menopause insomnia
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hi ladies have been reading your comments with interest. I'm still knocked side ways with this severe insomnia. My most debilitating symptom as the rest seem to settle down and danger of losing my job at the moment. So looking for some advice any tips so far that we haven't discussed? i've ordered some dhea today to see how this helps... anybody else have any experience of that here? Thanks in advance and i hope that today is a good day for you mine not so good awake most of night if it not all night an all too common occurrence for me.
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Tazchurch rcharris8
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rcharris8 Tazchurch
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jayneejay rcharris8
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B vits wont help you sleep they are for energy and need to be taken in the morning .. for the day ahead energy and well being
calcium wont help you sleep either
but we need them ..
banana thats amazing as a banana is the worse thing to eat at night as it can take up to 24 hours to digest and your digestive sytstem works over time after a banana ... so your lucky there as also it gives you energy..
have you tried melatonin
jay xx
avoid any B vits at night time always take in morning ..
rcharris8 jayneejay
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jayneejay rcharris8
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well like i said magnesium before bed helps me and now i have the spray oil..
it is relaxing
but i have had insomnia for years and it doesnt really get better in peri mode..
if its affecting your job maybe worth talking to the doc
other good one is melatonin that worked too for me in the past
biovea web have the strong version 5mg and 10 mg
jay xx
rcharris8 jayneejay
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jayneejay rcharris8
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ugh dont ask at the moment ..
i feel terrible hahaha
got urine infection, thrush and cytolytic Vaginosis
so on two types of anti biotics and Laurimic i start tonight for thrush..
before i saw a decent gyno three weeks ago who did a smear and found all this ... i did have a smear in jan 2014 with a pathetic doctor and i apparently had this Cytolytic vaginosis then, but he said all was okay..
( it wasnt as i have the result here from Jan 14) it clearly states ..
so i was left un treated for 10 months, i knew something was a miss and put it down to peri.. and vaginal dryness pain ..
moral to the story .. if you have thrush and the normal over the counter treatments canestan etc dont clear it..
it will be bacterial vaginitis and need antibiotics ..
jay jay xx
rcharris8 jayneejay
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jayneejay rcharris8
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Dhea .. Have you read all about that ..
way up the effects wont you .. It needs some caution ...
I read this a while back about DHEA
it is important to point out that DHEA is also the biological building block to the production of estrogen and testosterone.
For women in perimenopause who are concerned with excess estrogen,
Because having too much DHEA, or converting DHEA into too much of one hormone and not enough of another, can be as upsetting to your body as not having enough.
make sure is doesnt interact with other vitamins too ..
jay xx
rcharris8 jayneejay
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jayneejay rcharris8
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you dont use progesterone cream do you
that messes you up in the long term..
sends your hormones crazy, and it stores up in the fat and turns into other hormones... My gyno shook his head and said no no no when I mentionedi used natural progesterone in 2011 ... It restarted my peri periods, and caused breast tenderness and gave me a lump.. All settled when i came off after a few months ... Bit it sure affected my mood ... And well being ..
My gyno said nothing natural about it .. It messes women up.
talk to your doc hun... Even HRT is monitored and creams and dhea can cause alsorts of hassle ..
maybe you need to let your body have a rest and let it get back to its natural state .. Or use what some of us ladies use.. Like menapol plus etc
jay xx
rcharris8 jayneejay
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rcharris8 jayneejay
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jayneejay rcharris8
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yes the natural progesterone apparently does make you feel good for first couple of months then the
problems start when it stores in fat.. Converting itself into other hormones
when i had awful insomnia my doc gave me zopiclone ..
but i take occasionally and never a full one just half .. When i am really tired out with not sleeping....
cant you see your doctor and say you need some help as nothing working and its for a short term etc..
blimey my Gyno even gave me a box of 2.5 mg diazepam three weeks ago to take if i was shattered in future or anxious at bedtime.. But havent used any .. But nice to know they are there.. If desperate times kick in again.
i think you need some short term help hun...
Even if it just helps you get back on track .. we all need abit of assistance sometimes .. Youve certainly tried the lot and nothing helping you, you cant function with no sleep night after night ..
jay xx
rcharris8 jayneejay
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jayneejay rcharris8
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oh so you tried zoppy.. Sorry i didnt know..
well i dont know hun... Maybe see the doc again I would say ..
i feel for you as bedtime becomes a dread when you cant sleep..
😩
jay xx
rcharris8 jayneejay
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