Millions of women in Ireland are waking up at 3.29am for the exact same reason

A recent study found women are being plagued in the night

A recent study from Dunelm found that an incredible number of women are suffering a broken night's sleep, with many waking up around 3:29 am, on average.

Millions of women are perimenopausal or menopausal, and the study states that it is insomnia brought on by this that is plaguing women across the nation.

The research suggests that 75 per cent of perimenopausal or menopausal women wake up earlier than the average hour of 7am.

After waking up, 30 per cent resort to reading a book, and another 30 per cent turn to scrolling on their phone.

Some 20 per cent of sufferers watch TV to whittle the hours away, with another 17 per cent simply watching the hours tick by.

Just one in four said that they had reached out to their doctors for help, despite 69 per cent of participants acknowledging menopausal insomnia's negative effects on them.

60 per cent also said they did not know of any coping strategies to help.