Type of bed...?

jcg619 · Post by **jcg619** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:27 pm

Has anyone found that type of bed makes a difference regarding apneas?

(Firm vs. soft...memory foam vs. standard...etc.)

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 6:56 pm

A bed that allows you to have your head higher than the rest of you has been shown as beneficial.

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:04 pm

This isn't really an answer to your question - Peter answered it more directly....but, I've often thought that a person's mattress might have something to do with continued "tiredness" even after getting apneas under control with cpap. Just stands to reason that if an old mattress is making us uncomfortable and causing micro arousals, we'd still be tired in the morning, even with good cpap therapy.

I don't think the type of mattress would actually have anything to do with preventing apneas. Sleeping on one's side instead of on one's back could reduce them some. And as Peter said, sleeping more upright with the head of the bed elevated could reduce them.

seamaiden · Post by **seamaiden** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 12:58 pm

Rested Gal I couldn't agree with you more. During my first consult with the sleep doc, she asked if I was sleeping on a good mattress. I said yes, but realized after that it was indeed a very old firm coiled mattress. I ended up going over to a latex mattress and couldn't believe the difference. Latex relieves all the pressure points and reduced all the tossing and turning I was experiencing just from being on the spent mattress (all of which I had just attributed to being a poor sleeper). Then I added the cpap, and have really turned things around. We have enough trouble with restorative sleep as it is, do make sure that you are on the best possible sleeping surface.