NARCOLEPSY AND HOMEOPATHY

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder characterized by excessive sleepiness, sleep paralysis, hallucinations, and in some cases episodes of cataplexy (partial or total loss of muscle control, often triggered by a strong emotion such as laughter). Narcolepsy occurs equally in men and women and is thought to affect roughly 1 in 2,000 people. The symptoms appear in childhood or adolescence, but many people have symptoms of narcolepsy for years before getting a proper diagnosis.

HOMOEOPATHY

ANTIMONIUM CRUDUM

Strong inclination to sleep during the day, especially in the evening or morning. Sleepy and weary. Drowsiness, especially in elderly people. Deep unrefreshing sleep.

ANTIMONIUM TARTARICUM

 Irresistible inclination to sleep. Great drowsiness. Excessive yawning. On falling asleep electric-like shocks. Cries during sleep with fixed eyes and trembling. Jerking up of limbs during sleep.

ARSENIC ALBUM

Drowsy and sleepiness in the daytime while sitting. Talks in sleep. Yawning and stretching of limbs. Awakened by pains. Shocks on dropping to sleep. Violent starting with twitching, trembling of limbs during sleep. Disturbed sleep at night with great restlessness.

CAUSTICUM

Sleepiness during the day, can scarcely resist it, must lie down. Yawning and stretching. Very drowsy, can hardly keep awake. Laughs and cries during sleep.

CHELIDONIUM MAJUS

Drowsiness, which is so marked even in the open air, that she is near falling asleep while walking. Falls asleep while speaking.

CIMEX LECTULARIUS

Great drowsiness falls asleep when sitting in the morning. Irresistible sleepiness during chill. Frequent yawning with cold feeling on skin.

CYCLAMEN

Great inclination to lie down, and to sleep. No desire to work. Great dejection and melancholy.

HYDROCYANIC ACID

Narcolepsy. Irresistible drowsiness. Yawning and shivering.

KALI BROMATUM

Extreme drowsiness. Drops asleep in char.

KALI NITRICUM

Drowsiness and sleepiness in day time. Disturbed sleep at night, constant dreaming, with frequent awakening.

MERCURIUS: Great sleepiness during the day, which is not relieved from long sleep.

NATRUM MURIATICUM

Sleepy in afternoon. Nervous jerking during sleep. Sobs during sleep. Sleepiness and drowsiness after meals.

NATRUM SULPH

Sleepiness during day, especially while reading.

NUX MOSCHATA

 Narcolepsy. Irresistibly drowsy, sleepy, muddled, as if intoxicated. Great drowsiness and sleepiness. Sleepy attacks, sudden with vertigo. Great sleepiness with all complaints. Dreams of falling from high place of being pursued.

NUX VOMICA

Drowsy after meals and in early evening. Better after a nap, unless aroused. Yawning. Weeping and talking during sleep. Anxious dreams, pursued by animals, dogs, and cats.

OPIUM

Great drowsiness. Falls into heavy deep sleep.

PHYSOSTIGMA VENENOSUM

Attacks of overpowering sleepiness with feeling as if to lose consciousness.

PULSATILLA NIGRICANS

Irresistible sleepiness in afternoon. Great sleepiness during day, wakes confused, languid, unrefreshed. Sleepy while eating. Wide awake in the evening, first sleep restless. Lies with hands over head or crossed on abdomen and feet drawn up. Chattering in sleep. Talks, whines, or screams during sleep.

SABADILLA

 Great inclination to sleep during day. Comes on when thinking, meditating, or reading. Agitated and unrefreshing sleep at night with anxious dreams. In the morning he starts up from his sleep as from a fright.

SEPIA

Great desire to sleep during daytime, falls asleep as soon as he sits down. Talks loudly during sleep.

ZINCUM METALLICUM

Narcolepsy. Sleep is broken and unrefreshing. Cries out while sleeping, body jerks, wakes frightened, startled. Loud screaming in sleep without being aware of it. Nervous motion of feet when asleep.