Reduce Caffeine For Menopause Insomnia

by Rose
(Calgary)

One of the ways to help with insomnia due to menopause is to reduce or eliminate caffeine - especially in the afternoons and evenings.

I was one of those people who could drink a cup of coffee at 10pm and go to bed an hour later and sleep like a rock all night. Now, with menopause, I've realized that having any caffeine after 11am in the morning will cause me to toss, turn and wake up repeatedly at night.

I still have two cups of regular coffee early in the morning, then if I want a coffee later, I'll have decaf.

Very rarely do I drink any pop, but when I do, I choose Sprite/7-Up. Occasionally I like to have tea, so I stick with herbal teas with no caffeine.

I also watch my chocolate intake. If I'm offered a dessert after dinner, I'll choose one with no chocolate or one that only contains a small amount of chocolate (in other words, no piece of chocolate cake with gobs of chocolate icing).

With the hormonal changes in your body during menopause, your diet will affect your symptoms. What you could eat and drink in your twenties and thirties has to change when you enter menopause, or you'll most likely have a rough time of it.

By watching what I eat and drink, I'm not denying myself the things I love... I'm just choosing when and what time of day I have them. And it makes for a better nights sleep.

Now... if I could only figure out where I left my memory, I'd be good :) Oh, and I definitely understand how "spontaneous human combustion" happens!