Dr. Jessica Shepherd

So now that we have that foundation of why sleep is so important, the three hormones that are crucial for that are going to be your estrogen, your progesterone, and your cortisol. And your cortisol, which I'll start with, has to do with your circadian rhythm, the reasons why we sleep, why we should sleep certain times.

So now that we have that foundation of why sleep is so important, the three hormones that are crucial for that are going to be your estrogen, your progesterone, and your cortisol. And your cortisol, which I'll start with, has to do with your circadian rhythm, the reasons why we sleep, why we should sleep certain times.

So now that we have that foundation of why sleep is so important, the three hormones that are crucial for that are going to be your estrogen, your progesterone, and your cortisol. And your cortisol, which I'll start with, has to do with your circadian rhythm, the reasons why we sleep, why we should sleep certain times.

And cortisol has releases throughout the night, usually in the midnight and then early in the morning around 5 a.m. Okay. So if your cortisol, remember, these are chemical messengers that work on a timeframe.

And cortisol has releases throughout the night, usually in the midnight and then early in the morning around 5 a.m. Okay. So if your cortisol, remember, these are chemical messengers that work on a timeframe.

And cortisol has releases throughout the night, usually in the midnight and then early in the morning around 5 a.m. Okay. So if your cortisol, remember, these are chemical messengers that work on a timeframe.

Stress, life, and estrogen as well.

Stress, life, and estrogen as well.

Stress, life, and estrogen as well.

Right? So the estrogen decline now gives you hot flashes and night sweats. So now you're waking up at the middle of the night because you're having a night sweat. So then your circadian rhythm, which was impacted by cortisol, is also taking a hit. It's deregulated and you're not getting good sleep quality. And then progesterone, progesterone is the comfy hormone. It likes to relax us.

Right? So the estrogen decline now gives you hot flashes and night sweats. So now you're waking up at the middle of the night because you're having a night sweat. So then your circadian rhythm, which was impacted by cortisol, is also taking a hit. It's deregulated and you're not getting good sleep quality. And then progesterone, progesterone is the comfy hormone. It likes to relax us.

Right? So the estrogen decline now gives you hot flashes and night sweats. So now you're waking up at the middle of the night because you're having a night sweat. So then your circadian rhythm, which was impacted by cortisol, is also taking a hit. It's deregulated and you're not getting good sleep quality. And then progesterone, progesterone is the comfy hormone. It likes to relax us.

It likes us to kind of settle down and feel good. And so we're also having fluctuations in progesterone. So it can't do the job that it really would like to do, which is give you sleep quality and relaxation. So all of these different turns and like declines and it's impacting our sleep, which then impacts our health.

It likes us to kind of settle down and feel good. And so we're also having fluctuations in progesterone. So it can't do the job that it really would like to do, which is give you sleep quality and relaxation. So all of these different turns and like declines and it's impacting our sleep, which then impacts our health.

It likes us to kind of settle down and feel good. And so we're also having fluctuations in progesterone. So it can't do the job that it really would like to do, which is give you sleep quality and relaxation. So all of these different turns and like declines and it's impacting our sleep, which then impacts our health.

And that's why we're starting to see that sleep or sleep health rather is so imperative and we need to pay more attention to our sleep.

And that's why we're starting to see that sleep or sleep health rather is so imperative and we need to pay more attention to our sleep.

And that's why we're starting to see that sleep or sleep health rather is so imperative and we need to pay more attention to our sleep.

Yes. So this is where we look at repleting maybe our hormones. Hormone replacement therapy can be a vehicle or a tool to kind of get you back to where you need to be hormonally. But then also we can look at practices. A lot of times during that kind of deregulation or brain, a lot of women will say, my mind just races at night.

Yes. So this is where we look at repleting maybe our hormones. Hormone replacement therapy can be a vehicle or a tool to kind of get you back to where you need to be hormonally. But then also we can look at practices. A lot of times during that kind of deregulation or brain, a lot of women will say, my mind just races at night.