Menopause Discussion > Personal Experiences
Tell us how you cope with poor sleeping
ladyjane:
Found this
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/10/peri.menopause/
Click on the health video in bottom left hand corner- Sleep and menopause
star/bc:
I changed jobs and work nights now and early morning like 2am which has help since sleep is unstable. I nap when I get home at noon. I still wake up sticky and wet but since night time is so bad working nights at least with a towel on my neck I function some what okay.
Star with bladder cancer
elfie:
i havnt had a good nights sleep for about 19 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ever since i had my last baby, she slept badly and so did i. and of course i havnt been able to break the pattern. tried everyting going, herbal and what the doc gave me, even tamzipan. i still woke up on that but i was so smiley i didnt give a damm LOL and boy did i wobble.
even having a ladies op i was put out, but 10 mins after being put back to bed i was up n awake and sitting on the side of the bed wanting to go home.
at the momrny im on supa drugs herbal tabs, they help me get off to sleep with in an hour, but then every 2 hours im awake.my record was 7 times actully get out of bed n wandering.last night i slept for 6 hours the most sleep ive had in years, i took 2 co-codamols as my back was very bad.
the doctor has said the next step is the sleep clinic. which im reluctant to do, ive got an over active mind it dont shut down. just wish the rest of the body followed suit LOL
any suggestions on what to do next??
ladyjane:
I have had trouble sleeping since 2000, due to personal trauma, hysterectomy and menopause. I have a very good doctor who I can talk to about most things, and when the going has been rough , she has prescribed me Zopiclone, a short acting sleeping pill, she knows I don't abuse them and a pack of 28 lasts me about four or five months as I only take half a tablet, once in a while when I get desperate for an unbroken nights sleep. They do not leave me foggy headed in the morning in fact quite the reverse. Melatonin has helped too, but it acts in a different way, I find the time released tablet is best, it works if I don't have anything playing on my mind, if I have and take it and don't sleep it off it does seem to effect me the next day.
I think not sleeping is due to unresolved worries and issues, I have also found that since I had my hysterectomy, I cannot relax how I use to be able to and calm my mind. I seem to hyper aware of everything eg. sudden noise, my body not relaxing how it use to do.
Sandy x
Rosebush:
I to take Zopiclone 7.5mg when i get to exhaustion stage, but like L J 28 tabs last me a few months, i did try 1/2 tab ie 3.75mg but it did not work, they donot have any side effects so far..... maybe they would if taken every night?..
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