Bed Pillow feedback

[Sviets]

Love this site! New CPAP user and I am getting such great ideas and tips from everyone.

I am using a nasal pillow mask (back and side sleeper) and would like to know if anyone here uses a CPAP bed pillow.
I'm considering the C Max bed pillow.

I'd love to hear your advice.

Thanks!

[JimP]

I started to get one of those specialty cpap pillow but changed my mind as I found that to keep my head and shoulders aligned, I'm using a pretty flat pillow anyway. I too am a side sleeper. I probably have 4 different kinds of pillows and found the one that gave me just enough elevation to keep everything aligned.

[grayghost4]

this is the best pillow that I have found :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I0Y ... ge_o08_s00

there are several threads with reviews here

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=108688&p=1036280&hi ... w#p1036280

[Sheriff Buford]

I used a Contour pillow several years back. It was great. It is a memory foam pillow, so it is a little hard. It has a ledge for your neck. My daughter took it to Kansas City when she got married and moved there. I then bought a buckwheat pillow. It is very hard and I really never could overcome how hard it was. It is great for shaping the pillow to accommodate the mask. It is a very popular pillow here. I finally bought another Contour pillow and I extremely satisfied with it. Memory foam pillows and beds can be very hard to get used to, but when you do.... you'll never go back to anything else.

Sheriff

[OkyDoky]

this is the best pillow that I have found :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I0Y ... ge_o08_s00

there are several threads with reviews here

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=108688&p=1036280&hi ... w#p1036280

This buckwheat pillow is firmer than I was using and I had my doubts I could sleep with it, but it cut way back on my tossing and turning. You do have to remove fill and customize the pillow for you. I think I removed and saved for later about half of the filling. I was sleeping only on my stomach before but with this pillow I fall asleep on my side and before I know it, it is morning.

[Michelle-OH]

I used a Contour pillow several years back. It was great. It is a memory foam pillow, so it is a little hard. It has a ledge for your neck. My daughter took it to Kansas City when she got married and moved there. I then bought a buckwheat pillow. It is very hard and I really never could overcome how hard it was. It is great for shaping the pillow to accommodate the mask. It is a very popular pillow here. I finally bought another Contour pillow and I extremely satisfied with it. Memory foam pillows and beds can be very hard to get used to, but when you do.... you'll never go back to anything else.

Sheriff

I have used a memory foam with neck support for probably 25+ years and will never use anything else. No problem sleeping on it with my nasal pillows. Tried a buckwheat about a yr. ago, didn't work for me either.

[chunkyfrog]

For years, I used a soft fiber bed pillow, but I have learned better.
I found the regular buckwheat pillow too hard for me, but the one in my signature is awesome!
The fill is a combination of buckwheat hulls and shredded foam.

[OKCSleepDoc]

For years, I used a soft fiber bed pillow, but I have learned better.
I found the regular buckwheat pillow too hard for me, but the one in my signature is awesome!
The fill is a combination of buckwheat hulls and shredded foam.

the problem with buckwheat is that you can develop light sensitivity, called "fagopyrism", can result from the fagopyrin in buckwheat. The symptoms are a rash on exposure to sunlight. beware!

[chunkyfrog]

Having already survived one kind of cancer, I have no interest in competitive tanning.
Uh, I just looked it up. You have to INGEST the buckwheat.
Good one! You got me for a minute.
My in-laws ate the stuff, but I'm not too keen on it.
Rye, anyone? Ergot might be interesting.

[OkyDoky]

Also maybe we didn't explain they are made out of clean buckwheat hulls not the grain.