Re: clonidine doesn't work anymore. :-(

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I would give him more or increase the dose he gets a bedtime.

Jacquie H

clonidine doesn't work anymore. :-(

Or should I just give him more when he's wide-awake at 4am?

Input?

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

I would give him more or increase the dose he gets a bedtime.

Jacquie H

clonidine doesn't work anymore. :-(

Or should I just give him more when he's wide-awake at 4am?

Input?

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

I would give him more or increase the dose he gets a bedtime.

Jacquie H

clonidine doesn't work anymore. :-(

Or should I just give him more when he's wide-awake at 4am?

Input?

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

>

> Or should I just give him more when he's wide-awake at 4am?

>

> Input?

>

Hmm. Putter sometimes wakes up at 4 a.m. I just lay there and ignore him

and he usually falls back asleep.

The other night, our youngest cat, , came onto my pillow while Putter

was awake. I petted her and she fell asleep by my head. Putter laughed and

laughed and then he caught her and pulled her under the covers with her.

is not the kind of cat that you treat this way and she left.

She returned however before Putter was asleep. " Fool, " thought I, but she

was right. Putter was too sleepy and he just fell asleep and slept

peacefully on my pillow.

I wonder how she knew?

Salli

[Guest guest]

>

> Or should I just give him more when he's wide-awake at 4am?

>

> Input?

>

Hmm. Putter sometimes wakes up at 4 a.m. I just lay there and ignore him

and he usually falls back asleep.

The other night, our youngest cat, , came onto my pillow while Putter

was awake. I petted her and she fell asleep by my head. Putter laughed and

laughed and then he caught her and pulled her under the covers with her.

is not the kind of cat that you treat this way and she left.

She returned however before Putter was asleep. " Fool, " thought I, but she

was right. Putter was too sleepy and he just fell asleep and slept

peacefully on my pillow.

I wonder how she knew?

Salli

[Guest guest]

>

> Or should I just give him more when he's wide-awake at 4am?

>

> Input?

>

Hmm. Putter sometimes wakes up at 4 a.m. I just lay there and ignore him

and he usually falls back asleep.

The other night, our youngest cat, , came onto my pillow while Putter

was awake. I petted her and she fell asleep by my head. Putter laughed and

laughed and then he caught her and pulled her under the covers with her.

is not the kind of cat that you treat this way and she left.

She returned however before Putter was asleep. " Fool, " thought I, but she

was right. Putter was too sleepy and he just fell asleep and slept

peacefully on my pillow.

I wonder how she knew?

Salli

[Guest guest]

Maybe try waking him before that if he's consistently up during the night.

If you wait till 4, it might make him groggy for school...unless it's the

same dose he takes during school.

We didn't run into this problem with . He only needed it to settle him

down so that he could sleep.

Sue

[Guest guest]

Maybe try waking him before that if he's consistently up during the night.

If you wait till 4, it might make him groggy for school...unless it's the

same dose he takes during school.

We didn't run into this problem with . He only needed it to settle him

down so that he could sleep.

Sue

[Guest guest]

Funny, I called 's neurologist today to get his clonidine increased

from .1 mg to .15 mgs at night so he would sleep past four. His

neurologist said that we could do this, but I'd have to take in

for an EKG to make sure that it was not causing ill effects. Clonidine

is a blood pressure medication, so I'd recommend calling your doctor

before you increase 's just to be safe. Just my opinion.

Maggie

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[Guest guest]

Funny, I called 's neurologist today to get his clonidine increased

from .1 mg to .15 mgs at night so he would sleep past four. His

neurologist said that we could do this, but I'd have to take in

for an EKG to make sure that it was not causing ill effects. Clonidine

is a blood pressure medication, so I'd recommend calling your doctor

before you increase 's just to be safe. Just my opinion.

Maggie

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[Guest guest]

Funny, I called 's neurologist today to get his clonidine increased

from .1 mg to .15 mgs at night so he would sleep past four. His

neurologist said that we could do this, but I'd have to take in

for an EKG to make sure that it was not causing ill effects. Clonidine

is a blood pressure medication, so I'd recommend calling your doctor

before you increase 's just to be safe. Just my opinion.

Maggie

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I would ask the doc about giving him more at bedtime. It's really not

healthy to wake up at 4 a.m. every night. Boone did this last night, btw.

Hope he doesn't repeat it tonight.

Sissi

[Guest guest]

I would ask the doc about giving him more at bedtime. It's really not

healthy to wake up at 4 a.m. every night. Boone did this last night, btw.

Hope he doesn't repeat it tonight.

Sissi

[Guest guest]

I would ask the doc about giving him more at bedtime. It's really not

healthy to wake up at 4 a.m. every night. Boone did this last night, btw.

Hope he doesn't repeat it tonight.

Sissi

[Guest guest]

> > All these kids (, Boone, Putter, ) woke up at 4 a.m. this

> > morning???

> >

> > How weird is that?

> >

>

> My father has Alzheimer's. He has been very difficult these past days,

> due, my mother swears, to a full moon.

>

> Perhaps there is something to this?

Perhaps. I'm not feeling my best either, Nothing physically wrong. Just ...

icky.

Sissi

[Guest guest]

> > All these kids (, Boone, Putter, ) woke up at 4 a.m. this

> > morning???

> >

> > How weird is that?

> >

>

> My father has Alzheimer's. He has been very difficult these past days,

> due, my mother swears, to a full moon.

>

> Perhaps there is something to this?

Perhaps. I'm not feeling my best either, Nothing physically wrong. Just ...

icky.

Sissi

[Guest guest]

>

> Or should I just give him more when he's wide-awake at 4am?

Clonidine has a tendency to do this...the body accomodates to it and

you need more and more to calm a child down. That's why we had to

move on to other meds.

Options? Talk to the doc about increasing the dose. OR try adding

in a magnesium supplement...and/or EFAs. OR, depending on the

behaviors you are seeing, make environmental/program changes.

Raena

[Guest guest]

>

> Or should I just give him more when he's wide-awake at 4am?

Clonidine has a tendency to do this...the body accomodates to it and

you need more and more to calm a child down. That's why we had to

move on to other meds.

Options? Talk to the doc about increasing the dose. OR try adding

in a magnesium supplement...and/or EFAs. OR, depending on the

behaviors you are seeing, make environmental/program changes.

Raena

[Guest guest]

Ah, there is definately something to it! n, who usually goes to bed

without much difficult, was heard to be jumping on his bed until almost

11:00 last night. Not to mention his 4 time-outs yesterday ... Anyway, all

should be better by Thursday or so once the moon passes full.

(SAHM in GA)

MSN elizabethloht@...

n 33, mo, no formal dx

Phoebe, 9 wks

----- Original Message -----

> My father has Alzheimer's. He has been very difficult these past days,

> due, my mother swears, to a full moon.

>

> Perhaps there is something to this?

[Guest guest]

> My patient's behavior always did seem worse in a full moon. Police

> will agree with this too. I read about a link between mood and the

> moon cycles somewhere, but I can't remember where...it was a very

> long time ago.

I used to work at a couple bars, and without fail the full moon brought in

the crazies.

Jacquie

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Cats know everything!

Jacquie H

Re: clonidine doesn't work anymore. :-(

>

> Or should I just give him more when he's wide-awake at 4am?

>

> Input?

>

Hmm. Putter sometimes wakes up at 4 a.m. I just lay there and ignore him

and he usually falls back asleep.

The other night, our youngest cat, , came onto my pillow while Putter

was awake. I petted her and she fell asleep by my head. Putter laughed and

laughed and then he caught her and pulled her under the covers with her.

is not the kind of cat that you treat this way and she left.

She returned however before Putter was asleep. " Fool, " thought I, but she

was right. Putter was too sleepy and he just fell asleep and slept

peacefully on my pillow.

I wonder how she knew?

Salli

[Guest guest]

Cats know everything!

Jacquie H

Re: clonidine doesn't work anymore. :-(

>

> Or should I just give him more when he's wide-awake at 4am?

>

> Input?

>

Hmm. Putter sometimes wakes up at 4 a.m. I just lay there and ignore him

and he usually falls back asleep.

The other night, our youngest cat, , came onto my pillow while Putter

was awake. I petted her and she fell asleep by my head. Putter laughed and

laughed and then he caught her and pulled her under the covers with her.

is not the kind of cat that you treat this way and she left.

She returned however before Putter was asleep. " Fool, " thought I, but she

was right. Putter was too sleepy and he just fell asleep and slept

peacefully on my pillow.

I wonder how she knew?

Salli

[Guest guest]

Cats know everything!

Jacquie H

Re: clonidine doesn't work anymore. :-(

>

> Or should I just give him more when he's wide-awake at 4am?

>

> Input?

>

Hmm. Putter sometimes wakes up at 4 a.m. I just lay there and ignore him

and he usually falls back asleep.

The other night, our youngest cat, , came onto my pillow while Putter

was awake. I petted her and she fell asleep by my head. Putter laughed and

laughed and then he caught her and pulled her under the covers with her.

is not the kind of cat that you treat this way and she left.

She returned however before Putter was asleep. " Fool, " thought I, but she

was right. Putter was too sleepy and he just fell asleep and slept

peacefully on my pillow.

I wonder how she knew?

Salli

[Guest guest]

Alec woke last night at 3am and then at 4 am.....I need more sleep! I was up

with yessenia from 1:30am! and I didnt get to bed until almost 5am. ~yawn~

Jacquie H

Re: clonidine doesn't work anymore. :-(

> Funny, I called 's neurologist today to get his clonidine increased

> from .1 mg to .15 mgs at night so he would sleep past four.

All these kids (, Boone, Putter, ) woke up at 4 a.m. this

morning???

How weird is that?

Sissi

[Guest guest]

Alec woke last night at 3am and then at 4 am.....I need more sleep! I was up

with yessenia from 1:30am! and I didnt get to bed until almost 5am. ~yawn~

Jacquie H

Re: clonidine doesn't work anymore. :-(

> Funny, I called 's neurologist today to get his clonidine increased

> from .1 mg to .15 mgs at night so he would sleep past four.

All these kids (, Boone, Putter, ) woke up at 4 a.m. this

morning???

How weird is that?

Sissi