Hi, I'm a newbie and I homed in on this thread because I have chronic sleep problems - which are now made worse by all this hormonal stuff!
Apologies if this has been mentioned before but has anyone here tried melatonin? I've tried practically everything - once my GP even prescribed "proper" sleeping pills (as opposed to the ones you can buy over the counter) and I only took one because the next day I was in zombie land, and quite honestly I'd rather have the insomnia. And I found that Nytol and herbal remedies worked but gave me really bad nightmares.
Anyway two or three years ago I "found" melatonin and it's great - no side effects, nothing. It's a chemical that we produce normally so it's quite safe, and it's not a tranquiliser which is why it doesn't leave you feeling hungover the next day - in fact, it's widely used for jet lag. The only drawback is that you can't buy it in the UK - but you CAN buy it (legally) on the internet.
Anyway, I'll stop banging on about it now in case anyone thinks I'm on commission or something! If you're interested to know more, I suggest Googling "melatonin" and reading up on it - this will also bring up a list of suppliers. Feel free to PM me if you want to know where I buy it from (again, I'm not on commission!).