{"id":7131,"date":"2012-06-27T11:23:23","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T15:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=7131"},"modified":"2023-11-29T06:34:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T11:34:40","slug":"i-like-sleeping-every-12-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/i-like-sleeping-every-12-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"My menopause journey from insomnia to restful sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m used to sleeping twice a day. \u00a0I love the feeling of falling sleep and this way I get to do it twice a day. \u00a0I like the fresh burst of energy I have upon waking up, so sleeping twice gives me two bursts of energy.\u00a0 It gives me the illusion of getting two days worth of work in one 24 hour period.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll have insomnia for years at a time and then it will stop for a few years.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been prescribed all kinds of sleep stuff and find it lets me sleep for only 3 hours at a time, whether it&#8217;s Ambien, Remeron, Trazodone.\u00a0 Here are links to the natural supplements I found work for me.\u00a0 The short version: First try Hyland&#8217;s Calms Forte, Valerian Root and Melatonin.\u00a0 Here are the links.<\/p>\n<p>LINKS FOR HOW TO SLEEP ON NEXT PAGE:<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=7911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I may not need to change my life, I may just need to change my perception of it<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=406 \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The morphing sleep cycles of menopause; 15 things to do when you can\u2019t sleep<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=5814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Not able to sleep? 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