One of the things I find very helpful is that you must have quiet calm evenings, with an early meal- protein rich, with not too much simple carbohydrate and no wine either. Also be in bed by 10 even if you are just relaxing. You want to keep your blood sugar stable throughout the night.
Manic evenings on the phone for example, followed by a late night are a recipe for disaster, especially with alcohol and sweet things like chocolate or actual sweets themselves. We get so tempted to do these things with tiredness and stress, but actually a long soak in the bath in lavender for example is a better option.
This is how I have treated my ME/Chronic Fatigue illness as well. You want to feed your adrenals - incidentally they are the only organ producing progesterone after you stop ovulating, so you want them to do so to counteract oestrogen dominance, which can be a problem in menopause, especially in the later stages before periods finally stop, and oestrogen levels fall away naturally. Perimenopause can actually be a time of too much oestrogen at times, as well as too little- there can be erratic levels and swings from high to low, which causes a lot of symptoms like hot flashes and panic attacks.
Hope this helps.
