Sorry for long intro
I have had disrupted sleep for years and am quite a light sleeper. About 8 years ago I started waking in the night really anxious about work/financial worries. I would be sweaty, panicky, heart beating fast, stomach churning etc. I would have "episodes" of that type of disrupted sleep for a few days and the subsequent days I would feel anxious, shaky etc then sleep better (but still not well) for a few months.
In 2020 it worsened and I had weeks where I was sleeping 2-4 hrs a night. I had some counselling and also other areas of life improved, and my sleep improved.
Recently I went through another period of bad sleep although I wasn't worrying or anxious about things, but after several days of poor sleep would feel anxious and shaky during the day.
I read a few weeks ago on MN that magnesium could help with sleep and I (somewhat skeptically) bought some . I also got another supplement called calm - night reset. I feel they are working - I'm also trying to go to bed earlier - even despite the v hot weather. I fall asleep quicker, and seem to sleep more deeply. On 2 nights my DD and DH came in after I had gone to bed and I didn't even hear them come in! (the cats using the cat flap downstairs sometimes wakes me)
However I read the pack yesterday and it said unsuitable for pregnant and bf women, unsuitable for women under 50(childbearing age) and unsuitable for those under 18. They weren't in a menopause section, and the website blurb just says not for pregnant or bf women...
So now unsure if I should continue using them....
Any ideas of why it would be unsuitable? (I'm mid 40s) will they disrupt my menstrual cycle? (I'm also having issues with that!!)