What it feels like
Awake. Wired. Anxious.
Drift off at 10pm, wide awake at 3:02am. Mind running through every worry. Sleep eludes you until 5am.
You fall asleep fine, then jolt awake at 3am. Mind racing. Heart pounding. This is the most common perimenopause sleep pattern, and it's reversible.

Drift off at 10pm, wide awake at 3:02am. Mind running through every worry. Sleep eludes you until 5am.
Cortisol normally bottoms out at 3am. In perimenopause, low progesterone + low GABA leaves cortisol unopposed. You spike awake.
The 3am wake-ups typically stop within 2-3 weeks with the right protein-led evening pattern + magnesium glycinate.
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