Clonidine and hot flushes

Hi, I have been on clonidine for a week now, they have worked for me, no more hot flushes to wake me, but I still don't sleep very well ??

As I have said on another thread, I have been on HRT for about 25 years and am on the lowest dose patch now.

I prefer to see a female doctor but on one of the occasions when I had been advised to stop having HRT, I was desperate (exhausted from lack of sleep due to flushes) so took the only appointment available and it was with a young man. He was lovely and said that I was old enough to weigh up the pros and cons and make my own decision.

Well, the pills made no difference to the flushes so today I was back at the doctors. This time I asked to see another doctor and armed with my prepared speech in I went. She was wonderful. We discussed the risks but as my blood pressure was good, I take exercise, don't drink and eat well, she was happy for me to go back on the patches.
I can't wait to have a night without waking every couple of hours burning up.

I'm just glad that I have retired,can't imagine teaching a class and feeling like this and they want women to work til 67!!!!!

I did persevere with them for almost 2 weeks jenn (as requested by the GP) but night sweats we as bad as ever. The wooly head feeling was horrible too. One night I got out of bed and was so dizzy I couldn't make it to the bathroom. So not a good experience for me at all.

Thanks, it was those side effects I was worried about. So far so good but have only taken them twice.....and the night sweats were as bad as ever.

Hi jenn yes. My doctor also refused me HRT due to the fact that my mum was diagnosed with breast cancer aged 59 and that I was diagnosed with MS aged 29. I am 53 and am experiencing horrible hot flushes and night sweats keeping me awake every night. I have an extremely stressful lifestyle (working full time, looking after grandchildren, parents and my grandma) and my doctor suggested I try Clonidine to help with the night sweats, except that it made me really light headed and dizzy. I have tried taking them at night but the sweats were as bad as ever plus I was still really dizzy at 6am when I need to get up for work. All in all it's rubbish all round. (For me) Sorry.