"I've been perimenopausal for about two years now, and the 3am wakeups were the worst part by far. I'd lie there doing the math on how many hours I had left, heart going, wide awake for no reason at all. I tried melatonin first. It knocked me out but left me foggy till nearly noon, and the dreams got genuinely weird. This is different. I still fall asleep the same way, but when that 3am switch used to flip, it just... doesn't anymore, or it's so much quieter I barely notice. I've started actually looking forward to bedtime again, which sounds small, but it isn't."