53 and genuinely cannot tell if my body is falling apart or if work is just that bad right now. Waking at 3am almost every night, completely alert, heart going a bit, then lying there for two hours thinking about absolutely nothing useful. It's been months of this. My sister said peri. My husband said stress. My GP said "let's see how it goes" six months ago and I didn't push back because I never do. So this week I've just been writing it down. Time I wake, what the night felt like, whether I had wine the night before. That last one is interesting actually. The nights I skip the wine are not perfect but they are noticeably less chaotic. Not cutting it out completely, I'm not a saint, but I've knocked it down to weekends and the difference is real enough that I'm keeping track. I want to go back to the GP with something more than "I feel off". I know what I'm like in that room, the words just go. So I'm building a little timeline, dates, patterns, how long this has been happening. Hoping that if I walk in with notes she'll take me more seriously than last time. Does any of this sound familiar to anyone? The 3am thing especially. Is it peri? Is it just me falling apart slowly? Honestly asking x