@granny55 I totally understand about the bio-identical hormones, and yes they are expensive for me too. After my hysterectomy in 1996, I took them, my pharmacist recommended them, and she tweaked the amounts of testosterone & progesterone a couple of times over the next ten years since I think my body was still going through some changes. I tried a couple of times to stop taking them during that time, since the general rule of thumb was to not take them longer than five years due to issues with the increase of breast cancer and heart disease. Every time I attempted to stop, or taper off, my sleep suffered. My pharmacist at the time told me that progesterone (as you noted) was instrumental in helping with sleep. Ultimately, at the end of ten years, I stopped taking the hormones entirely. So, since 2006, I have not taken any hormones; however, I've had three UTIs, in a five month period of time. The urgent care doctor I saw recommended I talk to my primary care doctor about taking hormones again since that can help with preventing UTIs. I did the saliva test again, and a HRT formula was developed specific to that and my answers on a questionnaire. I've been taking the bio-identical type again for about five months now, and my sleep has improved. I also started taking Neupro about a month after starting the hormones, so the two combined might be the reason why I'm sleeping so much better. The compounding pharmacist indicated that the research about women and breast cancer link to HRT has been proven that largely untrue, and being on hormones can actually help prevent heart disease and contributes to bone health. She also gave me a supplement that has quite a bit higher doses of magnesium in it, and Ashwandga too. I started out with just the magnesium since I didn't want to add the two drugs at the same time so I would know which one was working and which one was not if I should develop an adverse reaction to one of them. So far, I haven't needed to add the Ashwandga. I hope this helps.