Yes, hormonal fluctuations during menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause can significantly impact sleep. For example, changes in oestrogen and progesterone levels can lead to night sweats, hot flushes, and increased insomnia.

Menopause-related sleep issues can often be managed with lifestyle changes, hormonal therapy, and supplements designed to support hormonal balance. Creating a cool, comfortable sleep environment and practising good sleep hygiene can also help.

Yes, pregnancy can affect sleep patterns due to factors like hormonal changes, physical discomfort, and increased need to go to the bathroom. Pregnant women may benefit from establishing a consistent sleep routine and using pillows for support.

Tracking your menstrual cycle can help you identify patterns in sleep disruption. Lifestyle adjustments, such as maintaining a regular sleep schedule, reducing caffeine intake, and practising relaxation techniques, can help lessen these effects.

Insomnia is a sleep disorder that can make it difficult to fall asleep, stay asleep, or get enough restful sleep. It can cause a range of problems, including daytime fatigue, difficulty concentrating, and irritability. There are many causes of insomnia including stress, anxiety, pain, depression, medical conditions, medications, poor sleep habits, and lifestyle changes. Your risk increases as you age.

The symptoms of insomnia vary from person to person but they may include:

• Difficulty falling asleep

• Difficulty staying asleep

• Waking up too early in the morning and being unable to fall back asleep

• Not feeling rested after a night of sleep

• Waking up several times in the night

• Daytime fatigue

• Difficulty concentrating

• Irritability

• Mood swings

There are several treatments for insomnia, including:

• Prescription medications: Prescribed sleep aids may help you to reset your natural sleep cycle. They should only be used short term.

• Cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBTi): This is a type of therapy that helps you identify and change the thoughts and behaviours that contribute to insomnia.

Alongside any treatments, you should always try and improve your sleep hygiene to enhance the quality of your sleep. This means following a nighttime routine (such as taking a relaxation supplement, drinking herbal tea, and switching off electrical devices), ensuring comfortable bedding, and minimising light and noise.

To help you beat insomnia, all our treatments come with expert sleep techniques that help you transform the thoughts and behaviours that are associated with poor sleep.

As part of our online consultation, you’ll be asked about any medications or treatments that you’re currently taking. Our clinicians will then review which treatment you’re most suited to based on your unique circumstances.

You can’t take prescription sleep medications on a long-term basis. Instead, these medications should be used short-term, to help you reset your body’s natural sleep-wake cycle. To help aid better sleep in the long term, our treatments come with expert sleep tips that will help you change the thoughts and behaviours that are associated with poor-quality sleep.

For longer-term sleep aids, you can add supplements such as Sleep Deep to your nighttime routine.

Some sleep medications, such as melatonin and promethazine, require a prescription. This is to ensure that the treatment is safe and effective for you. The online consultation will ask you about any medications you’re currently taking, your lifestyle, and treatment preferences. A clinician will then personally review your answers and recommend the best treatment option for you.

Supplements such as Sleep Deep are natural sleep aids that don’t require a prescription.

If used long-term, your body can become reliant on sleep medications. As safety is the cornerstone of our treatment programmes, we never prescribe sleep medications for more than a few weeks. Instead, we provide a sleep programme alongside your treatment that will help you reset your natural body clock and improve your sleep in the long term.

Lack of sleep can cause stress, impaired judgement, reduced productivity, fatigue, and low energy levels. Over time, chronic insomnia can lead to more serious consequences including immunodeficiencies, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and mental health disorders.

The amount of sleep needed varies from person to person but most adults need between seven to nine hours of sleep per night.

No, we don’t prescribe sleep medication to anyone who’s pregnant or breastfeeding. If you fall into one of these categories and you’re having trouble sleeping, try using a pregnancy pillow, getting some fresh air throughout the day, and following a regular nighttime routine.