Struggling with sleep?

[aileme]

I am 48 and perimenopausal been on HRT for about 4 years now. I use Evorel 75 and utrogestan 100 x 2 vaginally 12 night of the month. For the past year my sleep has been quite poor to the point where I am chronically tired.

I am thinking of switching to oral utrogestan and taking it nightly (obviously after speaking to my doctor) to see if it will help with sleep.

I previously tried Magnesium Glycinate which was horrific and gave me horrible insomnia and anxiety.

Currently I am getting a maximum of about 6.5 hours (sometimes broken) sleep at night which probably sounds ok to people but I feel quite bad on that and need at least another hour or hour and a half.

Any advice?

I can only sympathise. I’m the same with sleep. I’ve been taking magnesium glycinate too under the belief it’s meant to help with sleep and leg cramps. It’s stopped my leg cramps but sleep is still not good. I think it definitely sounds as if you need a review of your HRT prescription. My sleep was better for the 12 nights I was taking utrogestan but I had to stop taking that.

I had the whole of last year with awful sleep, I’ve needed prescription sleeping tablets and was using them up to three times a week.
at xmas I started on utrogestan tablets ( been on the gel for 18months but I’ve had a hysterectomy so don’t clinically need the utrogestan) and it’s so far been a game changer. I sleep most nights now and last used a sleeping tablet 13 nights ago and before that every ten days so it really has helped. Chat to your gp and see if they’ll let you switch

Any chance you could have the coil fitted? I feel so much less exhausted now I don’t have to take the utrogestan

Feel your pain OP. Im.post menopausal with terrible sleep. I think. I need HRT

Uterogestan is great for sleep. I look forward to the days I take it. I have to say though, 6.5 hours sleep is very good: I’m not sure how much more you could improve it.

On the 12th Feb I honestly thought I was going to have a mental breakdown through lack of sleep. Going on for months. I was crying with exhaustion and went to bed at 9.30, woke at 10.30 thinking it was morning. From the 13th Feb I have started listening to all night meditation on the insight timer app (free). Since I started I have not got up once in the night for the toilet or looked at my phone. Last night I slept a full eight hours and 30 minutes. On Friday my husband commented that I am a different person.

6.5 hours is the max I get, its often much less and very broken. I need at least 7 - 8 hours to function.

@HardworkSendHelp Thanks I will try that!

@Makingsenseofitall I had my last coil out and swore never again the trouble it gave me so I don't want to go there!

@socks1107 That is good to hear, hopefully it will work for me.

@GoldieLookingBoots Thanks, yeah I need to see my doctor about what to try next. Sorry you had to stop the utrogestan.

Do you sleep with earphones in? Or play it on a speaker? I am intrigued!