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Posted by jono_in_adelaide on September 23, 2012, at 21:15:59
I have been having trouble sleeping of late, and am wondering about using clonidine, probably rotating it with Seroquel - 50mg of Seroquel gives a good nights sleep, but i feel I get tolorant to it within a couple of weeks.... was wondering about taking clonidine and my (Indian) seroqule the next etc?
What dose of clonidine would I take for sleep?
Posted by Christ_empowered on September 24, 2012, at 11:41:08
In reply to Clonidine as a sleep aid, posted by jono_in_adelaide on September 23, 2012, at 21:15:59
I tried clonidine for sleep, tics, anxiety, etc. Hated the stuff. For sleep in particular, I woke up agitated, and I had awful nightmares.
Posted by phillipa on September 24, 2012, at 15:49:55
In reply to Re: Clonidine as a sleep aid, posted by Christ_empowered on September 24, 2012, at 11:41:08
Isn't it used for withdrawal from opiods? Phillipa
Posted by jono_in_adelaide on September 24, 2012, at 17:34:47
In reply to Re: Clonidine as a sleep aid » Christ_empowered, posted by phillipa on September 24, 2012, at 15:49:55
It is actualy a blood pressure med phillipa, that blocks certain adrenalin receptors in the brain, and it has ben used off label for ADHA, opoid withdrawl, migrain, insomnia and quite a few other things as well...but like a lot of off label drugs, you wonder how effective it is
Posted by jono_in_adelaide on September 24, 2012, at 18:06:44
In reply to Re: Clonidine as a sleep aid, posted by jono_in_adelaide on September 24, 2012, at 17:34:47
The insomnia seems to have been better the last 2 nights, so i think I'll leave it.... and keep my Indian grey market Seroquel for nights when I need to be knocked out cold
Posted by rjlockhart37 on September 25, 2012, at 20:04:37
In reply to Clonidine as a sleep aid, posted by jono_in_adelaide on September 23, 2012, at 21:15:59
clonodine makes your mouth dry and can cause fatigue the next day due to hypotension. But if you still want to try it.... .2mg - .3m at night will slow things down.
rj
Posted by phidippus on September 26, 2012, at 14:08:01
In reply to Clonidine as a sleep aid, posted by jono_in_adelaide on September 23, 2012, at 21:15:59
I've used Clonidine for sleep .4 mg.
Eric
Posted by jono_in_adelaide on September 27, 2012, at 21:26:26
In reply to Re: Clonidine as a sleep aid » jono_in_adelaide, posted by phidippus on September 26, 2012, at 14:08:01
Things have been better the last few nights - have been sleeping well on 50mg of Seroquel plus my usual meds.... next weel, i plan on stopping the Seroquel and replacing it with 25mg of doxylamine (One Unisom tablet) along with the 1mg of Xanax that I take morning and night
Posted by jono_in_adelaide on September 27, 2012, at 21:40:50
In reply to Re: Clonidine as a sleep aid, posted by jono_in_adelaide on September 27, 2012, at 21:26:26
If and when insomnia becomes an issue again, I might try rotating clonidine with the Seroquel.
Thanks for the info and help guys.
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