Anyone recommend a comfortable mattress? - Fibromyalgia Message Board

rethomson · 07-05-2001, 05:23 PM

Hi - Has anyone with Fibro found a comfortable mattress that will at least let me get a couple of more hours of sleep at a time. My entire family has Fibro - we can actually trace it back in our linage for 4 generations -- amazing how nowbody believes us -- except you of course

Randy

07-05-2001, 11:56 PM

I sure know what not being believed feels like!

As for mattress, I have a king sized which helps with being able to spread out and toss and turn. I also went from firm so moderately firm and am having less hip problems, the mattress conforms with my curves rather than lying more or less on top of a harder surface with no support or give.

We also put the extra money out for a better quality, I spent hours at several stores, lying on them and checking manufacture. For normal people it isn't a big deal, when you are achy and sore all over, your mattress becomes a MAJOR BIG DEAL!!!

Good luck!

freefromfm · 07-06-2001, 07:13 AM

i have a select comfort air bed..pretty good
matress..Make sure you get the thickest pillow top mattress possible or a space age foam mattress like those available at brookstone..good luck

asil · 07-06-2001, 09:27 PM

we have a sealy postropedic that is pretty new about 7 months old and it has been really good i am think about getting one of those foam pillows or one of those things that goes between your knees , anymore my hips just kill me, has anyone tried any of these contraptions? do they really help?

07-06-2001, 10:46 PM

Asil, I have hip problems at night also, we use King sized pillows(King bed too but I digress). I've found that they give me extra kneck support and I also double one over and sleep with it between my legs. Just a regular old pillow.