Re: tics and clonidine, need advice

[Guest guest]

Hi Vickie,

My daughter was on and off clonidine for years.

She only took it for bedtime to help her sleep , which it did, but we had to

keep raising her dose. It would work for a few months than stop, so we ended up

using other meds in between and than going back to the Clonidine.

It never helped with any of my dd's tics, but I believe that is because she only

took one dose a day, at bedtime.(2mg)

I didn't find it useful for the OCD. She has been on Zoloft with it, and on it

alone, and only the Zoloft seemed to help with the OCD symptoms.

This is just my personal experience with this med.

Hugs

Judy

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To:

Sent: Friday, January 9, 2009 11:56:37 AM

Subject: tics and clonidine, need advice

My son is having either complex tics or OCD, and I am not sure which one. I have

not taken him to a psychiatrist yet. The past week he is getting stuck turning

circles and touching things. I can barely get him to move from one room to the

next.  I really want to up his Clonidine to 2 tablets, and see what happens.

The question is for anyone that can help me and has been through this.

Does anyone know if Clonidine will help with this OCD stuff, or from experience

will he need some type therapy to help or possible another type medication.

 

Any suggestions? We are not getting enough sleep either, It takes him a long

time to get to bed with all the circle turning and touching things, walking back

and forth.

 

Thanks,

Vickie in GA 

[Guest guest]

Thank you Judy,

 

I have a feeling that my son may have to take something else along with

Clonidine for the tics.  Thank you for sharing!!

Love, Vickie

Subject: Re: tics and clonidine, need advice

To:

Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 6:48 PM

Hi Vickie,

My daughter was on and off clonidine for years.

She only took it for bedtime to help her sleep , which it did, but we had to

keep raising her dose. It would work for a few months than stop, so we ended up

using other meds in between and than going back to the Clonidine.

It never helped with any of my dd's tics, but I believe that is because she only

took one dose a day, at bedtime.(2mg)

I didn't find it useful for the OCD. She has been on Zoloft with it, and on it

alone, and only the Zoloft seemed to help with the OCD symptoms.

This is just my personal experience with this med.

Hugs

Judy

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From: Vickie Burnum <vickieburnum@ yahoo.com>

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Sent: Friday, January 9, 2009 11:56:37 AM

Subject: tics and clonidine, need advice

My son is having either complex tics or OCD, and I am not sure which one. I have

not taken him to a psychiatrist yet. The past week he is getting stuck turning

circles and touching things. I can barely get him to move from one room to the

next.  I really want to up his Clonidine to 2 tablets, and see what happens.

The question is for anyone that can help me and has been through this.

Does anyone know if Clonidine will help with this OCD stuff, or from experience

will he need some type therapy to help or possible another type medication.

 

Any suggestions? We are not getting enough sleep either, It takes him a long

time to get to bed with all the circle turning and touching things, walking back

and forth.

 

Thanks,

Vickie in GA 

[Guest guest]

Hi there. My son is 10 with tics and OCD/ADHD and he has used both

Clonidine and Guanfacine (Tenex). We also don't know if the tics are

the OCD or a Tourette's like problem OR the meds from the ADHD!

We let my son decide about his tics (he scrunches his face like his

nose itches, and straightens his arms our and rotates his wrists)

since his " functioning " isn't really being affected.

He wants the tics to be gone, but he also wants to NOT take that

extra pill. We were giving the Clon. at night due to it helping him

sleep as a nice side effect. He decided that he'd rather tic than

take a pill. So, we started Melatonin at night and stopped the Clon.

(all with the approval of the Psych). I tell you, I can barely sit

next to him, he tics all the time! If ever I thought the tics

weren't that bad or that the pill wasn't doing anything - I have

surely changed my mind!! I don't know what dose you are at now, but

we are allowed to give 1mg up to 2x daily for the tics of the

Guanfacine. I think it works better than the Clonidine did.

This may not be of any help to you, just wanted to " put it out

there " . You just never know what's gonna be that one little thing

that makes all the difference in the world for somebody

Good luck to you both!

>

> My son is having either complex tics or OCD, and I am not sure

which one. I have not taken him to a psychiatrist yet. The past week

he is getting stuck turning circles and touching things. I can barely

get him to move from one room to the next.  I really want to up his

Clonidine to 2 tablets, and see what happens.

> The question is for anyone that can help me and has been through

this.

> Does anyone know if Clonidine will help with this OCD stuff, or

from experience will he need some type therapy to help or possible

another type medication.

>  

> Any suggestions? We are not getting enough sleep either, It takes

him a long time to get to bed with all the circle turning and

touching things, walking back and forth.

>  

> Thanks,

> Vickie in GA 

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My youngest daughter takes Clonidine at night to fall asleep. I have also

heard of it working for tics but I don't know about it helping with OCD. For

awhile, was taking two pills at night to fall asleep but it made her

dizzy. Since it is a blood pressure medication and her blood pressure is low,

we saw this result. I do know of other people who are able to take more than

one pill without problems. Is your son on other meds for OCD? My kids and

I all take Luvox for OCD and it has really helped. Kelley in NV

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[Guest guest]

Kelley,

 

Thank you for your post. My sons doctor put him on clonidine for tics and it is

suppose to help. It did help for awhile, and I took him off this summer.  But,

when school started and he went through this Christmas break, he got to bad.I

know it had to be OCD.  I still give him 1 and 1/2 tablets between dinner and

bedtime. I am not sure that it is helping the OCD, even though he does seem

better today. He is not taking anything for OCD, and I am gonna call a child

psychiatrist tomorrow and possible get him in to see her this week. I take

Zoloft for anxiety, OCD , panic attacks.  I also have a mood swing disorder and

I am bipolar.

It took several AD's before I found one that works.  I have been on Zoloft for

10 years,and  I hope to stay on it as long as I need it.  Finding one that works

is hard., and I hate to see my son have to deal with side effects. That scares

me!!

I tried Luvox and I only took one and I had severe panic attacks all night and

then nausea for 3 days from one pill.  I flushed the rest, anyway I do like

Zoloft .  I do have side effects, but it is better than all that severe

anxiety. 

 

Vickie in GA

Subject: Re: tics and clonidine, need advice

To:

Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 4:06 PM

My youngest daughter takes Clonidine at night to fall asleep. I have also

heard of it working for tics but I don't know about it helping with OCD. For

awhile, was taking two pills at night to fall asleep but it made her

dizzy. Since it is a blood pressure medication and her blood pressure is low,

we saw this result. I do know of other people who are able to take more than

one pill without problems. Is your son on other meds for OCD? My kids and

I all take Luvox for OCD and it has really helped. Kelley in NV

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