Clonidine For Adhd And Aspergers

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My son is ADHA and Aspergers and his doctor put him on this at night, he is 8 yrs old I just want to know if I made the right decision to say yes about it, and if it lowers blood pressure?

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my son is adhd/impulsive. he is 9. just changed to 60 mg metadate thru the day and clonidine .1 mg at 8 pm. its great! hes alseep at 9:30 pm and waking up at 7 am refreshed on his own. before he was up until 11:30 to 1 am

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My son was prescribed Clonidine 1/4 of 0.01 mg three times a day. I was wondering the same question, did I make the right decision to place him on a highblood pressure medication? He have great response with the medication. But, I wonder if this drug will stunt his stimulation in later years. I know for a fact it does in grown men. Can someone help answer these questions?

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i was told that clonidine would cause males to have a flabby chest like a girls boobs and it happened to my son.so why give it to males?

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Our 10 year old son has Turettes and has been perscribed Clonidine.
.05 MG in the afternoon and .1 MG before bedtime.

Is this a proper treatment?

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my 9 year old son has adhd and has been acting out in school....he was taking 60mg of straterra in the morning, 50mg seroquel at noon, and 40mg straterra at 4pm and 50mg seroquel at 4pm...and 100mg seroquel at night....he is also bipolor....now he takes his straterra 40 and 60 in the morning...the seroquel and and klopine at noon and at 4pm....is this much meds safe....the teacher said she does not see a change in him

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My son was put on the clonidine a year ago and while it does help mellow him out and get him to go to sleep he still does not sleep all night by himself. Also, just found out from the new dr. that he saw today that it can cause urinary problems, which my son is experiencing now (he feels like he has to go all the time).

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my son is 8 and he takes clonidine to help him sleep and i was very happy with the doctor about this decision he wont sleep until 1am and get up at 5am so it helped alot

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Glad to hear it is working so well for you and your son.

Does anyone else have experience using this for similar conditions?

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My son is 7 yrs old hes ADHD/ ANXIETY Hes on Focalin 10mg and Clonidine 0.1mg. B4 the medication he was unstable. He was extremely violent incapable of watching a 2 min commercial. Everything he did turned violent he could b sitting there playing wit legos n flip on his brothers n a min. In my opinion the Focalin has worked well with him, as far as the Clonidine goes it helps him go 2 sleep at night. But he has gotten very emotional the last few days at night he repeatedly kicks his leg stright up n the sir and drops it full force down. This goes on for approx. 15 straight mins. So if any1 else is expierencing any of these symptoms with their child please email me n let me how u handle it Im willing to accept any help I can Ive brought it up to his Dr but I can never get a straight answer on Why or What could b causing it or How it can b handled. So please someone Im asking for some kinda help or advice

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Ok the bad new about clonidine I tool this medication when I was 7 i have torettes syndrome or how ever you spell it I'm now 24 ever since I started the drug that I stopped taking after sleeping 5 years of my life away I've had heart issues 3 heart attacks , I go pee like every ten to fifteen minutes , there is a big side effect with the heart . Now it is very very dangerous to stop taking this medication I was very lucky but since I took it for 5 years the damage was already done . Ps always talk to your doctor before stopping this medication , I'm not saying to stop it just read about it more .. also why would you want your kid to be put at risk ? Plus sleep his life away my patents forced me to take it! All of you are selfish people if your kids are taking it let them choose if they want to or not its not your choice it should be there's , and remember because of my parents I have heart issues and I'm probably not going to live to see my daughter grow up and have kids.

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Debbi-my son also has ADHD and had a terrible time sleeping. He was put on Clonidine and started at .1mg. This didn't really seem to work too well-we could give to him at 7 and he'd still be wide awake at 11p. He'd then wake up at least once every night in a huge fit...like he's in a dream and can't wake up and just can't get a grip. Lots of screaming and crying. Our dr. recommended bumping him to .2 so we did. He would go to bed quicker, but before he'd fall asleep we'd have to sit through a huge fit, about 15-20 minutes worth every night...constant screaming, kicking, crying.....and EVERY night. So, I lowered his dose back to .1...well now, he has been waking up nightly throwing really bad fits-last night he woke up in a rage for an hour....and it would go in between reality and dreamworld..like he'd say he was thirsty and then start talking about his brother and how he didn't want him to sit there....very hard to be calm through that. Anyone else have similar experiences-I'm feeling like we should wean him off the medicine.

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My son-ADD. On medication (although i dont like him on it) so he'll pay attention in school. Recently he turned a tween & mean! I complained to Dr. my son is Jeckle/Hyde @ exact time everynite-when med wear's off. He offers more of same 'zombie' med but lasts about 4 hrs to take for the evening time. No thanks. So, i find something to side-track him for 20 during the Jeckle/Hyde transformation other than hitting/kicking walls (he has restacked woodpile MANY times). OK I figured that 1 out but then realized I was having anxity attacks & or crying, miserable & exhaused getting him off to school in the morning. Great sleeper-8pm-5am faithfully..He would get up & start in on me. Yellin, whining, screaming @ me. Just MEAN! I was exhausted & relieved when the bus pulled away, so I could rest. He was 11 @ time.ANYWAY,the point..Dr put him on CLONIDINE. take 1 mg at bedtime. He said it may help him get up in am relaxed/not so tense/edgy. (HUH? doc-ME 2??) It seemed to work or he didnt like it when i stopped getting up & waitin on him! He's been a good kid since he turned 12 couple months ago.Thats about when he stopped taking the Clonidine.Short time fix(3-4months) for short term prob.Thats our experience with this medicine. Seemed to help us .

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My 79 year old Mother was prescribed this recently. She has only taken 2 pills and cannot stand the dry mouth. She has s pacemaker and hbp and the Dr was trying a different bp med. Sounds like nobody needs this stuff!!!!

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