Posted by Sad Panda on July 26, 2004, at 22:55:21
In reply to Clonidine to Lower Norepinephrine??, posted by RetiredYoung on July 26, 2004, at 17:10:56
> Hello all - My pdoc has determined that the irritability and anger that I've been experiencing is due to inappropriately high levels of norepinephrine. He has prescribed clonidine as a remedy; he states that he has effectively used this in the past for similar cases, as clonidine, apparently, lowers the norepinephrine levels associated with rage, etc. In fact, he says that in certain patients, their feedback has been that they've never felt as relaxed.
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> In all of my 'Net depression reading over the years, I don't recall coming across clonidine anywhere. I'm hoping some folks here have, and can share some comments. Thanks..
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>Clonidine is an Antihypertensive that is Alpha-2 NE agonist & is worth trying. Some people, myself included, get cranky & irritable after taking Remeron, which is an Alpha-2 NE antagonist
& essentially does the opposite to Clonidine.Cheers,
Panda.
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