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I seem to be having neuro madness with over-sensitization, nightmares, confusion, anxiety and dizzyness that takes most of the mornings to recover even slightly from...
Does anyone know if sitting up more rather than lying flat makes a neuro difference?
I've noticed that when I lie flat with my head on a pillow that outside as well as the inside of the back of my head hurts. Sometimes sitting propped up is better.
Any tricks to get through this latest of symptoms?
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I go back and forth. I find the best pillow can be natural latex with a mold/dust cover. But I also use cotton (with a cover).
Sometimes being a little more elevated seems to drain the sinuses better and can help with the "fullness."
It is also good for helping keep stomach acids where they belong.
It has never helped me with the nightmares though.
And sometimes my neck and back can not take it. But sometimes flat or propped up doesn't make a difference. It just feels like I am on a rock. A well trained massage therapist may be able to help some with that.
Also, it is harder to move around during sleep if you are up to high. I know I need to constantly move my body.
Something that can help though is if you elevate just the head part of the mattress.
You can put books or blocks of wood under there. That helps elevate you with out the neck issue pillows can cause.
There was a time I had to fall asleep sitting with my back against the head board.
But, what works for one, may not work for another. Try different things and see what helps you.
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If you need to sleep sitting up (seems to help me, but no docs can tell me why... or are even interested), move your bed into the corner of your room and pile pillows up behind you and a couple to the side of you. You can then lean into the wall.
That's the only comfortable way I've been able to find of sleeping in a semi-sitting position. Seems to save my hearing a bit. If I sleep flat, I get dreadful tinnitus and hearing loss.
But wow, would I like to get a proper night's sleep. Not that I'd wish this on anyone, but I'm relieved to find out it's not just me.
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I slept upright in a recliner for a year with a buckwheat pillow rest behind my head and a heating pad on various parts of my body. There was no way I could lay down. It felt like the ocean was in my head trying to get out and the pain was INCREDIBLE. I could actually HEAR the ocean in my ears from all of the head pressure, etc.
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Thank you for validating that this stuff really happens.
Pope - I absolutely need to prop myself up to keep the ear-ringing to a minimum.
Crime - I also have several sizes of buckwheat pillows that I actually heat in the microwave. They are soothing, but I can't always find the right positioning.
Lioness - I like the bed idea of moving it to a corner for extra proppage.... my husband, however, states that the room is not big enough... We already have the headboard propped up on blocks to accommodate the curse of GERD. He's 6' 5" and keeps sliding to the end of the bed!
This head pressure just keeps coming and going. I wish it would just be going, going, gone!
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i have these little squoosh pillows stuffed with tiny "beans" of styrofoam (i think). they are perfect for squooshing around the neck area for the perfect height and also for between my thighs which prevents hip soreness (because of artificial hip). they sell them at abercrombie and finch (sp?) and knock offs at target, etc.
can't live without them for head, neck and hip comfort.
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