Ep. 539 “Waking Up at 3AM Every Night?” – The Best Sleep Strategies for Women on HRT | Menopause & Sleep

Everyday Wellness: Midlife Hormones, Menopause, and Science for Women 35+

Cynthia Thurlow

Science, Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Life Sciences

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

We have another Midlife Minute episode today, dedicated to a single theme, where I answer listener questions one at a time in a concise and focused format. Join me today as we dive into HRT and sleep issues. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: How persistent vasomotor symptoms can continue to disrupt sleep, even once hormone levels are optimized Different types of hormones and delivery methods can impact sleep quality. Why we tend to get sleepy earlier in the evening and wake up earlier in the morning as we age Estrogen and progesterone impact sleep quality in different ways. How chronic underlying stress, anxiety, and mood issues impact sleep quality The value of cognitive behavioral therapy and structured insomnia interventions Connect with Cynthia Thurlow Follow on ⁠⁠X⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ Check out Cynthia’s ⁠⁠website⁠⁠ Submit your questions to ⁠⁠support@cynthiathurlow.com⁠⁠ Join other like-minded women in a supportive, nurturing community:⁠⁠ The Midlife Pause/Cynthia Thurlow⁠⁠ Cynthia’s⁠⁠ Menopause Gut Book⁠⁠ is on presale now! Cynthia’s⁠⁠ Intermittent Fasting Transformation⁠⁠ Book ⁠⁠The Midlife Pause Supplement Line⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://themidlifepause.com/products/mlp-inositol⁠⁠

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0:00.0	Welcome to Everyday Wellness Podcast.
0:03.7	I'm your host, nurse practitioner, Cynthia Thurlow.
0:07.4	This podcast is designed to educate, empower, and inspire you to achieve your health and wellness goals.
0:13.9	My goal and intent is to provide you with the best content and conversations from leaders in the health and wellness industry each week and impact
0:22.1	over a million lives.
0:29.0	This is the start of a new Thursday series called The Midlife Minute that is really designed to
0:37.0	address listeners questions in a little bit longer
0:40.3	length of time and or deeper dive into topics. Ideally, we're going to keep these podcasts under
0:47.3	20 minutes. Occasionally, we may go over to 30, but I'm trying to reinforce some key concepts and ensure that I'm addressing listeners' questions
0:58.4	in a way that's really helpful.
1:00.4	So the questions that I will be addressing topics are going to be items that I'm being asked
1:05.1	over and over and over again.
1:06.5	I hope you enjoy this series.
1:08.1	Please share with your friends.
1:09.7	And as you know know you can always send
1:11.6	your questions to support at cynthia thurlow.com i appreciate each and every listener
1:17.5	well i'm back again for one of these youtube quickies literally answering listeners questions
1:26.7	one question at a time in a format where I'm
1:30.1	keeping it short and sweet, but I'm dedicating an entire video to one theme. So today's theme is
1:36.3	going to be HRT and sleep issues. So this is a question from, and I think this is a kind of an acronym, so it's LAP 7-1.
1:47.6	I'm guessing LAP was born in 1971.
1:51.0	If I'm on bioidentical hormone replacement therapy and still waking up at 3 a.m., what's the
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