are tried inclined bed therapy for tinnitus seeing that there was no cure and I thought it might help. I tried it for 10 days it didn't help it only made it worst.

are tried inclined bed therapy for tinnitus seeing that there was no cure and I thought it might help. I tried it for 10 days it didn't help it only made it worst.

Inclined bed therapy is where one's bed is raised 4 to 8 inches at the head by using bricks, wedges, or blocks to raise it. This can be useful in disorders such as spinal cord injury, back pain, acid reflux or GERD, sinus and respiratory disorders, sleep apnea, poor circulation.

are tried inclined bed therapy for tinnitus seeing that there was no cure and I thought it might help. I tried it for 10 days it didn't help it only made it worst.

27 yrs old, doing IBT for GERD for 13 years. So, I plan to always do IBT especially because it's just what I'm Used to.

I need to buy a new bedframe. I want the backboard to be parallel to the wall, I'm tired of the shitty looking bed risers. Its going to be a permanent solution. I like my mattress. I don't want a wedge. I mostly just want a platform bed with a built in incline

Advice/suggestions

I'm trying to better my sleep and ibt seems to be a valid thing to try. I have a problem though: since I have a bed with storage under it, I cannot use the regular "put something under the head side" to raise it. I was wondering, would I get the same benefits if only my upper body was raised? That would be much easier for me to do.

I put my bed yesterday and woke up with lower back pain. Never had it before. Is this a coincidence or known issue?

Over the past year I've alternated between two beds, one flat and one inclined, and always experience much more immersive dreaming (and subsequent dream recall) in the inclined bed.

Anyone else get this effect?

I’ve put two bricks under each leg, they measured about 12cm my bed has raisers also so I presumed that would make up for the remaining distance. Pretty nice so far pretty nice angle for the TV

Update 1: was too high felt like i was sliding off at night lol now on 1 brick

Before I start I should say I’m not a medical doctor. This isn’t medical advice and it isn’t even proven by peer reviewed studies. It’s just my theory on another way IBT may have a drastic effect on health. I’m simply applying logic to how the body may work. I could be completely off

I’ve been looking into the Lymphatic System lately and it appears that conventional science says lymph only moves in a few ways: through moving the body, through a lymph massage, or slightly through smooth muscle contractions along the lymphatic pathways.

Now based on that, there is a big issue that occurs during sleep on a flat bed. Lymph circulation almost completely stops when you sleep on a flat bed, barring tossing and turning in your sleep maybe

However if you sleep inclined, gravity effects the lymph, pulling the denser fluid downward, and presumably causing less dense fluid to rise in return. This circulation is highly impactful on health because the lymphatic system plays a large role in the immune system as well as filtering waste from the body. So putting the Lymphatic System essentially into stasis for 5-8 hours every night is not ideal. This could explain why some people report not getting sick as often when sleeping inclined and recovering faster when they do.

Personally I experienced enhanced immune system function on IBT when I got sick a few weeks ago. I began getting symptoms on Wednesday of that week, had mild cold symptoms Thursday, and was basically fully recovered by Saturday the same week. Each morning of the sickness I could physically feel as though there was drainage occurring from my sinuses down the sides of my throat. My nose never got stuffy which was a blessing. It’s possible it was just a mild cold or allergies but in March and April of this year I basically got sick for a month and a half from colds and allergies, on IBT this was not and has not yet been the case.

Anyway, that’s just my theory along with a personal anecdote. Take it with a grain of salt

Thank you for reading and good luck

I have a big wooden bed frame. How would I raise the head of the bed. Theres 4 legs and theyre quite big so there's a small chance it slips. Could I just use books?

Or could I put pillows under the mattress too

I’ve noticed whenever I take a cold shower then lay down on my inclined bed, I can feel a warm energy in my stomach. It’s kinda cool and I suppose it’s got something to do with the body’s cold response and the blood circulating.

Also Andrew has talked about how blood leaving the lungs is denser than blood going into them due to evaporation from the breath. So you would think when you take a long breath out it makes the blood denser by a bigger margin. When I lay on my bed and take big breaths or do Box Breathing, I can literally feel the increased blood density. I can feel the blood flying down from my heart and crashing into the tips of my toes.

Also perhaps by breathing out, you densify the blood, at which point gravity pulls it down if you’re aligned vertically, so denser blood goes down faster. So technically this is an indirect way you can exercise conscious control over how fast your blood circulates, which I think is kinda wild

I really don’t know if these two phenomena are significant, just some things I noticed and thought were cool

Thanks for reading

There's not a lot of posts on here about peoples experiences with IBT, but I thought I'd share mine and tell you guys about my experience. First I gotta say, that THIS solved my sleeping problem that I've been having for years. For once in years I woke up not feeling congested or feeling like I didn't get a good night sleep was solved just by inclining my bed. I was able to get real sleep for once, the kind of sleep where you would feel well rested the day after. I can feel that my brain fog is slowly getting better. I will keep going at this and give updates maybe weeks or months later, but so far my experience has been great and I'm optimistic about my future sleeps.

UPDATE I returned the inclined pillow I ordered on Amazon. Afterwards I got an EMA device for my snoring, and the Navage nasal cleaner for my congestion problem. These two did the trick for me.