Review, 2026
How do hormone changes affect sleep in women?
Hormonal changes during your menstrual cycle, including PMS and PMDD, cause sleep problems that appear at different times in your cycle. It's hard for doctors to diagnose what's really causing the problem because these symptoms overlap with other sleep disorders.
What they did
Reviewed research on how hormonal changes, menstrual cycle, PMS, and PMDD affect sleep in women across their reproductive years.
What they found
Sleep problems like insomnia and poor sleep quality happen at specific times in your cycle because of hormonal changes. These problems can overlap with general sleep disorders, making diagnosis difficult.
What it means for you
Tracking when your sleep problems happen during your cycle may help your doctor find the real cause. The main limit is that this is a review summarizing what experts know, not a study testing a specific treatment.
About the study
- Original title
- Sleep in Women: The Current Status and Nuances in Management
- Authors
- Yuel VI, Ajayakumar A, Hansdak SG et al.
- Journal
- The Medical clinics of North America
- Year
- 2026
- Study design
- Review
- What was tested
- None - this is a review
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1016/j.mcna.2026.01.005
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