Fibromyalgia Support Group

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mizkriz73 12/28/2010

I have been waking up at night or not being able to get into that stage of sleep I need to get into and I have figured out why. My upstairs neighbors get up at 3 am and make so much noise that it wakes me up. I have figured that out last night when I was up. I had the stomach flu for the last few days and I slept a lot during the day but I was up last night.
I would complain but they are our new landlords. I have no idea how to handle it because they are kinda asses.
So I am trying to figure out what to do. with out having to call the company.

deleted_user 12/28/2010

Just say politely, Could you please be a little quieter at 3am the noise comes directly down into our apt and I can hear everything you do and say.

The part where you say you hear what they say might ring a bell and make them quieter Worth a try. Or turn your music up on your radio or TV on.

deleted_user 12/28/2010

I have magnified hearing it seems. I am not sure what to call it but it is just like bright lights are painful to me. Noise is a big problem in an appartment.

Here are a couple of things I have done that help me. I found 34 decibel blocking earplugs online. They work very well for me. They will not block all sound, that would be dangerous, but they block enough that upstairs noise doesn't disturb my sleep.

I also have problems with the very loud bass from music even with the ear plugs when I am awake. I went online again and found bass blasters CD It is white noise in a lower range to neutralize the music from other appartments.

Yes I know it is a pain to have to go to all that trouble just because others are inconsiderate but it is what it is. I will fight for every minute of sleep I can get.

JudyPrudy 12/28/2010

Ear Plugs are great. My hubby wears them because I snore. However, I notice when he wears them, he snores even louder than normal. Guess he can't hear himself as well, either. Ha ha!

I tried a pair of them when we were on a trip where the motel had thin walls, and the people next to us sounded like they were having a party. Put the earplugs in, toned it down so low that I fell to sleep all night, no problem. Easy solution, at least for me, it was. Good luck!

deleted_user 12/28/2010

If you could bring this to the folks attention that are waking you up that would be ok they may not realize how baldy their noise travels through the walls ans affects others.

Those soft foam ear plugs can help to block out a lot of the noise.

Be sure to turn up your alarm as you may not hear it with the plugs in.

deleted_user 12/28/2010

I would just talk to them about it as kindly as you can. They may not know how much noise they are making. The way I see it, if I was disturbing someone I would want to know so I could stop. I would imagine most people are like this.

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