Taking sleeping pills for a long time will not lead to dementia in patients, dementia belongs to the degenerative lesions of the central nervous system that occur in pre-adolescence and old age. The cause of Alzheimer’s disease is not very clear, but it may be the result of a combination of the patient’s genes, lifestyle, and environmental factors.1. Taking sleeping pills may lead to a certain degree of physical and psychological tolerance to the drug, and the patient may have a delayed reaction when the sleeping pill is not fully metabolized, but sleeping pills do not lead to dementia in the patient. The main risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease include age, positive family history, and the patient’s gender.2 The risk of Alzheimer’s disease is exacerbated if the patient has had a previous head trauma, high blood pressure, hypercholesterolemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, lack of physical activity, long-term smoking, heavy drinking, and a low level of education.