Sleep is essential for health and a peaceful household.

This woman is married to a man with sleep apnea who relies on a noisy CPAP machine.

So now, she’s pushing him to get a new fitting or a sleep study to find out the problem once and for all.

Read the full story below for all the details.

AITA for waking my husband up when his CPAP is whistling

My husband and I have been together for 9 years.

He has sleep apnea, and will snore incredibly loud without his CPAP.

We wake up at the same time in the morning and work the same hours.

I go to sleep at a fairly normal time. He always comes to bed later than I do.

This woman gets woken up by the whistling sound of her husband’s CPAP machine.

Everything is usually fine.

Until recently, his CPAP has been whistling at a frequency that drives me insane.

He’s swapped hoses and masks, but the whistling and hissing persist.

He can adjust his mask to stop the whistling for a short time.

She finds it annoying to be woken up as she couldn’t go back to sleep.

If I’m not already asleep when he comes to bed, I won’t be able to sleep.

If, when he’s coming to bed at 1 to 2 a.m., he wakes me up, I won’t be able to get back to sleep.

Being woken up stinks, obviously.

But I am sleep deprived and groggy and cranky when his mask starts whistling.

I will wake him to adjust it, which makes him cranky. He says he can’t help it.

She and her husband continue to argue about this.

I think he needs to have a sleep study.

This is a constant disagreement.

And honestly, the only disagreement we really have.

The whistling and hissing sound does not bother him.

She wants him to visit the doctor to know the problem once and for all.

AITA for waking him up nightly, when he’s keeping me awake?

I want him to visit the doctor and maybe get a new fitting for his mask.

Or see what’s up with a sleep study.

This can’t be good for his sleep apnea if there isn’t a good seal.

Let’s see how others react to this story.

Sleep is a basic need, says this one.

This person shares their experience in using CPAP.

Here’s a quick and simple assumption.

You can’t continue living like this, says this one.

Finally, short and straightforward.

Sometimes, the smallest noises cause the loudest conflicts.

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