A Remarkable Improvement in the Patient with Anxiety & Sleeplessness in 8 Months with Homeopathy

A 51-year-old female from Pune, Mrs. O. W. (PIN: 45854) contacted Life Force Homeopathy’s Aundh clinic for the treatment of her complaint of sleeplessness. The patient had spoken to the doctors over the phone, she was suffering from anxiety and sleeplessness since 2019. Her main complaints were sleeplessness for the first half of the night and she would sleep by 10 pm, and wake up early 4-5 am. The patient was taking antidepressants for 2 years.

Her complaints started after the increased workload, and she got promoted to superintendent of taxes. Since then, she started suffering from anxiety, panic attacks, and sleeplessness.

She lacked interest in work and concentration. The patient was suffering from restlessness and headache. She was feeling lethargic, had negative thoughts about her health, and had taken allopathic medicines.

Detailed case-taking was done on both her mental and physical generals.

Physical Generals:

The patient had an average appetite and was a non-vegetarian. She liked spicy food and coffee, and she didn’t like sour food items and sweets. She has no habits. Thermally, she was ambithermal and could not tolerate both climates. She consumed a good amount of water daily approximately 2-3 liters /day.  She had an average perspiration that was generalized mainly on the face and underarms. Her bowels were satisfactory and regular, and she had no complaints of constipation. She had no urinary symptoms. Her sleep was disturbed and she had trouble sleeping. She hardly slept for 4-5 hours. The patient had many thoughts in mind. The patient used to get dreams and she won’t remember them.

The patient started treatment online and said that she has an average physique and no deformity. The patient's weight of 53 kg and her height of 153 cm were updated in the questionnaire.

Psychological and Family Make-Up:

She was a government employee, who stayed with her husband and four children. She had no major stress in the family. She had a happy childhood and married life. She was anxious about her health, depressed, used to get angry easily, and would vent to her husband and children. The patient had negative thoughts.

Self and Family Medical History:

Her detailed medical history was taken and the patient had no history of any major illness.

Her detailed family history was taken and she had no history of any autoimmune diseases.

At Life Force:

Dr. Shah prescribed research-based homeopathic medicines to the patient, after studying the case in detail. She was also recommended a diet and skincare along with medicines.

Follow-Ups: 

On 16th October 2021, the patient gave her first follow-up after 8 weeks of taking homeopathy. The patient was better, and her sleep had improved. She was experiencing difficulty in getting sleep in the first half. She used to sleep for about 5 hours a day and was on allopathic medicines.

On the follow-up on 1st December 2021, the patient was feeling better and her sleep improved. She was feeling refreshed in the morning. She could sleep soundly for 5 hours. She had stopped allopathic medicines.

On the follow-up on 23rd January 2022, the patient was better with 60%. Her sleep had improved to 5.30 hours and she had no major difficulty in sleeping.

On the follow-up on 13th March 2022, the patient updated her progress report. She was further better, and her sleep improved to 6 hours. She would feel refreshed upon waking up. The patient was not taking any medicines. 

On the follow-up on 17th June 2022, the patient updated her progress report and was 70% to 80% better. She had no flow of thoughts. Her sleep improved to 6 hours and she had no negative thoughts.

On the follow-up on 7th August 2022, the patient filled out her progress report. Her sleep was slightly disturbed and was getting a flow of thoughts. She had work stress and overtime duty. She had not taken any allopathic medicines.

On the follow-up on 14th November 2022, after four months of following homeopathic treatment, the patient was feeling 80% better. Her sleep had improved. She enjoyed sound sleep for 7 hours and had no disturbances.

On further follow-ups, the patient was stable. Her sleep had improved, and no disturbances were noted.

She was happy and satisfied with the treatment and services that she had received from the Life Force team of Doctors and Dr. Shah. 

Conclusion: 

This case shows the efficacy of homeopathic treatment in cases of sleeplessness. With homeopathy, the dependency on anti-depressants can be tapered off and stopped without any side effects.