23-year-old male student came to us with a complaint of disturbed sleep and occasional episodes of complete sleeplessness since the past five months.

He said that his complaints started during his exams and failed to cease post that.

He was complaining of brain fag since then and said that he felt that as if his brain had no power. He was also suffering from weakness of memory; he added that he had difficulty in memorizing things.

He used to get disturbing dreams that he had failed to accomplish a task in spite of trying too hard. He used to wake up due to such dreams and had difficulty in falling asleep post that.

While taking his history we observed that he was very restless and was constantly fidgeting with things kept on the table.

Lack of sleep also lead to digestive disturbances. He used to suffer from hyperacidity and had a constant sour taste in the mouth. He also complained of sour eructation post meals.

His symptoms of acidity was relieved by cold food especially ice creams.

He was prescribed the Homoeopathic remedy Phosphorus. His symptoms of gastric disturbance disappeared after one week of medication.

His sleep gradually improved over three weeks and he was completely better by the end of two months.