The signs of menopause: insomniaMany menopausal women complain of sleep problems. It is difficult to separate sleep problems that are due to low oestrogen from sleep problems that are due to the effects of ageing. If you were previously in good health and your sleep is now disturbed by night sweats, then HRT will almost certainly help. However, if you cannot link your insomnia or other sleep problems to the menopause, then HRT may not help, as the cause is probably not low oestrogen. (You might like to try HRT for, say, two months, and if you still can't sleep after this time, then the insomnia has other causes.) As with hot flushes, some doctors still prescribe tranquillisers and sedatives to women whose sleep disturbance is the result of a deficiency of oestrogen, and this cannot be a good thing. If night sweats are disturbing your sleep, and if as a result of this you feel tired, lethargic, irritable, and find it difficult to concentrate or make decisions, ask your doctor about HRT. ‘My problems were mat I kept walking in the night drenched through with sweat, or just waking after only 2-3 hours' sleep, and then remaining wide awake for some hours; also I started getting feelings of panic. HRT solved all these problems, although I had to increase the original dose before it really worked. I am now my normal self, and my husband gets a good night's sleep now mat I do, so he's happy.’ *12\42\4* «Mexican Online Pharmacy» |
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