How do female hormone disorders cause insomnia?

Women go through many phases that affect female hormones such as menstrual cycle, pregnancy, perimenopause. During these periods, hormone changes have a significant impact on women's sleep.

Usually, people with regular menstrual cycles rarely experience sleep-related problems. Because the steady rise and fall of sex hormones rarely affect sleep in young women. However, in some women in the premenstrual period, a sudden drop in the levels of the hormones progesterone and estrogen can interfere with sleep. This is more common in people with hormonal disorders that make their periods irregular, people who regularly use emergency contraception, and people with heavy menstrual cramps.
Usually if you only have trouble sleeping or short-term sleep-related problems, it's not a concern. But if this situation persists and affects your life, you need to use improvement measures such as changing your living habits, exercising, breathing exercises...

When a woman is pregnant, there are many changes in her body. One of those changes is hormonal. This often makes it harder for some pregnant women to fall asleep. Not only that, pregnant women are also affected by many factors that reduce sleep such as large belly, frequent urination at night, body aches, difficult sleeping position...
It is noticed that women Lack of sleep during pregnancy increases the risk of postpartum depression. Therefore, sleep problems in pregnant women need to be paid attention. Some measures to help pregnant women improve sleep can be applied such as:
Do not exercise within an hour or two before going to bed. Drink something soothing in the evening, such as warm milk or soothing tea, but if it causes you to urinate a lot at night, don't drink it. Maintain a comfortable bedroom temperature, which may be slightly lower than usual because pregnant women often feel hotter.

A huge change in sex hormone levels after the baby is born, especially low levels of estrogen in the blood. That's one of the reasons postpartum women struggle with insomnia.
In addition, postpartum women have to deal with taking care of the baby, feeding the baby every night. Making it easier to lose sleep and more likely to have postpartum depression.
Try to take time to rest when the baby sleeps and get help from relatives to help women at this stage limit lack of sleep. In addition, postpartum women may need to supplement with a small dose of estrogen to limit sleep deprivation and the risk of depression. However, hormone supplements, even in small doses, need a doctor's prescription and should not be used arbitrarily.

The decline in female hormones during perimenopause and menopause is the main cause of sleep disorders in women. The above phases such as the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and postpartum can affect sleep, but women are most affected by hormonal disorders, especially in the perimenopause and menopause.
When entering perimenopause (ie the period before menopause), estrogen hormone levels drop suddenly, so women at this stage are prone to sleep disturbances, hot flashes, mood changes... This can happen for a different length of time for each woman, possibly 1 to several years.

By the time you enter menopause, which means you have missed your period for more than 1 year, the symptoms of sleep disorders may decrease, but women are still at risk of insomnia and hot flashes. Not only that, postmenopausal women are also at risk of experiencing sleep apnea. Research shows that lower progesterone levels, like those observed in postmenopausal women, may contribute to the development of sleep apnea. This condition makes it more difficult for women to fall asleep again.
With insomnia due to female hormone disorders in perimenopause or menopause can be over after a while. But if it doesn't improve you may need to talk to your doctor to consider hormone replacement therapy. In addition, measures to change sleep habits and sleep environment can help in limiting insomnia.
Sleep disturbances are more common in women than in men. One reason is due to the change in female hormones throughout the life of a woman. However, even so, taking care of your sleep and changing your sleep habits will also help a lot to improve sleep.
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