@drcsigg: Waking up drenched in sweat at 3am means your nervous system is stuck in fight-or-flight while you're trying to sleep. Your hypothalamus (your brain's temperature control center) becomes hypersensitive to even tiny estrogen fluctuations during perimenopause. When estrogen drops suddenly, it triggers your sympathetic nervous system. The same response as if you were being chased. You're not just hot. You're in a full stress response. And when this happens night after night, your body never gets into parasympathetic mode (the rest and repair state you desperately need). Chronic sleep disruption keeps cortisol elevated. High cortisol suppresses progesterone. Low progesterone makes sleep worse. The cycle compounds. This is why I always start with nervous system regulation. You can't balance hormones if your body thinks it's under threat every night. When we calm the nervous system first, the night sweats often resolve before we even directly address hormones. Because we're treating the signal, not just the symptom.🫶🏻 #perimenopausesymptoms #nervoussystemregulation #denvercolorado

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