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Due to Stress/ Worries
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Kali-p
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- Sleeplessness during the latter part of the night
- Nightterrors in children causing disturbed sleep
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- 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
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Due to Constant Thoughts
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Coff
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- Early waking from sleep with difficulty to fall asleep again
- Disturbed sleep from excessive dreams
- He remains restless at night, tossing from side to side or wakes up frequently.
- His active mind prevents him from sleeping that makes him restless and nervous.
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- Palpitations and nervousness may attend.
- Children who are playful at night and are sleepless.
- Insomnia during the phase of convalescence (i.e., during recovery from some illness)
- Nervous insomnia due to excitement of good and bad news
- High mental sharpness
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From Grief, Depression
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Ign
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- Cares and worries
- Sadness, weeping, brooding
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- 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.
- Excessive brooding, moaning, and an indifferent behavior to everything
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during First Half of Night
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Puls
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- A fixed thought keeps revolving in the mind that prevents sleeping.
- She stays awake and restless during the first half of the night.
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- An extreme restlessness is present along with sleeplessness.
- She eventually falls asleep during the late hours (towards dawn).
- She wakes up feeling tired and may experience excessive yawning and sleepiness during the daytime.
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During Latter Half of Night
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Nux-v
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- He have no trouble falling asleep, but wakes up around 3 – 4 am after which sleep becomes difficult.
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- During daytime, intense drowsiness, tiredness and weakness appear.
- Sleep is not sound, and the person often wakes from sleep
- Sleeplessness linked with an excessive Coffee/ Alcohol / Tobacco.
- Sleeplessness due to gastric troubles
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Insomnia Linked with Anxiety
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Ars
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- There is anxiety about Health, Future and or his family’s well being.
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- An extreme restlessness may be present.
- He continually tosses and turns in the bed at night.
- The restlessness also prevails during daytime with continual movement from one place to another, with a feeling of weariness of the eyes.
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Disturbed Sleep from Frightful Dreams
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Cham
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- He wakes suddenly with a start and become weeping or fearful.
- These episodes occur several times at night resulting in disturbed sleep.
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- He is sleepless till about 2:00 am.
- Sleeplessness from illusions of sight and hearing
- He may be highly irritable and sleepy during the day.
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Sleepy but Unable to Sleep
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Op
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- She may remain awake for long,
- There is restless at night with constant tossing and tumbling in bed.
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- He may have acuteness of hearing, and small noises may disturb the person and cause sleeplessness.
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Night insomnia + Daytime Drowsiness
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Calc
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- She may sleep for a short duration, and experience sleeplessness post 2 am.
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- Heated sensation, agitation and pulsating in the head appears due to insomnia.
- Often feels exhausted in the morning with a desire to sleep, and the head may feel heavy.
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Insomnia due to GERD
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Robinia
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- Symptoms like heartburn and sour belchings become worse at night, disturbing the sleep.
- GERD and its acid reflux symptoms
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Disturbed Sleep from Chronic Pain
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Rhus-t
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- Chronic pain in the joints or back (mostly during rest time).
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- Worsening of pain during rest interferes with sleep
- He keeps on tossing in bed with restlessness from pain.
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Due to Restless Leg Syndrome
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Zinc
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- They keep on moving them constantly, and this uneasiness is worse at night.
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- The lower limbs also feel heavy.
- In some cases drawing pain and cramping in legs arises.
- Formication of feet at night may also attend.
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Insomnia in Elderly People
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Passi
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He remains wakeful and restless at night.
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- Mental worries may also be present with insomnia.
- This medicine is also indicated for insomnia in infants.
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Insomnia in Children
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Cina
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- The child cannot sleep and tends to scream and kick off bedclothes.
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- The child is cranky, irritable and restless.
- Children who sleep for a very short time, or in cases where a child experiences night terrors and wakes up screaming and frightened.
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Due to menopause
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Senec
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- Suffers from insomnia due to prolapse of uterus and irritability caused by
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Croc
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Lyc
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