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Menopause fatigue can quickly take over a woman’s life if you let it. Being tired all the time can have a negative impact on your overall health and make you feel bad. In this article we will discuss the best ways to overcome this problem.

One of the biggest keys to fatigue initially is insomnia. When your body has lower estrogen levels this can cause you to have mood swings and irritability. Sometimes it can even cause depression. Insomnia leaves you with a lack of sleep every night and too many nights in a row can leaving you feeling fatigued all the time.

One of the best things you can do to help you deal with fatigue is to talk to your doctor. If the problem is too bad then they can give you medication to help you sleep so you don’t end up in worse shape than you already are.

Other things that you can do to help you overcome this problem include:

1. Take a bath before bed. If you are also dealing with hot flashes then you want to take a cool bath but if you don’t have this symptom then take a hot bath to help relax you.

2. Keep the temperature in your room at a lower temperature.

3. Eat your last meal at least four hours before going to bed.

4. Avoid watching television before going to sleep and instead do meditation.

5. Stay away from caffeinated beverages before bed and instead drink a glass of milk or water.

6. HRT or hormone replacement therapy is another thing you can do but you want to talk to your doctor before using this method.

7. Herbal remedies are available, but you will want to talk to your doctor before trying any of these.

8. Don’t overdo any of your activities when you work or play. Exercising is a good idea to keep you healthy but you want to be smart about it and don’t overdo it.

9. Eat right – You have to eat a healthy diet for your overall health and also to help you overcome fatigue. When your body is getting all of the nutrients and vitamins it needs from the right diet this can have a positive impact on your fatigue because you will be able to sleep better at night.

Now that you know the best ways to overcome menopause fatigue: you just need to try these different things and find the ones that work the best for you. If you just take steps to overcome it as soon as you fatigue doesn’t have to control your life.

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Almost all women get at least some hot flushes and night sweats  around the menopause; they’re a by-product of the "make more oestrogen" chemical messages that our brains send out when they detect falling levels of this hormone.

Our ovaries may work intermittently for some time, so the sweats often come and go, until the brain realises that the ovaries have finally stopped working for good – this can take several years.

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can suppress menopausal symptoms until it’s all over. Current recommendations are to take HRT for short-term relief of menopausal symptoms. But some unlucky women do continue to have symptoms into their 60s, or even longer.

I’d recommend seeing your GP to check nothing else is going on, as there are dozens of other causes of night sweats , including an overactive thyroid, chronic infections, some drugs (for example, antidepressants) and some rare forms of cancer.

If your sweats are still due to the menopause, you could consider taking HRT even now, provided your GP thinks that it’s suitable for you, although the risks of stroke and heart attack do increase slightly as you get older.