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Hello reddit, I have severe scoliosis in my spine, have lived with it for a quite a while (i've had it probably since I was born but they didnt catch it until probably almost middle school or maybe even when I was in middle school). My spine is curved left to right as well as front to back so it actually pretty painful, I mean I have my good days and bad days but im never just plain old normal. I read my x-ray chart notes and it said something about 45 degree curve (probably left to right) and I think the the other curve is 30 or 35 degrees, its in about the middle of my spine.

Sleeping is the absolute worst, I can only sleep about 2 to 3 hours on a given surface. I start my sleep for the night in our bed and then I wake up about 2 or 3 hours later in extreme pain and then I have to go sleep on the couch, sometimes its so bad I cant go back to sleep.  Lately it's been so bad I have to put deep heat or bengey on my back and then I am able to get a little more sleep. 

I dont take any pain pills either, I dont believe in adding a pain pill addiction onto my back condition so I only take extra strength excedrins or maybe a muscle relaxor if im pretty sleep deprived. 

I've tried sleeping with pillows under me in various places and various sleeping positions but nothing seems to work, so if I take a vacation somewhere I am only able to get a few hours of sleep because there usually isnt a couch to move to and it really ruins everything for me. 

I was wondering if there is anyone out there that has scoliosis or serious back pain and has found some way of dealing with sleep. My doctor said i could try physical therapy exercises and I have tried some but it doesnt seem to help and i've talked to people who did surgery and they said it is actually worse now and that I should avoid it all costs which I always knew anyway.

So is there anyone else out there??
<bot>: i have severe back pain when I sleep so it is very hard to ever feel rested and I am hoping someone out there has figured out some kind of relief.