Dr. Mary Claire Haver

And then finally, it has a very, very small dose of a long-acting melatonin.

It only has three milligrams.

I was overdosing melatonin.

I never understood how to use it.

And so what melatonin does is reset your circadian rhythm.

Circadian rhythm is what controls when you go to bed, when you wake up, when the cortisol levels spike.

It's so, so, so important.

So relax your body, relax your mind.

reset the circadian rhythm, you want to take this an hour or two before you go to bed so that it's all kicked in and kind of working.

So around seven, eight o'clock, I will take my two pills and I'll start reading and winding down for the night in my nighttime routine to go to bed.

One last thing I want to talk about is another prescription that I take.

I actually take it at night.

On my bedside table, I have my sleep supplement.

I have my progesterone.

I have my oral estradiol.

And I have my minoxidil.

So vanity product that I use to keep my hair on my head.

And I started with topical minoxidil.

I, you know, my perimenopause was fraught with hair loss.

Like I, you know, I was born with a lot of hair.