Lena

Jun 21 · Posted

I have been tracking my flushes for six weeks. Six weeks. I have the times, the duration, how many times I was up at night, the impact on work the next day. I brought it all to my GP appointment and she looked at it for about four seconds and said "it's probably just stress, lots of women your age feel this way." I am 52. I have had maybe four hours of broken sleep most nights this month. I am not stressed, I am exhausted, and those are different things. Not asking anyone to fix it. Just needed to say it somewhere people would actually understand what I mean. x

Jun 17 · Replied

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Just popping back to say thank you, especially Susan. I read all of these with a cup of tea and had a little cry, in a good way. This community is such a relief sometimes.

Jun 17 · Posted

Has anyone tracked how many nights of broken sleep they listed before their GP took it seriously? Wondering what level of detail actually moved things forward.

Jun 1 · Posted

I started keeping a simple note on my phone, just time I woke up and whether it was heat or just awake for no reason. Three weeks of data now. The heat wakes are clustered around the first half of the night, usually before two. The second half is lighter sleep but not the same thing. I brought this to my appointment last week and it actually changed the conversation. Instead of me saying I sleep badly and the provider nodding, we had something to look at. She asked about alcohol and stress timing, which I had not tracked, so I am adding those columns now. No conclusions yet. The tracking itself is the useful part so far.