Anonymous wrote:I've always needed 7-8hrs of sleep, but now in perimenopause, even though I'm in bed for at least that long, I wake up often with anxiety and panic attacks and feel like I don't get good quality sleep.

I don't know anyone who sleeps for 5 hours a night, except my husband. For as long as I've known him, he's slept that little, but now he's retired, he takes a nap in the afternoon as well

Probably, your blood sugar is dropping at that time. I got a continuous glucose monitor and I found out that my panic attacks corresponded to drop in blood sugar. Also, since i am not on any blood glucose meds or insulin...the body calmed down and released the sugar needed eventually, but my sleep was disturbed. . So, the one change I made was some simple diet swaps, complex carbs and protein, and having an early dinner.

Anonymous wrote:HRT was the fix for me. Major improvement.

Same. Transdermal plus progesterone. I’m only 49 though.

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Anonymous wrote:HRT + lipitor - I sleep hard.

What does lipitor do for sleep?

For a lot of people it doesn't do anything at all. For a subset of people, including me, Lipitor causes fatigue, and because it's taken at night (apparently you make the most cholesterol at night), for me it seems to have the effect of inducing deep, heavy-dreaming sleep. YMMV.

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Anonymous wrote:I just have never been able to. Most women I talk to, a LOT, don't. Between 4 to 6 hours, max being 5.

If you do, what is your secret?

What do you think is your major impediment?

This:
"Cause every night I lie in bed
The brightest colors fill my head
A million dreams are keeping me awake
I think of what the world could be
A vision of the one I see
A million dreams is all it's gonna take
A million dreams for the world we're gonna make"

And- my bladder.

Hey, at least you're fun!

Yet tired.

Anonymous wrote:HRT + lipitor - I sleep hard.

What does lipitor do for sleep?

Anonymous wrote:I just have never been able to. Most women I talk to, a LOT, don't. Between 4 to 6 hours, max being 5.

If you do, what is your secret?

I am 50, and I do sleep 7-8 hours, from 10 pm to 5;30 or 6 am every single day, sometimes longer on a weekends.

HRT + lipitor - I sleep hard.

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Anonymous wrote:I just have never been able to. Most women I talk to, a LOT, don't. Between 4 to 6 hours, max being 5.

If you do, what is your secret?

What do you think is your major impediment?

This:
"Cause every night I lie in bed
The brightest colors fill my head
A million dreams are keeping me awake
I think of what the world could be
A vision of the one I see
A million dreams is all it's gonna take
A million dreams for the world we're gonna make"

And- my bladder.

Hey, at least you're fun!

Anonymous wrote:HRT was the fix for me. Major improvement.

This. Started HRT and all of a sudden I’m sleeping a solid 8 hours without waking up to go to the bathroom or with sweats etc. It’s been life changing.

Anonymous wrote:age 64, F magnesium glycinate, take it before bed, phosphatidyl serine taken before bed helps also, also exercise every day and getting sunshine

Sleeping 8 hours

I do all that. Nothing changed.

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Anonymous wrote:I just have never been able to. Most women I talk to, a LOT, don't. Between 4 to 6 hours, max being 5.

If you do, what is your secret?

What do you think is your major impediment?

This:
"Cause every night I lie in bed
The brightest colors fill my head
A million dreams are keeping me awake
I think of what the world could be
A vision of the one I see
A million dreams is all it's gonna take
A million dreams for the world we're gonna make"

And- my bladder.

I might get 7 but in chunks. Insomnia. Take Rozerem to help me get back to sleep but sometimes I just have to get up and read.

I'm exhausted and have an autoimmune disease, so I can sleep up to ten hours a night. It's usually interrupted and I take magnesium glycinate to help me sleep more deeply.

Anonymous wrote:I just have never been able to. Most women I talk to, a LOT, don't. Between 4 to 6 hours, max being 5.

If you do, what is your secret?

That's incredibly unhealthy and makes 0 sense 4-6 max being 5?

It's a priority like anything else in life, and one I make sure doesn't get pushed aside lightly.

I had been. Then I got a puppy. I average 6 these days and I’m tired. 52.