Clonidine and sleep

Just so you all know this, clonidine is used by sleep researchers to destroy REM sleep in lab rats. I gather that for some folks sleep does not become an issue, but I didn't sleep more than two full nights during the entire 9 months or so I took this filth. On average, I only got 2-3 hours, which was devastating. I also had perpetual sinus congestion, the worst I could imagine. And my eyesight was compromised. Everything got better, dramatically, when I was eased off this drug (my eyesight, however, has never returned to the 20/20 I had before, and in fact is pretty mediocre now). However, don't try going off this drug on your own, or fast. You must EASE off it over a period of weeks or more, else you could have a potentially fatal BP rebound into hypertensive crisis.

it makes u think u r asleep all night but u r not i took it i was falling asleep quick and got up in the morning and felt tired then i fond out it has some stuff that makes u lose all memory last night and so u do not remembered any thing last linght or do not think u even dreamed but really u got up at night and tossed and turned and movered around but the stuff in the med makes your brain forget it all to let u think u got a good night sleep so u buy more this is not healthy your body does not refresh naturally like it needs to or heal its self is this true?

I started taking Clonidine( .03mgs 1-2 times a day) about 2 months ago, since then I have not had a full night sleep, I wake up with foot pain when I go to get up, I have extreme dry mouth, and I don't really think Clonidine is doing anything for the hot flashes.