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[EllaAurora]

So sorry you're going through this. I can totally relate, suffering exactly the same at the moment. In my case, its a pretty clear case of not getting enough oestrogen, as I also have other symptoms of low oestrogen.

Sleep can be disturbed by many things obviously, but you already seem to have all the sleep hygiene basics in place, so I'm inclined to thinking -similarly as other ladies above- that your difficulties relate to oestrogen balance. Waking up 3-4am is the classical sign.
Last time i visited my doctor the first question she asked was : hows our sleep? (even before any other symptoms tracking)

Try to get checked by a competent GP -you deserve it!!!

[tootsieroll]

I have sadly intense experience with insomnia. (Last night was awake till 4am, then managed to sleep till 9.40am.) I have every possible sleep issue in rotation, it seems.

For me, it helped loads to get my estrogen up to around 800pmol. This is quite high and as I don't absorb very well it took a high dose. I'm on 300mcg Estradot and 6 pumps of gel at night.

Increasing it 'just a little bit' would have done nothing for me. I'd suggest beginning with a blood test to see what your current levels are and whether you have room to increase at all. Your dr should easily support an increase to 100. But you might need a lot more than that and that would need you to go private.

The other thing you can try is having some peanut butter (or any fat) with your utrogestan. This helps you to absorb it even better and creates more GABA and sedative effects in the brain.

Lastly, the only supplement I've found which really does help lower cortisol effectively, is Seriphos.

I've been through months of 2-3 hours of sleep and it is life changing (in a bad way). I get inner tremors at night, my heart beats fast and harder than usual, I get hypnic jerks which startle me awake and I can either spend hours lying awake just not feeling tired (whilst my brain literally hurts because it wants to sleep) or I wake up like you at 4am and can't go back to sleep. I also have frequent wakings at night and not much deep sleep (Apple Watch).

Hi there, do you still take Seriphos? Is it helping? How do you dose it? thanks!