Stephanie Soo

And of course this interacts with each person differently.

And clonidine can be prescribed for a lot of things, including insomnia, which can help with the Concerta.

So you've got this stimulant in the morning for ADHD, and then you probably take clonidine at night so that you can kind of release that anxiety and get to bed.

It can help with sleep, irritability, aggression, sometimes even for tics.

I know some people with Tourette's have prescribed it.

Emotional dysregulation or even hyperarousal.

I would say any sort of stimulant and combination of stimulant and relaxers should not be something that you just take when you remember it.

I'm not a pharmacist, my sister is a pharmacist, and Anna's 16-year-old stepbrother is diagnosed with ADHD.

And so he takes that Concerta, one pill a day, every single morning.

And then he takes the Clonidine, a pill a night, for insomnia, every single night.

This has been, it's seemingly, his medication regimen for three to four years, it seems.

Chantal says that during the cruise, she was the one that held onto his medications, which makes sense.

So every single morning, she gives him that Concerta, the stimulant for the ADHD.

And then at night, she gives him the clonidine so that he can go to sleep, so that he can emotionally regulate, so that this can relax him.

It'll help with his irritability, except the last two nights.

So the night of Anna's death and the night before, she forgets to give him the insomnia medication.

The court hearing for the emergency custody battle.

She says the night before Anna's death, he had fallen asleep before needing his medication.

So he was already asleep.

Now, a lot of doctors, I did look into it, they do advise that you don't wake up your sleeping child to give them the clonidine, but you could probably give it to them the next morning, or you can just make sure that they don't skip another dosage.