About Sleep After 40
Sleep After 40 is the guide to sleep problems that start or get worse after 40, from 3am waking to perimenopause insomnia. Every guide answers one question, links each claim to its source and shows the date it was checked.
Who it’s for
Adults over 40 whose sleep has changed. You wake at 3am and can’t get back to sleep, you wake hot or soaked, or you (or your partner) have started snoring. Women in perimenopause and menopause get their own section, because hormones change sleep more than anything else in midlife.
Why it beats the usual sleep advice
Most sleep advice is written for 30-year-olds and repeats the same tips list. Sleep After 40 starts from what changes after 40: less deep sleep, more night waking, hot flushes, snoring and the medicines and supplements people reach for. Each guide puts the answer in its first two lines and ranks your options by the strength of the trials behind them, so you start with the fix most likely to work.
How we research
- Primary sources in every guide. Guidelines from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, NICE and The Menopause Society, plus randomised trials and systematic reviews, linked next to the claim they support.
- A date on every page. Each guide shows when it was published and updated, and every source shows when it was checked.
- Written for the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Hot flashes and hot flushes, GP and doctor: the guides speak your version of English.
The editor
Alexander Gusev edits every guide on Sleep After 40, published by Beundra AB. Each guide starts from the guidelines and trials, read in full, and ends as a plain answer you can act on tonight.
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