 [ Symptoms ] extreme back pain when trying to sleep please help during the day time i have the usual aches and pains as any other overweight 56 year old woman may have i tolerate most of it with little or no assistance  i do take aleeve at times but lately at night i am having severe back pain it is in the middle and comes in waves i bought some ibuprophen pm to take last night might have been a little better but i took it tonight and layed down 30 minutes later extreme back pain why please help [ Disease ] hi could be your bed a too softer bed is no good for us and as you say you way overweight two things you can do is either get out and get a good orthopaedic is best or get a thick board put under you mattress this will firm it up try taken some turmeric twice a day i mix mine with tomato paste and thin down with olive oil if you can add cayenne pepper both are very good at reducing pain mix the two 50 50 to a heat that suits you and your body then slowly week by week up the heat do hope this helps you good luck