Thank you everyone for your posts.
In response to where I am on the menopause, I am about 14 months post menopause and age 53. I had sweats pre menopause mostly at night and then with the sudden drop of hormones towards the end came the hot flashes in the day after eating something hot mainly or hot drinks, heavy sweats at night and the dreaded insomnia, initially not even being able to go to sleep but after 5 months being able to fall asleep but still not staying asleep, waking around 3 times a night, so constantly dreaming. I was in a good place mentally so this did not account for the insomnia
. I went on an amazing holiday with my boyfriend to South Africa when I had the really bad insomnia so i had to take sleeping pills every night just to be able to cope with the holiday. Whilst I was there I was subjected to very hot weather suddenly changing to cold and windy one day, my body didn't cope with the temperature change well and I got the symptoms of heat exhaustion, nausea and shakes. It was undoubtedly problems with regulating my body temperature. I could only put it down to the menopause. I am fit and healthy otherwise. I was recovered in 24hrs.
The hrt has improved any bladder urgency I had and I don't need to get up to go to the toilet.
I knew sleeping pills was not going to be the answer hence I went on bio identical hrt.
I have just upped my oestrogen dose to 3 pumps, 2 in morning and 1 at night and my sleep has improved at the moment but early days to say whether this will continue. I may reduce it to 1 and a half a pump in the morning and the one full pump at night to try and keep it low as possible, no sweats at night either. If this is the answer then I can only assume my oestrogen drops in the evening and that is why using it in the evening may have helped. I do have a bit of a heavy head in the morning on waking but rather that than the constant waking up and light sleeping. I would come off the continous regime if this does not work but I am hoping this is the answer. I will keep everyone posted if my sleep is still improving after a couple of weeks, as it may help others splitting the oestrogen.