"soon after beginning menopause i began to wake up after only sleeping for about 4 1/2 hours and i couldn&#039;t get back to sleep. this became a vicious cycle where i worried that i couldn&#039;t get back to sleep which increased the anxiety which kept me from getting back to sleep. my neurologist recommended nidra yoga. she also prescribed 15mg of deplin. even though i wasn&#039;t low in folate nor was i taking an ssri, the deplin was just what i needed to keep me more relaxed. i also read learn to relax by eugene walker and did progressive desensitization exercises while visualizing myself relaxing and getting back to sleep. the savvy insomniac also helped me understand that i could get back to sleep if i didn&#039;t stress about it."