Insomnia is one of the most regular complaints of women in the premenopause and menopause years. From trouble falling asleep, to frequent awakenings, to waking up in the course of the night and not being able to get back to sleep. Physicians specializing in women's health are increasingly more attributing these menopause symptoms to the sharply declining output of estrogen and progesterone by the ovaries as women age. Uzzi Reiss, M.D., author Best nootropic Drugs of Natural Hormone Balance for Women, says: "You can make use of...progesterone to give you a restful night's sleep. I estimate that three-quarters of women could most likely resolve a hormonal related sleeping problem with this basic approach."
Dr. Reiss passes to say: "Research in Germany has shown that progesterone...has a powerful effect on brain chemistry. Specifically, it improves the activity of GABA, a leading neuro-chemical that calms the neurological system. Researchers have determined that progesterone produces a sleep brain wave pattern like that from tranquilizers."
A key research on this's titled: "Progesterone Reduces Wakefulness in Sleep EEG." (EEG is an electroencephalogram, which happens to be an approach for studying the electrical current inside the brain). The study was done in Munich Germany together with the goal of checking whether replacement therapy with progesterone improves sleep after menopause. Ten healthy postmenopausal females were assessed at the beginning and also the conclusion of the study with sleep EEG recordings. Progesterone was proven to reduce wakefulness and improve sleep.
John R. Lee, M.D. looks at the positive aspects of progesterone for much better sleep in his book "What Your Doctor Probably won't Tell you About Menopause". He says: "Many of my patients have volunteered that the very first profit they perceived from making use of organic progesterone was an improved sleep pattern. After many years of unsettled sleep they today count on retiring every night since they understand they will enjoy sound sleep and awake refreshed in the early morning. This is one of the reasons I tend to recommend that progesterone cream be applied for bedtime."
Women should look for a natural progesterone cream which contains no artificial chemicals, fragrances, preservatives, colors, or maybe mineral oil. Dr. John Lee says: "Even each time a cream contains progesterone, it will not succeed in case it's not suspended in the proper medium. Products containing mineral oil is going to prevent the progesterone from getting absorbed into the skin. Other products have not correctly stabilized the progesterone, thus it deteriorates over time with exposure to oxygen."
Natural, body identical progesterone cream carries not one of the side-effects of drug-based hormones. If a ladies uses a lot, the sole side-effect which may occur is an excessive amount of drowsiness or tiredness during the day. The right type of healthy progesterone product just might be ready to alleviate those restless, sleepless nights into calm, peaceful slumber.

References:
1. Book: "Natural Hormone Balance for Women" by Uzzi Reiss, M.D./O.B. GYN.