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* Nightmare disorders are included in the group of [[Parasomnia|parasomnias]]
* Nightmare disorders are included in the group of [[Parasomnia|parasomnias]]


 
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=== Signs / Symptoms ===
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=== Characteristics ===
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=== Comorbidity ===
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*During the nightmare, the sleeper may scream and yell out things.
* He is often awakened by these threatening, frightening dreams and can often vividly remember their experience.
* Upon awakening, the sleeper is usually alert and oriented within their surroundings, but may have an increased heart rate and symptoms of anxiety, like sweating.
* They may have trouble falling back to sleep for fear they will experience another nightmare.
* Nightmares have deep effect on everyday tasks
* Recurring episodes of awakening while recalling the intensely disturbing dream manifestations which usually result from fear or anxiety, but can also be triggered by anger, sadness, disgust, and other dysphoric emotions.
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*Fear is the most frequent emotion associated with nightmares, even if other emotions such as sadness, anger, and confusion can also be present.
*Presence of frequent nightmares that imply danger for the person and impact mood in a negative way is needed.
* When waking up from nightmares, the person behaves in an alert way.
* The disorder has to have a significant impact on the patient's personal, social or professional functioning, in areas like mood, sleep, cognition, behaviour, fatigue, family and occupation.
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*50- 70% of the cases for PTSD,
* 17.5% for depression,
* 18.3% for insomnia,
* 16.7% for schizophrenia
* 49% for borderline personality disorder
* Sleep disorders such as night terrors, chronic insomnia and sleep-disordered breathing
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!Related diseases
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=== Nightmare disorder vs Sleep terror disorder ===
=== Nightmare disorder vs Sleep terror disorder ===
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=== Nightmare disorder vs Bad dreams ===
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* [[Insomnia]]
* [[Disease Mania remedies|Hypochondriasis]][[Parasomnia|Parasomnias]]
* [[Somniloquy|Sleep talking]]
* [[Somnambulism|Sleep walking]]
* [[Panic attacks]]
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* Nightmare disorders can be confused with [[sleep terror disorders]].
* Nightmare disorders can be confused with [[sleep terror disorders]].
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* In [[sleep terror disorders]], they don't remember the reason of the fear, while in nightmare disorder, they remembers it by details.
* In [[sleep terror disorders]], they don't remember the reason of the fear, while in nightmare disorder, they remembers it by details.
* Sleep terrors usually occur during NREM Sleep Nightmare disorder usually occur during the [[REM sleep]].
* Sleep terrors usually occur during NREM Sleep Nightmare disorder usually occur during the [[REM sleep]].
 
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*Bad dreams have less emotional intense.  
=== Nightmare disorder vs Bad dreams ===
 
* Bad dreams have less emotional intense.  
* Nightmares contain more scenes of aggression than bad dreams and more unhappy endings.
* Nightmares contain more scenes of aggression than bad dreams and more unhappy endings.
* Nightmares have more fear than with bad dreams.
* Nightmares have more fear than with bad dreams.
 
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=== Signs / Symptoms ===
 
* During the nightmare, the sleeper may scream and yell out things.
* He is often awakened by these threatening, frightening dreams and can often vividly remember their experience.
* Upon awakening, the sleeper is usually alert and oriented within their surroundings, but may have an increased heart rate and symptoms of anxiety, like sweating.
* They may have trouble falling back to sleep for fear they will experience another nightmare.
* Nightmares have deep effect on everyday tasks
* Recurring episodes of awakening while recalling the intensely disturbing dream manifestations which usually result from fear or anxiety, but can also be triggered by anger, sadness, disgust, and other dysphoric emotions.
 
 
 
=== Characteristics ===
 
* Fear is the most frequent emotion associated with nightmares, even if other emotions such as sadness, anger, and confusion can also be present.
*Presence of frequent nightmares that imply danger for the person and impact mood in a negative way is needed.
* When waking up from nightmares, the person behaves in an alert way.
* The disorder has to have a significant impact on the patient's personal, social or professional functioning, in areas like mood, sleep, cognition, behaviour, fatigue, family and occupation.
 
 
 
 
 
=== Comorbidity ===
 
* 50- 70% of the cases for PTSD,
* 17.5% for depression,
* 18.3% for insomnia,
* 16.7% for schizophrenia
* 49% for borderline personality disorder
* Sleep disorders such as night terrors, chronic insomnia and sleep-disordered breathing
 


== Remedies ==
== Remedies ==
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| rowspan="3" |Top remedies '''in children'''
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* Children who dream of monsters and have strong fears of being observed.
=== [[Calc-c, Calcerea carbonica|Calc]] ===
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* Children who dream of monsters
* They have strong fears of being observed.
* Dreams of misfortune, disasters and groundless fears of financial loss.
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|Aloe
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=== [[Aloe, Aloe socotrina|Aloe]] ===
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* Bad dreams of danger where the child is so terrified he is unable to cry.  
* Bad dreams of danger where the child is so terrified he is unable to cry.  
* The child has dreams of soiling himself.  
* The child has dreams of soiling himself.  
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=== [[Phos, Phosphorus|Phos]] ===
|Phos
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* Nightmares in children with restlessness over work they could not finish during the day.  
* Nightmares in children with restlessness over work they could not finish during the day.  
* [[Somnambulism|Sleepwalking]]
* [[Somnambulism|Sleepwalking]]
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| rowspan="4" |'''<big>Immediately on  Falling sleep</big>'''
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=== [[Cann-i, Cannabis Indica|Cann-i]] ===
| rowspan="4" |Falling sleep
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* Immediately after falling asleep  
* Immediately after falling asleep  
* '''Nightmares''' are accompanied by jerking of limbs, waking the person from sleep.  
* Nightmares + Jerking of limbs that waking the person from sleep.
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=== [[Gels, Gelsemium sempervirens|Gels]] ===
|Gels
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* Night terrors from the nose being blocked and dry.  
* Night terrors from the nose being blocked and dry.  
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|Nit-ac
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=== [[Nit-ac, Nitricum Acidum|Nit-ac]] ===
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|Kali-p
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* Bad dreams are accompanied by sighing and moaning sounds.
=== [[Kali-p, Kalium Phosphoricum|Kali-p]] ===
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* Bad dreams + Sighing / Moaning sounds.
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| rowspan="4" |'''nightmares of death of near ones'''
| rowspan="4" |'''<big>Death of loved ones</big>'''
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=== [[Hydrog, Hydrogenium|Hydrog]] ===
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* Dreams of death of loved ones, esp children.  
* Dreams of death of loved ones, esp children.  
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|[[Equisetum, Equisetum hyemale|Equisetum]]
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* Where a person has nightmares of crowds of people surrounding him,  
=== [[Equisetum, Equisetum hyemale|Equisetum]] ===
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* Nightmares of crowds of people surrounding him
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|Ars
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=== [[Ars, Arsenicum Album|Ars]] ===
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* Dreams of death or dead people.  
* Dreams of death or dead people.  
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=== [[Calc-f, Calcarea fluorica|Calc-f]] ===
|Calc-f
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* Nightmares of death of relatives.
* Nightmares of death of relatives.
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| rowspan="3" |'''<big>Misfortune</big>'''
|[[Calc-c, Calcerea carbonica|Calc]]
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| rowspan="3" |'''nightmares of misfortune'''
|Calc
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* Dreams of misfortune, disasters and groundless fears of financial loss.
=== [[Graph, Graphites|Graph]] ===
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* In case of persistent thoughts where the person is haunted by unpleasant issues and dwells on disagreeable occurrences of the past at night,
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|Graph
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* In case of persistent thoughts where the person is haunted by unpleasant issues and dwells on disagreeable occurrences of the past at night,  
=== [[Lyc , Lycopodium clavatum|Lyc]] ===
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* Bad dreams about losing power
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|Lyc
| rowspan="3" |'''<big>Being poisoned</big>'''
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* In case of bad dreams about losing power
=== [[Ars, Arsenicum Album|Ars]] ===
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* Persistent fear of disease, germs, viruses
* Fear of being harmed by poisoning
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| rowspan="3" |'''Being poisoned'''
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* Persistent fear of disease, germs, viruses, of being harmed by poisoning
=== [[Kreos, Kreosotum|Kreos]] ===
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* Feeling pain in the limbs and sleeplessness which gets worse before midnight. 
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|Kreos
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* Feeling pain in the limbs and sleeplessness which gets worse before midnight. 
=== [[Kali-n, Kalium Nitricum|Kali-n]] ===
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|Kali-n
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* Constant dreaming is interrupted by episodes of waking up.  
* Constant dreaming is interrupted by episodes of waking up.  
* The person is chased by uneasy dreams of being poisoned or being in dangerous situations.
* Uneasy dreams of being poisoned or Being in dangerous situations.
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| rowspan="3" |'''nightmares of sexual abuse'''
|Cench
|The best indicated Homeopathic medicines for nightmares of sexual abuse are Cenchris Contortix, Sepia and Staphisgaria. Homeopathic medicine Cenchris Contortix is prescribed for nightmares of sexual abuse and rape. It shows great recovery in persons having constant nightmares of committing rape as well. Nightmares of rape, of being pursued, chased by a knife and waking with screams at night from frightful dreams are treated well with Sepia. Staphysagria is one of the best Homeopathic medicines for nightmares where the persons wakes up extremely frightened, pushes things away, wants everyone to leave his room and often calls for his mother.
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| rowspan="3" |'''<big>Sexual abuse</big>'''
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=== [[Cench, Cenchris Contortrix|Cench]] ===
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* Nightmares of Sexual abuse / Rape.
* Constant nightmares of committing rape as well.
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=== [[Sep, Sepia|Sep]] ===
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* Rape
* Being pursued
* Chased by a knife
* Waking with screams at night from frightful dreams
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=== [[Staph, Staphysagria|Staph]] ===
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* Wakes up extremely frightened, pushes things away, wants everyone to leave his room and often calls for his mother.
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=== Calcarea Carbonica, Aloe and Phosphorus '''– Best Homeopathic medicines for nightmares in children''' ===
=== Cannabis Indicus, Gelsemium, Nitric Acid and Kali Phosphoricum '''– Known Homeopathic medicines for nightmares soon after falling asleep''' ===
=== Hydrogen, Equisetum Hyemale, Arsenic Album, and Calcarea Fluorata '''– Top Homeopathic medicines for nightmares of death of near ones''' ===
=== Calcarea Carbonicum, Graphites and Lycopodium '''– Top rated Homeopathic medicines for nightmares of misfortune''' ===
=== Arsenic Album, Kreosotum and Kali Nitricum '''– Best Homeopathic medicines for nightmares of being poisoned''' ===
=== Cenchris contortix, Sepia and Staphisgaria '''– Most effective Homeopathic medicines for nightmares of sexual abuse''' ===

Latest revision as of 06:02, 27 January 2024

Clinic

  • Also known as dream anxiety disorder characterized by frequent nightmares.
  • Nightmares, which often portray the individual in a situation that jeopardizes their life or personal safety, usually occur during the REM sleep.
  • Though most people have experienced at least one nightmare during their life, subjects with nightmare disorder experience them with a greater frequency.
  • Nightmare disorders are included in the group of parasomnias

Signs / Symptoms

Characteristics

Comorbidity

  • During the nightmare, the sleeper may scream and yell out things.
  • He is often awakened by these threatening, frightening dreams and can often vividly remember their experience.
  • Upon awakening, the sleeper is usually alert and oriented within their surroundings, but may have an increased heart rate and symptoms of anxiety, like sweating.
  • They may have trouble falling back to sleep for fear they will experience another nightmare.
  • Nightmares have deep effect on everyday tasks
  • Recurring episodes of awakening while recalling the intensely disturbing dream manifestations which usually result from fear or anxiety, but can also be triggered by anger, sadness, disgust, and other dysphoric emotions.
  • Fear is the most frequent emotion associated with nightmares, even if other emotions such as sadness, anger, and confusion can also be present.
  • Presence of frequent nightmares that imply danger for the person and impact mood in a negative way is needed.
  • When waking up from nightmares, the person behaves in an alert way.
  • The disorder has to have a significant impact on the patient's personal, social or professional functioning, in areas like mood, sleep, cognition, behaviour, fatigue, family and occupation.
  • 50- 70% of the cases for PTSD,
  • 17.5% for depression,
  • 18.3% for insomnia,
  • 16.7% for schizophrenia
  • 49% for borderline personality disorder
  • Sleep disorders such as night terrors, chronic insomnia and sleep-disordered breathing
Related diseases

Nightmare disorder vs Sleep terror disorder

Nightmare disorder vs Bad dreams

  • Nightmare disorders can be confused with sleep terror disorders.
  • After a sleep terror episode, the patient wakes up with more dramatic symptoms than with a nightmare disorder, such as screaming and crying.
  • In sleep terror disorders, they don't remember the reason of the fear, while in nightmare disorder, they remembers it by details.
  • Sleep terrors usually occur during NREM Sleep Nightmare disorder usually occur during the REM sleep.
  • Bad dreams have less emotional intense.
  • Nightmares contain more scenes of aggression than bad dreams and more unhappy endings.
  • Nightmares have more fear than with bad dreams.

Remedies

Top remedies in children

Calc
  • Children who dream of monsters
  • They have strong fears of being observed.
  • Dreams of misfortune, disasters and groundless fears of financial loss.

Aloe
  • Bad dreams of danger where the child is so terrified he is unable to cry.
  • The child has dreams of soiling himself.

Phos
  • Nightmares in children with restlessness over work they could not finish during the day.
  • Sleepwalking
Immediately on Falling sleep

Cann-i
  • Immediately after falling asleep
  • Nightmares + Jerking of limbs that waking the person from sleep.

Gels
  • Night terrors from the nose being blocked and dry.

Nit-ac

Kali-p
  • Bad dreams + Sighing / Moaning sounds.
Death of loved ones

Hydrog
  • Dreams of death of loved ones, esp children.

Equisetum
  • Nightmares of crowds of people surrounding him

Ars
  • Dreams of death or dead people.

Calc-f
  • Nightmares of death of relatives.
Misfortune Calc

Graph
  • In case of persistent thoughts where the person is haunted by unpleasant issues and dwells on disagreeable occurrences of the past at night,

Lyc
  • Bad dreams about losing power
Being poisoned

Ars
  • Persistent fear of disease, germs, viruses
  • Fear of being harmed by poisoning

Kreos
  • Feeling pain in the limbs and sleeplessness which gets worse before midnight. 

Kali-n
  • Constant dreaming is interrupted by episodes of waking up.
  • Uneasy dreams of being poisoned or Being in dangerous situations.
Sexual abuse

Cench
  • Nightmares of Sexual abuse / Rape.
  • Constant nightmares of committing rape as well.

Sep
  • Rape
  • Being pursued
  • Chased by a knife
  • Waking with screams at night from frightful dreams

Staph
  • Wakes up extremely frightened, pushes things away, wants everyone to leave his room and often calls for his mother.
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