I'll be 45 next month and suddenly I've started to have what I think are perimenopause symptoms. Mostly mood swings and awful sleep. What can I do to help these, especially the bad sleep? I feel like I already do the "right" things
- I exercise daily
- I take magnesium at night
- I don't drink alcohol and have 1 cuppa in the morning, no additional coffee or tea or caffeine
- Screen time stops >1 hr before bed
- I eat well-balanced meals, mostly veg, lentils/pulses, etc
But lately I shoot out of bed at 2 or 4 am (sometimes have to wee) and I'm just wide awake. Takes me an hour or so to get back to sleep and then I'm often up before my alarm. I'm knackered! I had a sleep study done last year and thankfully no aponoea. I have had more stress lately but the sleep problems are way out of proportion! Falling asleep isn't a problem but staying asleep is. Appreciate any suggestions, it's starting to feel like the newborn days again but without the sweet cuddles!