Is clonidine ever used to treat tourettes?

Question

is clonidine used to treat tics, if so what other medications can be used , if the clonidine is causing insomnia.

Answer 1

they do give clonidine for tourettes and it usally makes you want to sleep,my nephew takes it for tourettes and grandson takes it for adhd and it makes both sleep.you may want to ask your dr,it may have a reverse reaction on you.

Answer 2

Yes, it is.  My son was on this medication for about two years.  For him, it caused loss of appetite.

Tourettes is a spectrum disorder and it is different for every person who has it.  What works for one person might not have the same effect on someone else.  Unfortunately, medications for TS are all hit and miss.  You just have to keep trying until you find something you are comfortable with.

Ask your Neurologist.

We took my son off this medication to kind of "take stock" and see where his TS was (as you probably know TS changes often and sometimes subsides). We decided to go off all medications as a first and important step toward self acceptance.  So far so good!

Best wishes.