I want a comfortable pillow!

[RitaZ.]

I'm so tired of getting up in the morning with pain in my shoulder and neck area. The pillows that I have are too flat, too fluffy, too firm, too soft...

We have so many pillows in our bed, I just want one that is comfortable! I was looking at one of those foam pillows at Target today, I just wonder if they are really comfortable. Anyone have these? Any recommendations?

 

[RNMOM]

Same problem here. I have a lot of trouble with my neck. I feel like Goldielocks with my pillows at night. Truthfully, the most comfortable one I found was my buckwheat hull pillow. It gets hard as a rock when the hulls settle but I never tossed and turned and it stayed where it was put. Unfortunately, I spilled water on it and had to pitch it.

I have the memory foam pillow. I actually have 2. One is shaped like a pillow, one is contoured. That is so you can use the low or high side. It is okay but no better than the others. I still use one ratty bunchy pillow that I can push around till I get another buckwheat one.

 

[Disney Doll]

I bought a Tempurpedic pillow at Bed, Bath & Beyond. It is quite possibly the most comfortable pillow I have ever slept on. It was expensive, about $100, but worth every single penny.

 

[UncleKyle]

Originally posted by Disney Doll
I bought a Tempurpedic pillow at Bed, Bath & Beyond. It is quite possibly the most comfortable pillow I have ever slept on. It was expensive, about $100, but worth every single penny.

I was about to type this very same thing. I got a Tempurpedic off of ebay. (make sure it's tempurpedic, not some knock off) and it is the only thing I cannot live without. I'll take it on trips with me and everywhere. I once left it at my parents house and couldn't get it back for a week, I didn't have a good nights sleep the entire week. They take a while to get used too but I'll never sleep without one for the rest of my life.

 

[Pin Wizard]

Pillows! What a project! LOL! I have two that I LOVE. And two others I hate. The ones I love I bought at Mervyn's a number of years ago now. I can't find anything I'm as happy with. I always try them out in the stores. Good luck, Rita!

 

[leahannpen]

OH I AM SO WITH YOU ON THIS!!!

I am so sick of my neck and upper back being in pain! I have been through so many pillows without finding one I like, it's just nuts. I've recently returned pillows to Walmart, Target and Kohls. They are all so big and "full and fluffy", but I don't want some smooshy pillow that flattens to a pancake either! Ugh.

I have one of those conture pillows...eh, it's okay. I don't use it that often, but I'm thinking of pulling it out again and giving it another go.

I've been drooling over the Tempurpedic beds, maybe I should think about a pillow...Ebay huh? Hmmm.....

 

[HisEllyNelly]

I want to try one of those temperpedic pillows.I wake up with the worst pains in my neck and shoulder. I would love to hear more opinions.

 

[mommytotwo]

I am on the same track with having a sore neck and shoulders in the morning. My husband also complains about pillows, and he actually found one at Bloomingdales, but it costed around $130. We were going to get it but didn't have room to bring it back with us. Wish I wrote down the name and style of it.

 

[UncleKyle]

Just a break down about the tempurpedic. When you first get it, it's hard as a rock. You have to lay your head on it and let your body temperature heat up the pillow. Once you do that, it'll start to soften and conform to your neck and head. I didn't care much for the pillow the first week, in fact I had a hard time sleeping. But after a few weeks I felt like I was on cloud nine. Now after almost 3 years with mine, the thing is like a broken in new car!

 

[VampHeartless]

I never tried just good old feather pillows until I came in the military...now they're the only ones I can stand!!

 

[Lynn CC]

I got my Tempurpedic pillow at Brookstone.
I didn't have any neckaches the whole time I used it.
Unfortunately, it was so comfy someone (a guest at my home) decided to take it for themselves

 

[RitaZ.]

I always try them out in the stores.

Sandy, lol! May I ask how you do this?

Lynn, a guest at your home stole your pillow?

I'm so tired of the aches and pains in my neck that I'm ready to give one of the expensive pillows a try. I'll have to check out the ones at BBB.

Thanks!

 

[stinkerbelle]

I have been using the same pillow every since I upgraded to the "big girl bed"

yes - when I was 3 years old...I've had the same 2 pillows for 24 years. (gosh that makes me sound old)

I took them to college with me, then to my apartment, then to my new home...wouldn't give them up for ANYTHING...seriously the BEST pillow EVER.

It's a foam pillow...never loses it's shape. I don't know WHERE my parents got these 2 pillows...but all I know is I can ONLY sleep well with them.

 

[my3kids]

I take my own everywhere I travel because if not, not only do I not sleep, no one else does either! That's why my DH doesn't complain, or forget to pack it anymore! I tried those shaped temperpedic pillows. HATED it. The only thing that doesn't make my neck ache is a fairly loose goose down. If it is packed full, neck ache. But one without too much down squinches into my neck and keeps me happy.

 

[leahannpen]

Originally posted by my3kids
squinches

LOL, I just had to laugh at "squinches"...

I too tried my pillows out in the store...I made sure noone was looking, then plopped the pillow down and laid down to see how I liked it. I liked it in the store, but once home, forget it! LOL. It's not the same!

 

[grinningghost]

I just found out my horrible neck and upper back pain is due to a couple herniated disks in my cervical spine. I have the pillow issue too. I often end up sleeping with no pillow because I just can't stop the pain with one.

I've been thinking about a Temperpedic too. This is so weird to find this thread today. But I have a question - with the Temperpedic, do you have to sleep on your back for it to work right???