Waking up early at 5-6am belongs to early awakening, which is a type among sleep disorders and also belongs to the category of insomnia. If this situation keeps occurring patients should be alert to depression, which is the most common factor causing early awakening and is an emotional disorder. Patients often show a low mood, happy, feel unhappy about anything, often have a pessimistic tendency, will always think of things that happen in a bad direction, serious patients will sometimes have light thoughts, encounter things inexplicably crying, irritable, tears. In this case, it is recommended that the patient visit a neurologist or psychiatrist to complete a depression scale examination and give antidepressant treatment after a clear diagnosis. If the improvement of depression is not obvious, you can also take drugs to prolong the sleep phase, such as alprazolam and eszopiclone.