Clonidine and Headaches: What Users Say (Page 2)

• Pas...
• February 5, 2022

For Opiate Withdrawal "Just want to share for others suffering to get off the crap out there. I've been taking pills for 4-5 years: oxys, codamol, MS Contin 100 mg daily for back injuries. Escalated to hydromorphone (Dilaudid) up to 10 x 8 mg a day plus Jurnista 32 mg a day, even had methadone in small doses for BT. Still lived with pain. Realized how hooked I was when I went without a few of these for a day: intense, horrific WDs. So I had enough. I need my life back. I was a shell of my former self. These drugs ruin lives. So I tapered down over a month, hardest month of my life, got down to 1 Jurnista a day. Then read all available for home detox, found clonidine info, spoke to my doc, she prescribed me 0.1 mg twice a day (I have low BP usually). I was terrified. Like scared of not taking the last opioid pill and dying from WD. Instead, I took the clonidine, expecting to wake up in full WD, had NIL WD symptoms!!!! On 36 hrs no opioids!! Just a bit headachy and weak. Bearable 100%. Why is this not used more!!!!!"

• Ira...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 7, 2022

For Perimenopausal Symptoms "Initially just took this as-needed for hot flashes (maybe ½ of a 0.1 mg pill twice a week), but things turned awful after I started taking it twice a day every day. After the first week and a half of that, I started noticing increased gas, nausea, headaches, low appetite, a general heaviness feeling of my whole body... then, a week after that came the awfully vivid dreams, sleeplessness, heightened anxiety, and irritability. I thought I was actually sick from something, but then realized it's from the consistent use of this medication. Will only take it from now on if I absolutely need it! Otherwise, it's staying in the back of my medicine cabinet."

• gau...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 15, 2021

For Anxiety "It may work for some people, not for me. I do not tolerate meds that raise the neurotransmitter norepinephrine. I experienced irritability, headaches, insomnia, paresthesia, and blood pressure that fluctuated throughout the day."

• Red...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 18, 2020

For High Blood Pressure "I have been on the clonidine patch for 5 days, and my blood pressure readings are still 177 / 152. I am also dizzy and headachy. I have been wearing the first patch for 5 days."

• Hig...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 21, 2021

For Opiate Withdrawal "Oh my God, this medicine gave me severe diarrhea, with an awful headache, and made my heart hurt. I have low blood pressure, so this was not for me."