You started out saying--I do not mean insomnia or mania and I am not saying these things are that only that it is hard to tease out how all of our conditions, genetics, hormones, etc play off of one another.

Thank goodness I am no longer menopausal and I had such a hard time with menopause including sleep issues that it may have been one of many factors contributing to my 2015 attempt. I can remember being in a full time temporary job (that ended about a week before I attempted) where I was bleeding heavily (ruining clothes at work) and sweating heavily and it seemed endless.

However, even as a child, I would get up at 1 AM Christmas morning, 3-5 AM Saturday morning (I can remember waiting for the 6 AM cartoons to come on), was almost always the first person awake at my college dorms and in some jobs, the anxiety got me up between 1 and 3 AM--I have always done a lot of lesson plans, cooking and college homework between 3 and 6 AM. It did come handy in the military. When I was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, if I had to call headquarters for some advise, get permission or track the status of an application, I would have to call at around 3 AM (because Pacific Air Command Headquarters was in Hawaii so I would have to drive to the base at 2 AM to make it happen) so I was able to get these tasks done when necessary because I am an early riser.

What I am saying is maybe some of us are just programmed this way? Or is this tendency to rise early new? So sorry you are going through menopause, it is awful and watch out for anemia.