Clonidine

[Guest guest]

We have been using Clonidine intermitently to help Sam with insomnia and

night wakings. Over the past two weeks, we have had to use .1 mg every night

at bed time, and on several nights we have had to use another .1 mg in the

middle of the night. During the days, Sam has been a mile-a-minute

hyperactive. I am wondering if anyone has experienced " rebound

hyperactivity " while using Clonidine (as opposed to the hyperactivity being

independent of the drug).

Thanks,

Shamez.

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We have also used Clonidine to help Chelsey sleep, but have to use Tenex in the

daytime for her hyperactivity (I don't know if it's rebound to the Clonidine -

she's pretty hyper generally no matter what we do). They are similar drugs but

Clonidine is more soporific.

Clonidine

We have been using Clonidine intermitently to help Sam with insomnia and

night wakings. Over the past two weeks, we have had to use .1 mg every night

at bed time, and on several nights we have had to use another .1 mg in the

middle of the night. During the days, Sam has been a mile-a-minute

hyperactive. I am wondering if anyone has experienced " rebound

hyperactivity " while using Clonidine (as opposed to the hyperactivity being

independent of the drug).

Thanks,

Shamez.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for the message. We have tried Tenex during the day as well, but

have never been able to titrate the dose effectively despite lots of trying.

We are either too low (no effect) or too high (sedating) and have never hit

the happy medium.

Re: Clonidine

We have also used Clonidine to help Chelsey sleep, but have to use Tenex in

the daytime for her hyperactivity (I don't know if it's rebound to the

Clonidine - she's pretty hyper generally no matter what we do). They are

similar drugs but Clonidine is more soporific.

Clonidine

We have been using Clonidine intermitently to help Sam with insomnia and

night wakings. Over the past two weeks, we have had to use .1 mg every

night

at bed time, and on several nights we have had to use another .1 mg in the

middle of the night. During the days, Sam has been a mile-a-minute

hyperactive. I am wondering if anyone has experienced " rebound

hyperactivity " while using Clonidine (as opposed to the hyperactivity

being

independent of the drug).

Thanks,

Shamez.

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[Guest guest]

Just to add a PS to Jaquelyn's post about Clonidine and Chelsey. After being

with her for six months on the Clonidine/Tenex regime, my distinct impression is

that there was no rebound hyperactivity in her case. On the contrary, she was

sometimes a little slow in the morning when a larger dose of Clonidine was

given.

Jack

Jaquelyn McCandless wrote:

We have also used Clonidine to help Chelsey sleep, but have to use Tenex in the

daytime for her hyperactivity (I don't know if it's rebound to the Clonidine -

she's pretty hyper generally no matter what we do). They are similar drugs but

Clonidine is more soporific.

Clonidine

We have been using Clonidine intermitently to help Sam with insomnia and

night wakings. Over the past two weeks, we have had to use .1 mg every night

at bed time, and on several nights we have had to use another .1 mg in the

middle of the night. During the days, Sam has been a mile-a-minute

hyperactive. I am wondering if anyone has experienced " rebound

hyperactivity " while using Clonidine (as opposed to the hyperactivity being

independent of the drug).

Thanks,

Shamez.

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[Guest guest]

Kanji,

No, I didn't see anything such increase that I could attribute to the

Clonidine/Tenex regime. there are so many variable that affect Chelsey's

obsessiveness, that it's difficult to know what comes from what, but my strong

sense is that the Clonidine does its job of getting her to sleep nd the Tenex is

just a mild stablizing factor in her day-life.

Jack

" Kanji, Shamez " wrote:

Thanks Jack. Did you see any increase in anxiety or obsessiveness?

Re: Clonidine

Just to add a PS to Jaquelyn's post about Clonidine and Chelsey. After being

with her for six months on the Clonidine/Tenex regime, my distinct impression is

that there was no rebound hyperactivity in her case. On the contrary, she was

sometimes a little slow in the morning when a larger dose of Clonidine was

given.

Jack

Jaquelyn McCandless wrote:

We have also used Clonidine to help Chelsey sleep, but have to use Tenex in the

daytime for her hyperactivity (I don't know if it's rebound to the Clonidine -

she's pretty hyper generally no matter what we do). They are similar drugs but

Clonidine is more soporific.

Clonidine

We have been using Clonidine intermitently to help Sam with insomnia and

night wakings. Over the past two weeks, we have had to use .1 mg every night

at bed time, and on several nights we have had to use another .1 mg in the

middle of the night. During the days, Sam has been a mile-a-minute

hyperactive. I am wondering if anyone has experienced " rebound

hyperactivity " while using Clonidine (as opposed to the hyperactivity being

independent of the drug).

Thanks,

Shamez.

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