CLONIDINE vs GUANFACINE

Height: 5’10” Weight: 200lbs American White Male Past Medical History: Concussion/GERD/Appendectomy. I was a Paramedic for 3 years during the COVID Pandemic. One day, I finally caught COVID from Christ knows where. Immediately after .. I was having episodes of lightheadedness and tachycardia. One

Below is a summary of my daughter’s past ten days. Our doctors are stumped. Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Summary of Past 10 Days – 14-Year-Old Girl Baseline • Previously healthy, no major medical or psychiatric history reported, no drug use, no family history of mental illness,

My father (79 male) has stopped caring for himself. He has ocd, bpd, type 2 diabetes and struggles with depression and pretty severe anxiety. I'm not sure of his dosages, but he is prescribed welbutrin, metformin, valium, and clonidine periodically steals and abuses my brother's aderall and abuses a

19FtM, 5’4, 241lbs, white, USA, 200mg Geodon, 60mg Cymbalta, 0.2mg clonidine, 1200mg gabapentin, 15mg mirtazipine, 300mg lithium, daily testosterone topical gel, Kyleena IUD, 1000mg of Diamox. So I have chronic insomnia. I’m on the mirtazipine and the clonidine for it. For some reason, I became comp

32yr old female. 140lbs, 5’1”. History of anxiety and depression. I was inpatient in 2015 for suicide attempt. I stopped taking my meds when I found out I was pregnant in 2016. It’s weird, around 6/7th month of pregnancy I felt better and after birth I didn’t need meds. I felt better. I had a marita

One of my patient's is using clonidine to help with methadone withdrawal, didn't know that. I want to try and make this a weekly/semi-weekly thing to increase interest in this subreddit. Any thoughts?

Working in poison control, children getting into clonidine is not uncommon. It's sometimes around grandma's house or an older sibling has a Rx for ADHD. Usually the kid is drowsy for several hours or some bradycardia develops, but I've fortunately not had to deal with too many cases requiring intuba

Having ADHD fucking sucks. It’s not quirky, fun, or something that needs to become an entire personality. I’ve seen so many TikTok accounts that are all just “here’s 5 reasons you have ADHD” and then they base everything they discuss as mundane nonsense that doesn’t even pertain to ADHD. “You migh

Let me tell you a story. I’m a dad with ADHD, my oldest son has ADHD inattentive type, the middle son has ADHD hyperactive type, the baby is a baby, but we already have a sense she’s got something going on already. In the mornings, I serve up morning meds for everyone. A vyvanse for dad, fluoxetine

My son is profoundly autistic and very minimally speaking with a host of comorbidities, including ADHD combined type. We tried several stimulant formulations. He couldn't sleep. He became aggressive. He has used clonidine + guanfacine before bed to sleep. Today he started his second dose of clonidi

Decided three years ago to pursue a PhD in a discipline I love after finally took my ADHD seriously. Pursuing a doctorate was something I just didn't think I could do because of how my brain handles unstructured tasks (like writing a dissertation). Turns out with the right drugs (guanfacine + wellbu

I haven’t been able to sit down and read literally just a CHAPTER of a book in like 6 years. I crave just…. Sitting down and focusing on one task. Reading a book. Doing a puzzle. Cleaning my room. For reference I am diagnosed with adhd-c and on Sertraline and Guanfacine. I been on both for like?

I can’t believe nobody has ever recommended this drug to me before. I always struggled with stimulants as there would be days where I would have breakdowns or hyper focus on the wrong thing, couldn’t sleep.. etc. I’ve been taking guanfacine and bupropion for about a month and I REALLY NOTICE a diffe

Maybe it’s just me but I’ve gone through a gauntlet of medications (Adderall, Focalin XR, Ritalin, Metadate, Vyvanse, Dexedrine, Concerta, Wellbutrin, Strattera, Guanfacine) and each time I’ve ended up disappointed in them. At best, they give me a bit of energy/wakefulness and make it slightly easie

This is really long. I’m tired and frustrated, sorry. So I just got off my 11p-7a in the emergency department. We have this one doc, LC, who I’m pretty sure is out to get me. Does this sound dramatic? Yes. Do I actually think it’s true? I’ve been trying to convince myself I’m crazy, but I actually