Thanks Dana...just feel like people think I'm lying or exaggerating how I feel when they've never heard of the debilitating insomnia I have..they always say well you can't be tired or you'd sleep ....bla bla bla heard it all..and yes I wish I could start hrt today but my monthly started last Friday and I'm not seeing doctor for another 3 weeks...so glad you understand Dana and that I have tried EVERYTHING 😊
Yes I get it. Strangely, for some reason, severe hormonal insomnia, or the total lack of sleep (not the kind where you just lose a few hours of sleep a night) seems to be something that even other meno ladies sometimes discount, or think that just following any or all of those "sleep hygiene" remedies is all you need to do. Maybe it's because it's not as common as the more "well known" symptoms, but that doesn't make it any less of a serious symptom. In fact it's probably the most serious of symptoms because lack of sleep affects absolutely everything in your body, leads to things like anxiety and depression, which in turn can lead to life threatening tendencies.
I don't suffer from VA or had hot flushes that were that bad, or any other symptoms that are more common, yet I would never discount what other women are going through with those problems, so please, even if you have never suffered from hormonal insomnia, please don't discount how serious and debilitating it is, or that anyone is exaggerating. In all honestly, before I went on to HRT, if I had been able to swap my insomnia for half a dozen other symptoms I would have done it in a heart beat. Anything to be able to sleep.
