Clonidine for Insomnia, Stimulant-Associated User Reviews (Page 3)

• Joo...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 15, 2020

"I have been taking 1/2 tab clonidine at night for about 2 weeks and it worked for a couple of nights, but now I'm waking up 4 or 5 times a night, headaches/migraine, fuzzy head, no concentration, had to come home from work. Wish they worked as all other, cause weight gain, e.g., Endep, etc."

• sup...
• July 20, 2015

"I was prescribed clonidine 0.1 mg to help with blood pressure and insomnia. Unfortunately for me, it hasn't helped with either. It worked the first week in helping me fall asleep, but I still woke up about 2 hours later in the same situation. As far as blood pressure, every reading still remains dangerously high."

• Ano...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 22, 2024

"I've had sleep deprivation my whole life, partially due to ADHD. This medicine has worked like a miracle. I take 0.1 mg per day, and it helps so much. I've no longer been sleeping in class, work is easier, and my grades have gone up. Even if I get the same amount of sleep, the sleep is better also."

• bpd...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• February 2, 2022

"Clonidine worked perfectly for a year. I'd take it at night, I'd wake up after 10 hours feeling refreshed (a bit light-headed), but it was perfect for me. I get anxiety and attacks at night, and clonidine would keep all of that away for the night. However, after about a year, I started waking up after 3-4 hours of sleep and not feeling refreshed. And if you want to get off of it, prepare for HELL. Constant anxiety/panic attacks, insomnia for days, hallucinations, etc."

• Jay...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 21, 2021

"I suffer from major depression after being assaulted several times in my workplace. (Prison guard) Then, 2 years ago, I was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Both of these issues really mess with sleep. My psychiatrist had me on Quetiapine 100 mg at night and 50 mg extended release during the day. The Quetiapine caused me to have the most realistic, violent dreams. To the point that I was physically and verbally abusing my husband in my sleep, what little sleep I was having. I started on Clonidine at night along with the Quetiapine and have not slept this well in years, and no more violent dreams. It has been a life changer for me."

• Ano...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• June 4, 2022

"It's okay. I take 0.3 mg a night for sleep, but sometimes it doesn't work. I have really bad anxiety and sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night. Sometimes, I don't get sedated. I'm also on Zoloft."

• mal...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 25, 2019

"I’ve been on this clonidine medication for a few weeks, maybe close to a month, and I think that it’s making me throw up even though that’s not a side effect, apparently. I sleep just fine on it, though."

• Mat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 19, 2020

"I'm an insomniac with a slew of problems, one of which is obstructive sleep apnea: I've got a deviated septum, large tonsils, and an extended soft palate, so even though I'm pretty thin, I have fat old man sleep disorder. Clonidine was recommended for OSA since it decreases REM sleep, the stage in which we OSA sufferers have all our apneas and hypopneas. Unfortunately, clonidine was a total disaster for me: not only did it not decrease REM sleep, it jacked up my cortisol so high that I couldn't get back to sleep when I woke up. The side effect of lowered blood pressure is no joke either - mine is normal to low, so this put me very low and had me grabbing onto tables when I tried to stand up from the couch. One time I almost blacked out! Threw this in the trash, definitely not a fit."

• A...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 1, 2023

"I have been using clonidine for the past 2 years for insomnia. I would stay awake till 12 a.m. when I would go to bed at 10 p.m. I was put on 0.1 mg of clonidine for sleep. Now it usually takes about 30 minutes at most to get to sleep. The only negative side effect is I will sometimes feel nauseous before bed. Sometimes it will wear off too soon when I don't have school and I'll wake up at 8 a.m. and struggle to fall back asleep."

• lif...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• October 6, 2021

"I was diagnosed with insomnia in high school and was prescribed trazodone. While that did the job, it did it a little too well considering I woke up groggy every morning. I spoke to my psychiatrist, and he prescribed clonidine 0.2 mg, which has changed my life! I can take it early or late in the night, and it will knock me out within 30 minutes, give me uninterrupted sleep, and not leave me drowsy in the morning. My psychiatrist told me it’s to help my body fall asleep but not stay asleep since I can rest deeply on my own with a little help."

• Gig...
• April 4, 2021

"Most nights I go to bed at 10 and am still laying in bed wide awake at midnight. It was almost impossible to sleep until the doctor put me on clonidine. I take it at 8, it takes about an hour or maybe 2 to kick in. Once it's in, I'm in my chair falling asleep, and I go to bed and rarely have problems sleeping."

• Man...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 2, 2021

"Not the med for me. I’ve been trying to get my insomnia under control for months. Don’t get me wrong - I have heard wonderful things about this medicine, and I know it works wonders for some. I definitely felt tired, and it put me to sleep for a bit... but I ended up still waking up, and when I got up to use the restroom in the middle of the night, I felt a light-headed feeling, like I was about to pass out. I immediately laid down, and it stopped after a bit, but it wasn’t fun. And that was even with splitting the pill in half of the lowest dose they prescribe to start with. I had read some reviews prior to taking and found a lot of people recommended splitting it in half or a quarter when first starting, but my body just did not like it. I told my physician, and she said it sounded like my blood pressure went too low and we should stop the med and try something else. Other than that, I didn’t have any other bad side effects, but it was clear this medicine just wasn’t for me."

• Mor...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 30, 2022

"It usually takes 2-4 hours to fall asleep, usually get 3-6 hours before I wake, and rarely get back to sleep unless I can sleep in, in which case I spend 6-10 hours more in bed and a bit more sleep. Melatonin was ineffective. Taking 0.2 mg clonidine at night knocks me out hard with ~10 hours of sleep, but gives massive nausea and faintness when standing (fine when lying down). This continues into the next day, and overall I prefer not sleeping. Taking 0.1 mg clonidine (~2 hours before bed) reduces the time to fall asleep to 0.5-1.5 hours. I still wake up hours before I have to get up without falling back asleep. When I get up, I get minor nausea and faintness symptoms, which a morning coffee fixes well. Although 0.1 mg isn't a cure, I am very satisfied with the extra couple of hours of sleep. I would recommend finding the max fully tolerable dose for you (e.g., 0.05, 0.075, 0.1 mg) and seeing if it's any help at all. A minor improvement with negligible side effects is better than nothing."

• Cat...
• January 6, 2023

"Have taken this in the past when healthy, and it works well for sleep. Do not recommend it if you suffer histamine intolerance, though it does barely anything at the highest dose for the histamine insomnia. (Lucky to get down at 6 am.) Seems to also muck around with the heart, and by day 3, fainting fits and extreme low blood pressure, and then pre-heart failure. Symptoms go once stopped."

• Sel...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• September 24, 2022

"I have been taking this medication for over 10 years because I have a hard time getting tired and going to bed. I have nights where it would make me tired and other nights where it wouldn’t, also to the point where I would have to force myself to sleep. There have been nights where I have nightmares to the point where I wake up crying or mad, but other nights it doesn’t give me nightmares. This pill works great when it wants to, but also doesn’t help if you drink caffeine hours before you take this medication."

• Ita...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 3, 2025

"I've been taking the 1 mg for three months, and it has been working great. Before I started taking clonidine, I took melatonin every night and I struggled with sleep for years. I would have a normal sleep cycle one week, and then the next I would be waking up in the evening and falling asleep in the morning. But now I have a more manageable sleep cycle, although lately I've developed an immunity to the 1 mg dose, so it's not a permanent solution."

• Gir...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 23, 2025

"Clonidine has helped my insomnia so much. When I was like 13, I couldn't sleep. Sometimes on school nights, I would be laying in bed, not able to fall asleep, and I would get to the point of crying because I couldn't sleep, and I was up until like past midnight when I had gone to bed at 10. Melatonin made me feel sick and gave me nightmares, but this doesn't. Now, since I've been taking this since 2021, I've slept so much better. The only negative thing is sometimes I get a nausea feeling from this, but not all the time."

• Cry...
• June 9, 2024

"Not helpful at. I took this for insomnia when I was in elementary school. It didn’t do anything. I have had insomnia for my whole life. I now currently take Belsomra for insomnia instead. I can stay awake through clonidine very easily."

• Day...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• May 5, 2024

"I started taking this in 2021 because for several nights I wasn't able to fall asleep. I'd get to the point of getting up crying because I couldn't sleep. Melatonin made me feel like I had a hangover, and this clonidine has been a miracle drug most nights. I'll take it about an hour before bed so it can start kicking in and I can go to bed before I get super groggy. The only bad thing is I get kinda nauseous before bed with this, but I usually fall asleep before that."

• Bud...
• February 5, 2020

"The only thing this is really effective for is to get one off of Xanax. You have to take another less-powerful benzodiazepine to get off Xanax. Most doctors use Valium, but clonidine seems more effective to me because the half-life is much longer. Then you can taper down on clonidine easily."

• gir...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• January 17, 2024

"I have taken clonidine at night for sleep probably about 2 years now. It's been great for sleep. The only downside is it makes my stomach feel bad, but I usually can sleep it off. It takes about an hour and I'll be asleep. I took it while traveling and slept the whole car ride."

• Rod...
• July 19, 2018

"Bipolar, ADHD mostly inattentive. Clonidine almost always puts me to sleep at dosages of 37.5 mg to 75 mg. Higher dosages don't help more. This has been a lifesaver for me. I don't dare to use benzos due to addiction problems in my family. Only problem is that I wake up too early sometimes. Wish I had access to a more long-acting formula."

• jes...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 18, 2016

"I'm 18 years old and I've only recently been put on this medication as I don't sleep. I have BPD (borderline personality disorder), and I hear and see things and also have depression. I started with 10 mg, but I was still up all night, laughing, mucking around. But it was like I was stoned. My eyes were even red and puffy. I was drowsy and had dizzy moments. So now I'm on 20 mg as it was doing nothing. Again, I've only recently been put on it, so it might not have kicked in yet. But I'm still up all night, get to sleep at about 5 in the morning, and have a few hours' nap. Medication works differently with different people. But my brother has been on it for ADHD, and it worked for him. So maybe I just have to give it some time. Just need to be patient."

• nga...
• June 5, 2008

"My child started taking clonidine one month ago. She now falls asleep much faster and stays asleep throughout the night. She is more focused at school than she ever was before."

• tom...
• August 8, 2015

"Was fantastic for the first few months, but I've developed such a tolerance to it, it does absolutely nothing now, no matter how high I increase the dosage."