Dr. Mary Claire Haver

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Why do you think women's sleep complaints are so frequently minimized?

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Today's guest is someone I've known and trusted for more than a decade and one of the most important clinicians in my own education as a menopause specialist.

Dr. Andrea Matsumura is a board-certified sleep medicine specialist who's been shaping the field of women's sleep health long before most of the medical community even recognized how profoundly sleep changes during the menopause transition.

When the vast majority of my own patients were coming to me exhausted, wired, anxious, and unable to sleep through the night, Andrea was the first person I turned to.

Quite literally, I was taught almost nothing about sleep in medical school or residency.

I knew women stopped sleeping during menopause.

I knew the complaints were universal, but I didn't understand the mechanisms, the physiology, or the stakes.

Andrea is the one who opened that door for me.

She helped me understand why even asymptomatic women on hormone therapy can still struggle.

She walked me through the neuroendocrine chaos of perimenopause.