AMLODIPINE vs CLONIDINE

35 male with high BP my entire life Been on it for 1 year and 5 months. Started at 5 mg for like 3 or 6 months then went to 10 mg. Seems I have a barrage of symptoms I’ve never had before in my life for the last 6 months. Extreme daytime sleepiness***** The chills like 15 times a day ***** Swollen

I was hungover, ate prosciutto, hands were shaking like crazy. I thought I'd measure it just for the fun of it. It wasn't fun when the numbers never in 10 measurement went lower than 210/120, going to the ER made things worse. It was all in my head. But we fixed it. Hell started. 2 months passed and

Just wanted to brag on myself a bit here. Since February I've been taking GLP-1 and I'm down 45lbs (247-202). My GW is 170 so I still have a ways to go but recently I've been having weird dizzy spells when bending down and standing back up. There are a lot of potential causes of course, but my BP ha

So I do not know exactly where to start, this whole process seems to me like an XXL episode of Dr. House with no end. So it all started with a head pressure about 3 weeks ago, I dont know exactly how to describe this I would not say that its a headache, much more like air is building up in my bra

Just found out that my father’s CAC score is 8000+. Cholesterol is 169. The score shocked me and I don’t know what to do. He’s scheduled for angiography in 1 week. I am concerned whether something could happen in 1 week… I live in another country and can’t get to him (no visa). He was told to take a

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