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Period Insomnia?

Does such a thing exist?

2 days on, and 2 days in a row I have been unable to fall asleep before 2/3 AM.

I'm googlin' it.
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Re: Period Insomnia?

  • Happens to me every.single.month.  I toss and turn during and generally sleep like a bear before and after.
  • ... menstrual insomnia, as doctors call it, seems to be associated with a rapid drop in the hormone progesterone. ?Progesterone is a soporific, a sedative-type drug that your body gives you every month when you ovulate,? says Dr. Lee. ?During your period, its production either slows to a trickle or falls dramatically.?

    If the drop is gradual, she claims, your sleep will probably be a little troubled. When progesterone plummets, however, you?re likely to find yourself up at 3:00 A.M. asking the dog if he wants to go for a walk...


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    I never noticed this before, but this AM suddenly it dawned on me that this might actually be possible. I was just laying there in bed last night like, "Go. To. Sleep" - calculating the amount of sleep I would get before the alarm went off with every passing minute. At 3:15 I debated just pulling an all nighter, 3.5 hrs didn't seem worth it.

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  • Happens to me too

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  • Just started my period late yesterday and slept awful last night! Interesting...I hope it doesn't continue though this week...I am struggling today!
  • I have insomnia most days, thanks to working at night. I can never seem to go to bed before 2 or 3 am most nights. I miss my sleep :-( 
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