"Sharks and fish can be friends" from Finding Nemo

[AntoniaB]

Hey glad to hear you're being proactive and I'll be curious to see how that works. I didn't take the ambien last night, did the herbal/melatonin, was awake off and on for 5 1/2 hours then finally gave up and got up. Now I just have to make sure I don't take a catnap today and I'll be more tired tonight...I would say more than half the women I know in their 40's-50's have issues with insomnia and yet I rarely hear men talk about this, making me think it might be hormonal.

As in, hormonal, then when you can't sleep because your hormones are all out of whack, you end up ruminating on everything bugging you. I know people who are not facing major stress at all who STILL can't sleep. It's like an epidemic :-/