I wake up every two hours. What do you take to sleep?

[Anonymous]

Ashwaghanda- I've take it in pill form.

[Anonymous]

I do chamomile tea or Nighty Night Extra tea with valerian to get 7-8 hours of sleep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HRT

Not OP here: I’ve been on HRT for 2 months now and am still waking up a lot. I thought it would be life changing but I am very disappointed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HRT

Not OP here: I’ve been on HRT for 2 months now and am still waking up a lot. I thought it would be life changing but I am very disappointed

Give it a little more time. I don’t think I saw results until 5 months or so.

[Anonymous]

My doctor, who manages my HRT, suggested I take the progesterone at night. This works well, and I sleep through the night every night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HRT

Not OP here: I’ve been on HRT for 2 months now and am still waking up a lot. I thought it would be life changing but I am very disappointed

What kind are you on?

I use the estrogen patch and take progesterone as a pill before bed. If you are taking a combo pill or not taking progesterone at night before bed, then that might be why you can't sleep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Prescription zolpidem 5 mg. Also I went on a diet and eat/drink a lot less, and pee much less often now.

How do you find someone to prescribe it on a routine basis? I felt so rested when I was taking it but no dr will refill it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Prescription zolpidem 5 mg. Also I went on a diet and eat/drink a lot less, and pee much less often now.

How do you find someone to prescribe it on a routine basis? I felt so rested when I was taking it but no dr will refill it.

I used to have a doctor who routinely gave me a 30-day supply. I only took them a couple days a week and ended up with extra. I go through periods where I have insomnia and then do better. I still have some left from five years ago. I think they still work ok when I take them on occasion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HRT

Not OP here: I’ve been on HRT for 2 months now and am still waking up a lot. I thought it would be life changing but I am very disappointed

What dose are you on? The 100mg progesterone wasn’t enough to help my sleep. I didn’t get a benefit until I increased to 200mg about 3 months in. Now my sleep is great.

[Anonymous]

Try training your bladder and not drinking much after dinner. I used to get up every 2 hours, pee, drink, sleep, repeat. Now I get up at 1 or 2 and don't pee again until 6 or 7. If I wake I do not get up to pee.

[Anonymous]

Accept that it’s totally normal and expected and not something to give any thought at all to.

Sleep is an expectations game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do chamomile tea or Nighty Night Extra tea with valerian to get 7-8 hours of sleep.

that would make me pee a lot in the middle of the night

Not op, but i used to have the same problem. It is partially hormonal. I try not to drink much after 7.30 pm. Otherwise I end up going to the bathroom alot in the middle of the night.

Try the magnesium, and exercise. Being outdoors for a time helps too but I hardly go outside in the summer.

I think that is what is making me depressed. I wfh and despise this weather.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HRT

Not OP here: I’ve been on HRT for 2 months now and am still waking up a lot. I thought it would be life changing but I am very disappointed

Give it a little more time. I don’t think I saw results until 5 months or so.

I didn't take anything, but my noticeable symptoms only lasted about 5 months.

[Anonymous]

Trazodone

Also get checked for sleep apnea

[Anonymous]

Magnesium, Hydroxyzine, and high dose THC gummies.