SILENT NIGHT?

MENOPAUSE AND LACK of sleep are as closely intertwined as a pair of lovers. There, of course, any similarity very much ends. An extraordinary 60 per cent of 45 to 54-year-olds and 65 per cent of those aged 55-64 say their sleep is rubbish, according to a 2019 survey in The Sunday Times. This seems to confirm poor sleep as a symptom of menopause, from peri to post, less well recognised but just as ubiquitous as the hot flush.

Insomnia was the first symptom of hormonal change that affected me, starting with frustrating nights of jerking awake and not managing to fall asleep again.

Just how bad for