What to do when Alzheimer’s stays awake all night

Patients with Alzheimer’s disease who do not sleep all night can improve their symptoms through general treatment and medication.
1. General treatment: patients with Alzheimer’s disease who do not sleep all night can first delay bedtime, reduce non-sleeping behaviors in bed, achieve the purpose of light sleep, and encourage patients to fall asleep. After dinner, let the patient have appropriate exercise, so that it is in a state of mild fatigue, so as to fall asleep more quickly. It can also reduce the daytime sleep time to avoid sleep-wake cycle disorder.
2. Medication: Alzheimer’s patients who do not sleep all night can be treated with medication, such as oral donepezil tablets, olanzapine and other antipsychotic medications before going to bed, which can help with sleep. At the same time can also use sleeping drugs, such as oral eszopiclone tablets, alprazolam tablets and other medication to improve sleep.
Alzheimer’s disease patients appear all night without sleep, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, under the guidance of the physician to use medication, do not blindly self-medication, resulting in adverse consequences.