Long-term use of sleeping pills may affect the quality of sexual life because sleeping pills, like anti-anxiety and depression drugs, will directly inhibit the excitatory nerve centers of the brain and will make the response relatively sluggish, so it will also indirectly affect sexual function, leading to impeded erectile function, thus causing symptoms of impotence. Drugs like Valium and promethazine act directly on the human brain and affect the hormone secretion of the pituitary gland. Sleeping pills can also lead to a decrease in testosterone in men, resulting in seminal emission and decreased libido. It is generally recommended that it is best not to take oral sleeping pills to promote sleep, but to choose proprietary Chinese medicines or herbs to improve sleep. If you take sleeping pills for a long time, it will also produce a certain dependence, usually by enhancing physical exercise, slowly adjust the routine of life.