Hello everyone, I found this forum whilst trying to find a mattress topper in hopes that it can solve my problems. I have insomnia, lower back pain, and I am fairly heavy (5’9" and 270 pounds). I move a lot when I sleep I tend to sleep on my stomach, but many times switch to my side, and I know I flip many times at night. Usually, if I sleep long enough to not be tired, my back hurts. Most of the time, my back pain wakes me up and then I’m tired.
I have slept in innersprung mattress my whole life and I sleep best on an older sealy I think, which I don’t have any information on the construction other than I know it is an innerspring and has the normal top (Not pillow or any padding, euro, etc.). I’d continue to use that sealy, but that is too small now, so I need a bigger bed.
I have went through 3 mattresses thus far. I got a firm Innersprung, which was too firm for my likes. Then I went to one rated soft, and it was far too soft. I now have a Sleep on Latex 9" version rated at firm. It was too firm, so I added a medium 3" topper. That was still too firm, so I put another 3" soft topper on top of the 3" medium topper. That was too soft - I had a hard time moving around (Sunk in/“stuck” feeling). I tried the soft only and still had that stuck in feeling. Now, I have the too soft innersprung mattress on top of the 9" sleep on latex mattress (The collective mattress is something like 2 feet tall) and of course it is still too soft.
I have slept in a memory foam mattress in a hotel, and by far it was the most uncomfortable I’ve ever slept in.
I’m thinking perhaps since I like the older sealy I have (It’s got to be at least 15 years old) perhaps I like the feeling of the regular old foam they use to make the top layer. So I have been thinking of trying to find a good regular-not-memory-foam topper. I don’t know how thick I should get and what ILD I should get. I did read that you can’t compare the ILD from latex to regular foam. If I were to guess, I’d need something in between the soft and medium sleep-on-latex toppers, but perhaps 3" is too deep? I greatly appreciate any advice! Thank you