Welcome to Minnie Pauz!

I have yet another question..

Another problematic area for me is getting a good nights' rest.. I can usually fall asleep quite nicely but my body awakes about 5 am or so and try as I might, I cannot get back to sleep. I usually get in bed about 11 or 11:30 pm--if I went to bed any earlier (I've tried it) I just lay there and don't fall asleep and I've found 11-11:30 or so is best.

But this 5 am stuff is for the birds and 5-1/2 hours of sleep is simply not enough--I never had this happen until all the other issues started so I'm certain it's perimenopausal related... By early afternoon I'm about ready to fall over from fatigue and add to it when I'm in one of my what I call "fatigue cycles" it gets even worse with the afternoon fatigue which doesn't let up until early evening. Add to it I still have young children at home and the need for feeling rested is very important. I do try and lay down in the afternoon when they have their rest period, but it really doesn't give me the recuperative sleep I need.

I do not wake up due to night sweats, as I have not had any, though I get periodic night-chills without sweats.

So, I was curious to see what others did for this problem, if they have something similar to what I do. Natural remedies would be more preferable.

KayB, read this thread--it's a good one for sleep problems/insomnia.

http://minniepauz.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... t=insomnia

Kay B

I don't have any trouble getting to sleep (usually) it's the staying asleep, but that 5 1/2 hours swould have been heaven for me!! I usually (when I'm suffering) get anywhere from 1/2 hr to 3 hrs of sleep, my record was a month or more of this!!!! I get monkey-mind where things just don't shut down, alot of this had to do with my working conditions and lately I've been sleeping pretty well (only one night in the past couple of weeks!!! yeah!!). My Dr. gave me scripts for Ambien CR which I promptly tossed when a patient came in and told us about neing caught driving a few times while on it (asleep!!) by her policeman neighbor! and then hearing the stuff in the news, no thanks I'd rather be awake (well ok mostly), she also gave me a small dose of Lexapro (antdepressant) of course I was depressed I WASN'T SLEEPING!!!! and I took them when necessary but haven't for awhile. I've been sleeping pretty well lately, we even wnet and got new sheets (yummy!!! soooffft ones) and they make a difference in the quality of sleep. (I'll take it!!) I'd say talk with your doc, but peri is a time for sleep stuff to come up. I've found it's better to not stay in bed not only does that irritate my DH but I still don't sleep sooo get up and do something!
Hugs Pam