Anything to help early waking with potential fibro?

[Keeponmovin123]

Hi
After many years of family stress (x1 child ASD x1 child Eating Disorder) and a significant health event in mid July, I think I am experiencing early signs of fibromyalgia. These started after doing lots of exercise one sunny weekend in early October. I felt like I had crashed my nervous system - no appetitie, nausea, a permanent painful headache. Now while my appetite has returned my body is achey/tingling all over, the headache comes and goes and my sleep, which has always been fragile, has gone to pot. For the last two weeks I have woken up at 4.30am ready to start the day and can't drift back off to sleep like I used to.

I tried a low dose melatonin out of desperation and woke up after 4.5 hours at 2.30am and couldn't get back to sleep.

Please could you share any sleep tips with me - as I am really really struggling.

Thank you very much

An electric blanket or throw, the warmth can help the pain and make you sleepy. Ditto a warm bath and reading a book, stay off SM! Medical cannabis can help with sleep, can't remember if it's Indica or Sativa for sleep or pain. Could it be perimenopause? Good luck

You don’t say how old you are but aches and pains were very definitely part of my early perimenopause symptoms. Along with disturbed sleep.

Yes my age would have been helpful. I am 49 and already on HRT to try to improve my stress response (lack of oestrogen impacts neurotransmitters).

Somatic movement therapy might be helpful