Hi jd,
You are making this much more complex than I am able to follow on a forum and I’m sorry but I don’t think we are on the same page or talking the same “language” and with the information that you’ve provided I don’t have enough clarity to provide any meaningful suggestions.
I’m not looking for just a list of what you’ve tried or haven’t tried or whether they “worked” or “didn’t work” or how far different parts of your body are sinking in or being elevated because these are not the most important descriptors … I’m looking for specific information about how each layering combination changed your experiences and your actual “symptoms” compared to the one before it. Without this specific type of comparative information that is “symptom” related that describes your experiences in terms of how each combination is better or worse relative to the others and the specifics of “how” it is better or worse I have little to go by.
If you are looking at zoning solutions then there is some information in post #11 here and the posts it links to that may be helpful but it can take some trial and error to find the best possible zoning configuration.
For example … with all of your descriptions I’m still not clear about which of the combinations you’ve tried was the best, which was the next best, and which was the third best … and the specific differences between them in terms of your symptoms that explained why you would rate them that way.
I would also keep in mind that I can’t help with medical issues or the complexities that they present because this is something that only a medical professional can help with … all I can do is work with the information you provide about how each layering combination changes your experience compared to the others so I can make an educated guess at possible changes that may help you find the “best possible” solution out of the options you have available … even if it’s less than “perfect”.
Without more clarity based on the information I need then unfortunately it really isn’t possible to help you outside of linking you to posts that may help you identify the types of changes that you think may be helpful for yourself.
If you want to continue this process then I think it would be helpful to take this more slowly and incrementally. Starting at the beginning … if you can take a single post and describe your specific experience on the soft/medium/firm combination and the specific symptoms you experienced and where you felt any pain or discomfort (ie. I felt pain in this part of my body or numbness in this part of my body when I was in this sleeping position etc) without describing “why” you think you were experiencing these specific symptoms (such as how far each part of your body was sinking in) and then compare the symptoms on this combination to your experience on the soft/firm/medium combination that you tried and tell me exactly how each of your specific symptoms changed (got better or worse or stayed the same) relative to the soft/medium/firm then as we go through each combination one at a time I may be able to gain some clarity about how your experience and symptoms changed with each combination.
It may take quite a number of posts to go through all the combinations you’ve tried and to describe your specific experiences and symptoms on each of them but at least this way I may be able to understand your experience well enough to make some meaningful comments or suggestions.
Phoenix