Should one be lenient with a wife who broke her fast in her first Ramadan due to taking medication for anxiety resulting from sleep problems, taking into consideration that the religion is ease?

Fasting Ramadan is an obligatory duty and a pillar of Islam. It is not permissible to break the fast except for a legitimate excuse, such as illness or travel. Whoever abandons the fast of Ramadan has committed a grave sin and is promised a severe punishment. The illness that permits breaking the fast is one that causes evident and severe hardship to the fasting person, not merely slight fatigue.