Can I be woken up after drinking sleeping pills? It mainly depends on the dosage of sleeping pills first. If the dosage of sleeping pills is about 20-50 tablets, the patient can be woken up. If the dose is more than 80 tablets, it is difficult to be woken up. In addition, it also depends on the patient’s sensitivity to sleeping pills. Some people are so sensitive to sleeping pills that they will not be woken up even if they take a small amount of sleeping pills. Some people take sleeping pills orally repeatedly for a long time and become resistant to sleeping pills, so even if they take a large amount of sleeping pills, they will be woken up. There are three main types of people who are sensitive to sleeping pills. The first kind of people is people who have never taken sleeping pills are sensitive people; the second kind is people who drink alcohol, which can make sleeping pills to be dissolved and absorbed quickly, and also slow down their metabolism. The third is the elderly with Lewy body dementia, extremely sensitive to sleeping pills, a small amount of sleeping pills will cause the patient to sleep for more than 48 hours, a slightly large amount of sleeping pills will lead to disability and death.