Morning All!
Here we go..I can now join the club re poor sleepers! I'm 48, have been peri-menopausal for about four years. Periods have been occasionally late one month by a week, and then fine for a while, then a week early, but nothing too drastic. Occasionally heavy but mostly manageable (One awful incident, when I flooded on my best friends new carpet!) (Ohh the shame!
) Fairly regular night sweats, but I have managed to sleep through them, just waking enough to realise how hot/wet I am, throw the covers off and go back to sleep. (I must cover myself up again whilst still asleep!) No hot flushes during the day, but I do perspire heavily from the arm pit area, although my body can feel quite cold at the time, weird!! I have the usual foggy head, dizziness etc Oh and lots of joint and muscle pain / weakness, but I have had the hormone test at the docs and I am confirmed peri men, so I'm not worrying about the symptoms, just going with them! Well I was.....I've been awaiting my last period for 3 weeks now, and as my hubby has been attended to, I am assuming I'm not preggie...(Keep rubbing my tummy lovingly, just in case!) (Hope I'm not though as my other two are 22 and 19 and I'm more than happy with my brood) (Hubby keeps looking at the milkman too!) Anyway, back to the sleeping thing. I now find that I wake up about four in the morning, and I can't get back to sleep again. I'm not sweating, just wide awake! This must be tied in with the absent period/hormone thing? I have a hot bath before I go to bed, I'm nice and relaxed, but still wake up very early. Oh and I'm really stiff when I get up too and It's much more noticeable than it used to be
(Slight exaggeration there, but sometimes it feels like that!) I'm still fairly cheerful about it all,but I've got a headache today, due to lack of sleep, and I think if it goes on for much longer, it will definately wear me down. I really don't want to go on to HRT, so we will see how it goes.... So good to hear everyone elses experiences though, it really does help to know that you are not alone!