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[RLSdaily]

Any have info on trying Catapres?

[Amrob]

Yes. I tried clonidine recently (in addition to the 300mg pregabalin that i also take). Unfortunately it made me light headed and dizzy at a really low dose. It was great at helping me get to sleep and also with depth of sleep but I had to discontinue it. My young son takes it but hasn't complained of those side effects. You could try searching "clonidine" on this site as that's the drug name.

[Rayme]

my doctor suggested I try it but I have low blood pressure and clonidine wouldve made it dangerously low. Just as well I read up about it myself and told my doctor. She then agreed it wouldn't be safe for me. Always good to learn what you can before taking new medication.

[SueJohnson]

It is used to treat high blood pressure and helps with insomnia. Consumer Reports says it can be used to treat RLS consumerreports.org/cro/201... and is worth trying. You should certainly not use it if you have low blood pressure or orthostatic hypotension. Discuss this with your doctor. It is used by at least a few on this forum.

Also ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

And I agree with Amrob. Put clonidine in the search box at the top.

[RLSdaily]

Thank you all. I did do research and also search this forum. I didn't find much. It's worth a try.

[wantokporo]

I tried it. I only took it at night and it seemed I had a kind of rebound high BP during the day when it wore off. I talked my doc into me taking it twice, AM and PM. Sent my BP into a crisis, ended up in ER, made me horribly nervous and slept little. BP problems continue now. I don't know to what degree clonodine caused this or just the stresses of trying meds with a lot of side effect issues.