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Sleep

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What it is

Sleep is when the brain clears waste, the body repairs, and hormones and blood sugar reset. Poor sleep affects energy, mood, weight, heart health and focus.

Women's sleep often changes in perimenopause, as progesterone falls and night sweats begin. Most sleep problems have causes that can be found and addressed.

Is this you?

Trouble falling asleep
Waking at 3 am and struggling to get back to sleep
Night sweats
Restless legs in the evening
Daytime tiredness

Common root causes

We look at all three corners of the body–mind–brain triangle.

Body

Night sweats and falling progesterone in perimenopause, low iron, and overnight blood sugar dips.

Mind

Racing thoughts, worry, irregular routines and late screen use.

Brain

An overactive stress system, a disrupted body clock, and sleep apnoea, which becomes more common after menopause.

How we assess it

Sleep and sleepiness questionnaires, a sleep apnoea risk screen, heart rate variability and relevant blood tests.

Available in clinic in Llandudno, or remotely by video with home or partner-site blood tests.

Your plan

After your Women's Health Assessment, you receive a personal plan with nutrition, lifestyle and targeted support, regular check-ins, and a retest so you can see what has changed.

About the assessment

If you snore loudly and feel sleepy during the day, see your GP about a sleep study. Don't drive if you feel sleepy.

Take the sleep symptom profile

A short online questionnaire that maps your symptoms and shows whether they are worth investigating. It takes about 5 minutes.

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Key lab tests

The tests most often useful for sleep. Every test includes a practitioner review of your results.

Ferritin

What it measures: Your iron stores.
Why it matters: Low iron is linked with restless legs and broken sleep.

Thyroid panel

What it measures: TSH, free T4 and free T3.
Why it matters: Both an underactive and an overactive thyroid can disturb sleep.

Salivary cortisol rhythm

What it measures: Cortisol at several points across the day.
Why it matters: Can show a stress hormone pattern that may disturb sleep. Its evidence base is still developing, and we will explain what it can and can't show.

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Start with the Women's Health Assessment

One assessment, a full picture of your health, and a clear plan.

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