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Article: HEALTH AND FITNESS: Insomnia and menopause; Sleep is elusive for many women after a certain age
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- July 4, 2004
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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 ...