Article: HEALTH AND FITNESS: Insomnia and menopause; Sleep is elusive for many women after a certain age

Like Winston Churchill, Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Edison, Marilyn Monroe, Benjamin Franklin, and Vincent Van Gogh before her, award- winning documentary filmmaker Janet Goldwater has trouble sleeping.

Unlike those other chronic insomniacs, Goldwater, 52, of Philadelphia, was a sound sleeper until she reached a certain age.

"As somebody who has always enjoyed sleep, it's frustrating to have to spend a lot of time strategizing about why I can't sleep now," she said. "Is it my food? Is it too much exercise? Is it too little exercise? Is it that glass of wine? Is it that I didn't have a drink? Is it the thread count of my sheets?"

Insomnia, which may be the most common and confounding minor ...

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