Between 40 percent and 60 percent of women in perimenopause and menopause experience insomnia or other sleep difficulties, yet the problem is still routinely dismissed as an unavoidable part of getting older. With midlife sleep struggles finally breaking into the mainstream thanks to projects like the short film The M Factor, featuring Naomi Watts and Halle Berry, here’s what’s actually driving it and what works.
Why Does Perimenopause Cause Insomnia?
Perimenopause disrupts sleep through three overlapping hormonal shifts. Estrogen and progesterone both fall, melatonin production drops with age...
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