Can't stop waking up at 4am

[GreenAlien]

Does anyone have any magic remedies?

I tried HRT for a year and it did nothing. I tried magnesium and I think it made the quality of my sleep better but not the duration.

I have to work full time so I'm like a bloody zombie. I just seem to be completely wide awake any time between 4am and 430am and don't get back to sleep and then get up at 630am/7am for work.

It's affecting my life so much. Even taking a nytol and melatonin doesn't fix it (I think they both help with falling asleep rather than waking up). I've tried delayed release melatonin and that didn't work either!

I’ve had this for 10 years since peri through menopause…
tried most of the above suggestions but nothing really works 🤦‍♀️
I’ve changed my hours now so I start at lunchtime, when I wake up I make a hot milky drink then read for a couple of hours then go back to sleep for another couple of hours, I’ve just accepted this is my life now!

Oh goodness we are all in the same boat!

I shall try the word thing tonight. I usually build houses in my head. Not sure why. It used to work but now I just keep building houses without falling asleep.

I'll try the extra magnesium too and see if it helps

I really hoped HRT would be the magic fix but it wasn't!

@Sunshineandrainbow New Leaf magnesium glycinate - it's about a tenner on Amazon for 120 capsules, which is 60 days supply. I've also tried Beauty Pie's one, which worked fine but was more expensive, around £15 for members price. You want glycinate or bisglycinate, not citrate.

I've found ashwagandha especially helpful for sleep and issues like this. It also helps with balancing hormones through the menopause.

Yep, HRT didn't work for me either. Try drinking nothing after 7:00 p.m. and going to bed at 10.

Also try phenergan which is a drowsy antihistamine which you can buy in a pharmacy without a prescription x

I struggle too, I can struggle to get to sleep when first in bed and also wake early and can't get back to sleep. I am currently trying a snoozeband (got a cheaper version from Amazon) and listen to brown noise. Seems to be working so far. Woke up at 5:00 Sunday morning, put the band back on with the brown noise and slept until 10!