Author: BlueOrchid2
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:45 am
Hi all, I have taken clonidine in the past for withdrawal. First time, was about 20 years ago, I went to the ER because I was in withdrawal and soooo sick, they admitted me and my Dr ordered a clonidine patch. It was like magic, 5 minutes after they put the patch on me all the withdrawal symptoms vanished. The patch was good for a week. After the 7 days were up I took it off and felt fine. I used a clonidine patch 3 years later for withdrawal and again it worked great, it did make me feel very tired and washed out but that beat withdrawal. Then about 5 years later I was in withdrawal yet again and this time the clonidine did nothing. I tried it a couple more times over the next few years and it still did not help. It’s like I had a tolerance for it. Anyway I started this post to say that when I take clonidine it makes me feel like a dishrag, tired lethargic, blood pressure so low I get dizzy when I stand up. So I would think that most of the tiredness you are experiencing is from the clonidine. Just my two cents.
Peace,
Orchid
