Insomnia Treatment with Homeopathy

Insomnia is a common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep or stay asleep. It also can cause you to wake up too early and not be able to get back to sleep. You may still feel tired when you wake up. Insomnia can drain your energy level and affect your mood. It also can affect your health, work performance and quality of life.

What Happens if a Person Doesn’t Get Enough Sleep?

Not getting enough sleep can lead to the following effects: waking up unrefreshed, tired in the morning, feeling sleepy in the daytime, feeling weak, tired, fatigue during daytime, remaining irritable during the day, having low mood, depressed feeling, mood swings, having difficulty concentrating during daytime, reduced alertness, poor performance at job or school, high risk of accidents, chronic insomnia may lead to weight gain. It does so by affecting the way our bodies process and store carbohydrates.

Top Homeopathic Medicines for Insomnia

 1. Kali Phos – For Insomnia due to Stress/Worries 

Kali Phos is a very useful medicine for insomnia. Insomnia from stress and worries, sleeplessness (mainly during the latter part of the night), excessive yawning, a sad, gloomy disposition, extreme fatigue both on mental and physical level and sudden waking from sleep in children due to night terrors are the common symptoms that indicate the need for a dosage of Kali Phos for insomnia.

 

2. Coffea Cruda – For Insomnia due to Constant Thoughts 

Coffea Cruda is a beneficial medicine for insomnia arising from constant thoughts in mind. During bedtime, many ideas crowd the mind. The person remains restless at night and experiences sleeplessness, tossing from side to side. Palpitations and nervousness may attend. This medicine is also helpful in children who are playful at night and are sleepless. Coffea Cruda is also well indicated for early waking from sleep (usually around 3:00 am) with difficulty in falling asleep again. Insomnia during the phase of convalescence (i.e., during recovery from some illness) is also treated with Coffea Cruda. This remedy also offers help in cases of disturbed sleep from excessive dreams.

 

 3. Ignatia Amara – For Insomnia from Grief, Depression 

Ignatia Amara is a medicine for insomnia arising from grief and depression. The person needing Ignatia Amara is depressed and full of cares and worries. He/She may get entirely absorbed in profound grief that leads to sleeplessness. Other attending features are a desire to be alone, tearfulness, and sadness with deep sighs. The person keeps thinking about the sad occurrences in the past. Excessive brooding, moaning, and an indifferent behaviour to everything may also be present.

 

 4. Pulsatilla Nigricans – For Insomnia during First Half of Night 

Pulsatilla Nigricans is a medicine for insomnia appearing during the first half of night. The person stays awake and restless during the first half of the night. A fixed thought keeps revolving in the mind that prevents sleeping. An extreme restlessness is present along with sleeplessness. The person eventually falls asleep during the late hours (towards dawn). The person wakes up feeling tired and may experience excessive yawning and sleepiness during the daytime.

 

 5. Nux Vomica – For Insomnia during Latter Half of Night 

Nux Vomica is a valuable medicine for insomnia when sleeplessness occurs during the second half of the night. A person requiring Nux Vomica have no trouble falling asleep, but wakes up around 3:00 am – 4:00 am after which sleep becomes difficult. During daytime, intense drowsiness, tiredness and weakness appear. Nux Vomica also works in cases where sleep is not sound, and the person often wakes from sleep. It also treats sleeplessness linked with an excessive intake of coffee or alcoholic stimulants or tobacco. Sleeplessness due to gastric troubles is also an indication for using homeopathic medicine Nux Vomica.

 
Types of Insomnia

1.   ACUTE INSOMNIA: A brief episode of difficulty sleeping. Acute insomnia is usually caused by a life event, such as a stressful change in a person’s job, receiving bad news, or travel. Often acute insomnia resolves without any treatment.

2.   CHRONIC INSOMNIA: A long term pattern of difficulty sleeping. Insomnia is usually considered chronic if a person has trouble falling asleep or staying asleep at least three nights per week for three months or longer.

3.   COMORBID INSOMNIA: Insomnia that occurs with another condition. Psychiatric symptoms- such as anxiety and depression are known to be associated with changes in sleep. Conditions make sleep uncomfortable- Arthritis or Back pain.

4.   ONSET INSOMNIA: Difficulty falling asleep at the beginning of the night.

5.   MAINTANANCE INSOMNIA: The inability to stay asleep. Wake up during night and have difficulty returning to sleep.

 

Causes of Insomnia

1.   Stress & Anxiety: Stressful events passed but problem continue because they start to associate going to bed with being awake. This develops into an anxiety about sleep itself.

    2.   Mental Health Condition: Mood disorders- depression or bipolar disorders. Anxiety disorders- anxiety, panic disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder. Psychotic disorder- such as schizophrenia.

    3.   Physical Health Condition: Heart, respiratory, neurological conditions. Hormonal, muscular, urinary problems. Sleep disorders- snoring, sleep apnea, restless legs, narcolepsy, night terror & sleep walking.

4.   Poor sleep routine & sleeping environment: Inconsistent time of sleep, nap during day time. Uncomfortable bed, bedroom that’s too bright, noisy, hot or cold.

5.   Lifestyle Factors: Having alcohol before going to bed. Caffeine (tea, coffee, energy drink), Nicotine (cigarettes)- avoid in evening. Changes in sleep. patterns

6.   Medication: Antidepressants, epilepsy, HTN medicines. Steroid, medicines used in asthma. ADHD medication.