Fix Menopausal Insomnia Naturally!

How can you deal with menopausal insomnia naturally?

Let’s talk about it. 

Insomnia means that you’re not able to sleep.

Menopausal women suffer from a couple patterns of insomnia. One is the inability to fall asleep. And one is waking up in the middle of the night. In perimenopause, having trouble falling asleep is common because the lowering levels of progesterone decrease the amount of GABA that your brain produces to calm itself down, so it’s hard to fall asleep. As perimenopause progresses into menopause, the insomnia pattern moves more towards waking up in the middle of the night. Hypothalamic dysregulation of temperature control, can cause hot flashes and night sweats in the middle of night, and also a decrease in melatonin because of the increase in body heat. 

#1: Support Your Hypothalamus

The number one way to deal with menopause insomnia naturally, is to support your hypothalamus with Sacred Seven® amino acids and/or Genesis Gold®. Sacred Seven® amino acids are particularly effective at dealing with menopausal insomnia by helping induce deeper sleep.

Now both supplements are taken in the morning to help reset your hypothalamic circadian rhythm so you have a more normal sleep cycle. 

#2: Room Temperature

Number two, be sure that your room temperature is between 60 and 67 degrees, any hotter and it’s very difficult to make enough melatonin to stay asleep.

#3: Lights Off

Number three, make sure your lights are off so you’re sleeping in the complete dark, and decrease your screen time after dusk to help your pineal make enough melatonin.If you need to have more supplemental support, taking GABA can help induce sleep. Liquid forms of GABA are fast-acting. Melatonin, especially sustained release, can help keep you asleep. I recommend GABA or melatonin for up to three weeks to reset your sleep cycle so your body doesn’t become dependent on these exogenous hormones.

Studies have shown that women who wake up in the middle of the night with hot flashes or night sweats inducing their insomnia, can actually decrease these with a particular contraction/relaxation exercise. If done before falling asleep and in the middle of the night if needed, women were more likely to be able to fall back to sleep and less likely to wake up in the first place.

If you’d like access to the contraction/relaxation exercise, please join us in our free Hormone Reboot Training.

Resources:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10816958/#:~:text=Middle%2Daged%20women%20have%20increasing,in%20premenopausal%20women%20%5B3%5D