Recently, "epidemic anxiety" has become a cause of insomnia for many elderly people. Xu Haiting, a sleep clinic doctor at Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, reminded the elderly: timely understand the accurate epidemic information, do not listen to the rumors of the epidemic with unknown sources, and pay attention to self shielding some negative emotions about the epidemic. "I have insomnia every day during this period. Please prescribe more sleeping pills for me." A few days ago, the reporter saw in the sleep clinic of Huilongguan Hospital that as soon as Ms. Zhu, who is over 70, entered the clinic, she put forward her own request - she wanted to "store medicine". Ms. Zhu said, "what if she doesn't feel well after being infected by the epidemic in Beijing every night?" Xu Haiting learned that Ms. Zhu suffers from anxiety disorder, but after effective treatment, her condition is relatively stable. The excessive worry about the epidemic has aggravated her anxiety recently, and also caused sleep difficulties. Insomnia and anxiety form a vicious circle. In order to give the elderly a sense of psychological security, Xu Haiting prescribed anti anxiety and sleeping drugs within the safe dosage range. However, in view of Ms. Zhu's situation, what is more important is the correction at the cognitive level and the publicity and education of disease-related knowledge. "There is no sign of drug shortage you are worried about in Beijing. Even if the community is sealed, the hospital can ensure the drug demand of patients by mail." The doctor gave Ms. Zhu a "reassurance". At the same time, Xu Haiting told her that good protection and active vaccination played an important role in epidemic prevention. She reminded her to watch the authoritative release, timely understand the accurate epidemic information, don't listen to the rumors of the epidemic with unknown sources, and pay attention to self shielding some negative feelings about the epidemic. Appropriately increase the amount of exercise in outdoor ventilated places and actively communicate with family and friends. Also facing insomnia is 65 year old Ms. Lin. Because of the epidemic, Ms. Lin's little grandson could not go to kindergarten. When she was a grandmother, her pressure soared, and her son-in-law was asked to work at home, which also made her feel uncomfortable. Hearing that the Omicron mutant is highly infectious and the transmission is hidden, she fell into fear. "My little grandson has outdoor activities every day. What if he is infected? If there is a mistake, he can't explain to his daughter and son-in-law." Anxiety increases day by day in Ms. Lin's heart, which also makes her often unable to sleep at night. Through professional consultation, Xu Haiting suggested that Ms. Lin should first improve and adjust her behavior habits: try to shorten the "time in bed" during the day, not more than 30 minutes; Carry out more outdoor sports and increase the time of receiving natural light; Reduce the use time of electronic products. If the sleep and emotional problems still do not improve significantly after behavior adjustment, drug adjustment can be carried out again. (outlook new era)