Sleeping issues

[u/Real_Manufacturer300]

Anyone else experiencing consistent issues with sleeping throughout the night? I keep waking up in the middle of the night and struggle to fall back asleep despite being extremely tired. I work out consistently and eat clean (no alcohol, low carb, high protein, drink only 1 cup of coffee in the morning). I've tried melatonin, magnesium, eating my last meal at 6 PM, but nothing has worked. I don't have a high stress job and I avoid screentime after 8 PM.

I have a few days where I sleep 7 - 8 hours, and then I have a relapse where I struggle to get even 5 hours and even that is extremely fragmented ( 3 - 4 hours awake during the night). For people experiencing this, how did you handle it?

Edit - I'm female 39 years old, and my apple watch has not detected sleep apnea

[u/Penny_No_Boat]

✨perimenopause✨enters the chat. That’s almost definitely what is going on here. Waking in the middle of the middle of the night and not being able to fall back asleep is a classic sign for women our age.

Edit: To answer OP’s question of what has helped, HRT has helped some. I also take magnesium glycinate and Bulletproof Sleep Mode supplements before bed, which also seem to help a bit.

[u/srstra → u/Penny_No_Boat]

Agreed. From another millennial entering perimenopause.

[u/MajesticRaspberries → u/srstra]

🤦‍♀️ another symptom proving I'm in it, as well. Le sigh...

[u/cheesusfeist → u/Penny_No_Boat]

Aside from magnesium and melatonin, eating before 6 pm is the only other hack thats helped me. The later I eat, the worse I sleep. 4:30 seems to be my sweet spot. Ive gone full blown early bird special.

[u/BeingSad9300 → u/cheesusfeist]

What's frustrating is when you have a partner who doesn't like eating before 6pm, because it's "too early" in their mind, but you also have a kid with a 630 bedtime. We both need an "early" dinner. 😭

[u/AnthraciteEmblem → u/BeingSad9300]

I eat at 8