Early waking

[Summertimeblahness]

Will anything help me to sleep in later than 4am??

@Iloveflapjack1 I’ll try the milk. Unfortunately getting out of bed would wake the dogs and then I wouldn’t be allowed to go back to bed!

@Augustus40 thank you, I’ll have a look.

I have the same problem, Including the dogs.
I take magnesium gummies at bedtime as well as putting magnesium gel on my legs. That works some nights to make me sleep through.

I buy Melatonin on the internet (reputable source) and keep it by my bed. I find just 2 or 3 mg at 3/4am will make me sleep through until 7/8am without making me groggy.

I occasionally take 2 sleep ease tablets when I feel I’ve not had enough sleep over a few nights.

This is the one thing HRT fixed overnight for me. It imporved everything else after a few weeks, but the early waking stopped immediately.

Yes, HRT resolved this issue pretty much instantly for me too.

Sorry I saw 4am waking and assumed menopause because it seems to be a very common symptom.

I used to have awful sleep but have cracked it now. I take 25mg Amitriptyline before bed (prescribed by my GP). Then when I go to bed read my kindle for about 15/20 min. Not a page turner but fairly easy/gentle read. Then I listen to a ‘bedtime story for grownups’ podcast, usually Nothing Much Happens (which I found out about form MN). If I wake up in the night I put the podcast on again. I rarely get to the end of the story. I also have sleep focus set up on my Apple Watch so text/Whatsapp etc alerts don’t bother me after a set time. And I track my sleep with the watch as well which helps.

HRT worked for me. Went from ridiculously early waking to sleeping through. Transformative.

As this is the only symptom at the moment (other than no periods) would HRT be recommended?

@Cookiebix don’t apologise, definitely menopausal related!

@SomewhereInMyHeart I’ve heard of this podcasts, I’ll try it tonight. (Having a late night tonight up past 8!). I can’t sleep with my watch on but everything is muted and blacked out. No passing traffic, no street lights, just my bloody body!

@workingcocker I can’t take gummies unfortunately but will look at the gel. Where do you get the melatonin from?

I took nytol last night as I’m exhausted and slept until 6:45!

Biovea for melatonin.

I only chose gummies as I sometimes forget to bring a drink to bed and ended up not taking it.

Hayfever meds help with sleep

The only thing that made a difference to my early waking was HRT. Once I started it I realised I had been suffering from low level anxiety and just felt better overall once I started taking it (as well as my sleep improving).

Yes b3 helped me a lot but I did take a higher dose than the bottle recommended. It said online 300mg or 400 mg was safe.

After a few years it was giving me headaches. Now post menopause I take 500 mg magnesium oxide an hour before bed. Lindens brand. Total game changer but can cause fatigue so one night a week I skip it.