I've been meaning to buy a MyPillow for a while now, but unsure which firmness I should get.
There is the guide, but due to periodic neck issues I often wake up with a headache. Currently I sleep with one of those foam ergonomic pillows with the dip in it, but will sleep with no pillow for a stretch as the neck issue typically lasts for a short time.
Any who, now that I've TMI'd yall, hoping to find out how thin is the Premium/Giza Elegance "least fill", or "medium" for the Classic.
Thanks!
Edit: Not so much the thinness per say, but more how much it compresses when you lay your head down to sleep.
I have neck issues, and suffer from migraines. I would highly suggest not making the change to a MyPillow for your head. If you're using one of those memory foam pillows with the "swoop" in the middle -- that's your best bet. The problem with regular pillows is that the edge under your head and neck compresses, allowing your neck (and chin) to sink towards the mattress unnaturally. This is not the proper position for the cervical spine (despite Mike Lindell's commercial trying to make his pillow sound superior).
The best position for your head, especially if you have neck issues, is for your face to be parallel to the ceiling, with the curve of the back of your neck supported. You might start out that way with a regular pillow, but as the night wears on and you move around, that position changes. The firmness of the edge of the memory foam-type pillow will help hold your head in the correct position.
Hope this helps. Neck pain is no fun!
Well, it's kind of a weird thing. It started about 20 years ago, where back then I always slept with thick if not double pillows. Out of the blue I was waking up with splitting headaches, which never having had migraines I'm guessing they were/are. This would go on for a few days to a week or so, and then I'd be fine for awhile. So over the course of a couple years of this happening periodically, I found out if I slept with a single/thinner pillow I was fine. I've also gone through periods where I have to sleep with no pillow.
While it still occurs occasionally, the headaches aren't nearly as bad now, plus I've discovered Excedrin lol
But my pillow, I sleep on it upside down with the larger lobe between my mattress and the wall with the smaller lobe under my neck. I came across this way during a period of morning headaches and have just stuck with it now.
Otherwise though I don't have any neck issues, and really the only reason I use the swoop pillow is my sister bought it, didn't like it, gave it to me and was thinner than my other pillow which was a thicker memory foam pillow with a gel cushion. Really comfy, but terrible when my neck acted up.
Appreciate the input. probably just stick with what I got for now being I don't particularly need a new pillow ATM. It was fricking Bannon and his WarRoom advertising the latest sale on em lol.