Answer: Your cortisol level maybe be high due to stress and “People with high salivary night cortisol levels are usually complaining of sleep problems.” page 150 of What you doctor may not tell you about menopauseInsomnia is one of the symptoms on Miriam Brazel's list. Have a look on Miriam Brazel's page and you may find other symptoms. This is the link to my web page regarding hormone testshttp://uk.geocities.com/willim_walker@bt... and Miriam Brazel's page1 do an on line hormone test http://www.johnleemd.com/store/resource_...2 do an appropriate saliva test and obtain results3 get results & discuss with a NPIS doctor or educate your GP/MDsearch the web for “natural progesterone insomnia” and you will come across pages such as thishttp://www.safemenopausesolutions.com/na...Once your hormones are in balance your sleep will be restored – The progesterone will compete with the cortisol for the same receptors so reducing the cortisol effect.Many others have had insomnia and cured it by using natural progesterone. I hope you are cured by which ever route you take be it progesterone or melatonin.