Any experiences with Clonidine

[Guest guest]

I wanted to hear from parents who have (or had) children on Clonidine and their

experiences.

I have an 8 year old boy with Tourettes, OCD and ADD. We currently have him on

Luvox which helps with anxiety. We tried Haldol in the past for the Tourettes

with bad side effects. We just tried Strattera for the ADD and that didn't

work. Now our psychiatrist is recommending we try Clonidine for the ADD. I

also understand that it may help with Tourettes. We clearly don't want to over

medicate our child. We are trying whatever we can at this stage to see what

works, if anything.

So I'm interested to hear from other people's experiences.

Glenn

[Guest guest]

Hi Glenn,

My 12 yr old daughter took clonidine from ages 9-11. My personal experience with

her on it was that it helped her to sleep. It did not help her OCD or ADHD. She

also had tics, but they were from being on antipsychotics, rather than

tourettes. The clonindine didnt' help her tics.

Just because this didn't do much for my dd does not mean that it won't work with

your son.

Just my experience

Best Wishes

judy

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Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 12:51:05 PM

Subject: Any experiences with Clonidine

I wanted to hear from parents who have (or had) children on Clonidine and their

experiences.

I have an 8 year old boy with Tourettes, OCD and ADD. We currently have him on

Luvox which helps with anxiety. We tried Haldol in the past for the Tourettes

with bad side effects. We just tried Strattera for the ADD and that didn't work.

Now our psychiatrist is recommending we try Clonidine for the ADD. I also

understand that it may help with Tourettes. We clearly don't want to over

medicate our child. We are trying whatever we can at this stage to see what

works, if anything.

So I'm interested to hear from other people's experiences.

Glenn

[Guest guest]

My son has been on clonidine a couple of times, and the only problem is the

drowsiness it causes. We gave it at bedtime. His blood pressure was OK on it.

Bonnie

>

> I wanted to hear from parents who have (or had) children on Clonidine and

their experiences.

>

> I have an 8 year old boy with Tourettes, OCD and ADD. We currently have him

on Luvox which helps with anxiety. We tried Haldol in the past for the

Tourettes with bad side effects. We just tried Strattera for the ADD and that

didn't work. Now our psychiatrist is recommending we try Clonidine for the ADD.

I also understand that it may help with Tourettes. We clearly don't want to

over medicate our child. We are trying whatever we can at this stage to see

what works, if anything.

>

> So I'm interested to hear from other people's experiences.

>

> Glenn

>

[Guest guest]

Glenn,

 

My son takes Clonidine and it really helps his Tourette's.(tics). He also takes

Zoloft for OCD.  I think the Clonidine helps him the best.  It helps him sleep.

Vickie

Subject: Any experiences with Clonidine

To:

Date: Saturday, April 11, 2009, 4:51 PM

I wanted to hear from parents who have (or had) children on Clonidine and their

experiences.

I have an 8 year old boy with Tourettes, OCD and ADD. We currently have him on

Luvox which helps with anxiety. We tried Haldol in the past for the Tourettes

with bad side effects. We just tried Strattera for the ADD and that didn't work.

Now our psychiatrist is recommending we try Clonidine for the ADD. I also

understand that it may help with Tourettes. We clearly don't want to over

medicate our child. We are trying whatever we can at this stage to see what

works, if anything.

So I'm interested to hear from other people's experiences.

Glenn