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

• Ness
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 4, 2020

"I was prescribed this medication clonidine to help with my insomnia. This medication didn't help me fall asleep at all. I took it and still stayed awake all night. I didn't experience any side effects."

• jess_...
• 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 10mg 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 20mg 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."

• Big_j...
• March 21, 2016

"I have insomnia and I take Xanax for anxiety and I needed a different med so I wouldn't keep using my Xanax for sleep so I was given this and it works great I woke up In the middle of the night tho and fell back asleep in a few hours and it felt like I had a full nights rest and there wasn't a really high feeing when I woke up like ill someone's have with Xanax only a slight one before I went to sleep"

• Matvei
• 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."

• super...
• July 20, 2015

"I was prescribed clonidine .1mg to help with blood pressure and insomnia. Unfortunately for me it hasn't helped with neither. It worked the first week with helping me fall asleep but I still woke up about 2 hrs later in same situation. As far as blood pressure every reading still remains dangerously high."

• 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 am when I would go to bed at 10 am. 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 am and struggle to fall back asleep."

• mali
• 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."

• Gigi
• April 4, 2021

"Most night I go to be at 10 and still laying in bed wide awake at midnight it was all impossible to sleep until the doctor put me on clonidine I take it at 8 it takes about a 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 no problems sleeping"

• bpd_p...
• 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."

• Outso...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 20, 2022

"I despise the term "miracle worker," but this medication has completely eliminated my chronic insomnia and RLS after trying numerous other medications. I've been taking it for three weeks and I'm still blown away by how well it's worked. It is, however, an unusual medication. It doesn't really make you sleepy, so every night I worry that it has stopped working. I'm wide awake even when I'm lying in bed, but if I close my eyes for more than a minute, I'm out like a light. This has happened every night since I started taking it. I usually watch a movie in bed before going to sleep, but when I take clonidine, I fall asleep so quickly that I never finish the movie. Because of how effective clonidine is, I've attempted to watch the same movie for three days and still have about an hour to go. My dose is.4 mg about an hour before going to bed."

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

"I suffer from major depression after being assaulted several times in my work place. (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 100mg at night and 50mg 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."

• Mano
• 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."

• Anony...
• 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."

• Morgan
• 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 6-10hrs more in bed and a bit more sleep. melatonin was ineffective. Taking 0.2mg clonidine at night knocks me out hard with ~10hr 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 0.1mg clonidine (~2 hour before bed) reduces the time to fall asleep to 0.5-1.5hr, 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 0.1mg 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, 0.1mg) and seeing if its any help at all, a minor improvement with negligible side effects is better than nothing"

• lifes...
• 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 .2mg 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 & 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."

• Catap...
• 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 highest dose for the histamine insomnia, (lucky to get down at 6am) seems to also mucks around the heart and by day 3 fainting fits and extreme low blood pressure and then pre heart failure, symptoms go once stopped."

• Selena
• Taken for 10 years or more
• September 24, 2022

"I have been taking this medication for over 10+ years cause I have a hard time getting tired & going to bed, I have nights where it would make me tired & other nights where it wouldn’t, also to the point where I would have to force myself to sleep. There has 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 too. But also doesn’t help if you drink caffeine hours before you take this med…"

• girl
• 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."

• ngales
• June 5, 2008

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

• tommo
• 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."

• momof...
• June 16, 2015

"It works well with sleep since I have had insomnia for over 10 years. I tried ambient but I like clonidine better although some nights I wake up 4-5 hours later to have to take another dose."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• September 12, 2020

"clonidine definitely makes me tired and helps with my anxiety. I have to take another med with it in order to fall asleep though."

• JenLynn
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• October 12, 2012

"I have been taking this medication for a few years now. It has helped somewhat with my insomnia. It's probably time to increase the dosage."

• Brunno
• April 22, 2016

Catapres (clonidine) "My daughter takes it to help sleep she's 7 years old take concerta for adhd she's been on 2mg colonaden for 2 years she complained her stomach hurts is it the adhd meds or the calonaden"

• Mari
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 23, 2020

"We tried this for my son whom is 7 , he was up all night did not sleep , and had bloody nose every night about 5 of them , we stopped it right away"