What We’ve Said

What we’ve said about Clonidine

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In short

For sleep in PTSD, clonidine is not where we start. Our own habit is to avoid blood-pressure drugs right away, because in our experience we do not need them.

When we reach for it

  1. Our own habit is to avoid messing with the blood pressure right away, because in our experience we do not need to.

    “I personally try to avoid messing around with the blood pressure right away because I've found in my experience I don't need to”
    13:13PTSD Medications: Integrating Pharmacotherapy, Therapy, and the Treatment Frame | Episode 22Apr 2025

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