prosthetic devices
Many people who snore may also suffer from sleep apnea, and should therefore consult a doctor.

Ear plugs
Ear plugs may keep your relationship intact and let you have a restful night's sleep if you're the "victim" of someone else's snoring.