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We took our five year old PDD-NOS/ADHD son to a Psychiatrist

knowledgable in the DAN! protols. He suggested we put our son on

Catapres, also known as Clonidine. Has anyone had experience with

this drug for hyperactivity? Please advise.

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> We took our five year old PDD-NOS/ADHD son to a Psychiatrist

> knowledgable in the DAN! protols. He suggested we put our son on

> Catapres, also known as Clonidine. Has anyone had experience with

> this drug for hyperactivity? Please advise.

Hi my son was started on clondine, 1/4 a tab (.025mg) every nite

about one year ago. It helped hyperactivity alot and promoted sleep,

however the rebound about 7-9 hours later was significant. We stopped

giving at nite because he (at the time was 4 yo)would wake up a 3-4

am and be jazzed. We stated giving it .05 mg in the am, initially

made him too sleepy, but after 1-2 weeks he did great, except for the

rebound which again was very significant, we switched to a longer

acting alpha blocker (clonidine is a short acting alpha blocker)

Tenex about 6 weeks ago, it last about 15-17 hours with little or no

rebound, we give it at bedtime and it works thru his kindergarten

day...we really like it better than clonidine, although clonidine was

good too

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I worked at a group home where we had a kid on the catapres (transdermal).

Whenever the school called saying we needed to come get him because of a

meltdown we asked that they make sure he still had the patch on. Often times,

in those cases, he didn't. We put it in the middle of his upper back between

the shoulder blades to keep him from taking it off himself. In his case the

patch left the skin where he'd had the patch darker than the rest of his back.

We moved it around from week to week. I would make sure that the school and any

babysitters or others know about it because some might question the dark marks

and mistake them for abuse. You may also want to ask about the adhesive to see

if that contains gluten.

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Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 22:27:39 -0000

Subject: [ ] Re: Need Advice on Catapres/Clonidine

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> We took our five year old PDD-NOS/ADHD son to a Psychiatrist <BR>

> knowledgable in the DAN! protols. He suggested we put our son on <BR>

> Catapres, also known as Clonidine. Has anyone had experience with <BR>

> this drug for hyperactivity? Please advise.<BR>

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Hi my son was started on clondine, 1/4 a tab (.025mg) every nite <BR>

about one year ago. It helped hyperactivity alot and promoted sleep, <BR>

however the rebound about 7-9 hours later was significant. We stopped <BR>

giving at nite because he (at the time was 4 yo)would wake up a 3-4 <BR>

am and be jazzed. We stated giving it .05 mg in the am, initially <BR>

made him too sleepy, but after 1-2 weeks he did great, except for the <BR>

rebound which again was very significant, we switched to a longer <BR>

acting alpha blocker (clonidine is a short acting alpha blocker) <BR>

Tenex about 6 weeks ago, it last about 15-17 hours with little or no <BR>

rebound, we give it at bedtime and it works thru his kindergarten <BR>

day...we really like it better than clonidine, although clonidine was <BR>

good too<BR>

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My support group leader gave it to her granddaughter for about 2

yrs, from around 4-6. They felt it helped enormously, but they

either switched to concerta or are giving both, I'm pretty sure they

are only doing concerta now. But, her granddaughter is very subtle

now in her symptoms, at 7 yrs old.

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> > We took our five year old PDD-NOS/ADHD son to a Psychiatrist

> > knowledgable in the DAN! protols. He suggested we put our son on

> > Catapres, also known as Clonidine. Has anyone had experience

with

> > this drug for hyperactivity? Please advise.

>

>

> Hi my son was started on clondine, 1/4 a tab (.025mg) every nite

> about one year ago. It helped hyperactivity alot and promoted

sleep,

> however the rebound about 7-9 hours later was significant. We

stopped

> giving at nite because he (at the time was 4 yo)would wake up a 3-

4

> am and be jazzed. We stated giving it .05 mg in the am, initially

> made him too sleepy, but after 1-2 weeks he did great, except for

the

> rebound which again was very significant, we switched to a longer

> acting alpha blocker (clonidine is a short acting alpha blocker)

> Tenex about 6 weeks ago, it last about 15-17 hours with little or

no

> rebound, we give it at bedtime and it works thru his kindergarten

> day...we really like it better than clonidine, although clonidine

was

> good too

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Yeah, it made my son a raving lunatic. It only made matters worse.

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We took our five year old PDD-NOS/ADHD son to a Psychiatrist

knowledgable in the DAN! protols. He suggested we put our son on

Catapres, also known as Clonidine. Has anyone had experience with

this drug for hyperactivity? Please advise.

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