Why do so many women over 40 struggle with stress?

kshama2001 wrote: »

ddsb1111 wrote: »

Well, I jumped the gun slightly. I woke up at 2:30 and stayed awake until around 6:30-7am.

I’ll keep an eye on it and if nothing changes I may need to up the progesterone slightly, but so far I’m still doing better than before. Good tip on taking it after dinner if I need to increase the dosage. I can’t be the boss of my company and miss meetings, not a good look 😂.

Thanks everyone for all the feedback, it’s nice to have some training wheels through all of this.

There are so many things on my sleep hygiene checklist and I have to do all of them, every night. I'll give you the highlights:

1. Stop drinking caffeinated beverages in the afternoon.
2. Have just a small amount of fluid with dinner, and no more after that.
3. Evening stretching/yoga for at least 20 minutes, and preferably 45 minutes. I skipped this to my detriment last week.
4. I finally found a med that helps me sleep but does not increase my appetite - Buspirone, for anxiety. Remeron and Gabapentin both increased my appetite >.<
5. Room temperature - too hot and I have "vivid dreams" aka nightmares.
6. Be really disciplined about getting to bed on time.
7. I read to fall asleep and to get back to sleep. The back to sleep book has to be a reread, and just engaging enough but not a page turner.

Ok, I'll stop now

This is really helpful (it wouldn’t let me send more than 1 hug 🥹). I never mentioned before but I have, what feels like, extreme night terrors. I can no longer take sleep aids or melatonin because I needed so much and they would be exponentially worse. The last few nights with progesterone I didn’t have them, and I was amazed! Last night though, it came back, but I think it’s because the progesterone had worn off. I really don’t want to need something to sleep, but what can you do?

I’ve been listening to meditation music when I remember and that seems to help. I bet some light meditation would be useful as well. I need to get over that it’s “another thing to do” and just do it because it makes me feel relaxed and calm. Life is becoming one long check list lol. Adulting is hard.