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RE the sleep issue, hotncmom's doctor gave her excellent advice in terms of beginning to reset the sleep cycle (speaking as a clinical psychologist). Insomnia can develop into a habit when the brain makes an association between being in bed and NOT sleeping. So, instead of going to bed at midnight and lying awake for 3 hours, it's much better to go to bed when you've actually been falling asleep--which might be more like 3 a.m.--so that you're not lying in bed awake. And, if you doing fall asleep right away, it's very, VERY important to get out of bed!!! Again, you want to break that association between being in bed and NOT sleeping--so it's best to get up and do something quiet (such as reading) until you feel sleeping again.
All of the behavioral strategies that hotncmom suggested were excellent as well, especially avoiding blue screens before bedtime (and even better, begin dimming the lights in your house at sundown).
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05-31-16, 12:11 AM | ||
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05-31-16, 07:07 AM | ||
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I went through peri/meno symptoms in late 40's, and lack of sleep, between night sweats (slept on the floor some nights!) and jumping awake at every little noise, was the hardest part. I gained a lot of weight as a result of no energy and raging cravings. Today I'm getting my groove back and losing the weight. I hope it ends soon and you can find relief.
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05-31-16, 07:47 AM | |
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I hesitated to post because I'm sure what I'm saying won't be helpful to you now but when I was going through perimenopause I had the terrible sleep issues and constant cravings that I gave into and my workouts were nil and I gained weight. After menopause is when I was able to lose weight and it was just controlling my eating and random workouts. My sleep still isn't great, I wake up often during the night, but I usually do manage to fall back to sleep but I have an active job and often am tired so that helps. The only reason I say this isn't helpful now is because it took me until I was postmenopausal to get a handle on all this. But at least it might help to know that there is a possible light at the end of the tunnel.
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