Did your doctor actually say to you the name of your new medication?

I ask because clonidine can be given by mistake, either by a doctor or pharmacy. Clonidine can be mixed up for Clonazepam...they are next to each other on the pharmacy shelf. Clonazepam is used for anxiety. Pharmacies that keep the generic next to the brand name, this is not likely. But the trend today is to put all the drugs alphabetically on the shelf...so these two generics may be next to each other on the shelf and the wrong one grabbed.

Clonidine or Klonopin? A small mixup in the name is a big problem - Chronicle-Telegram

https://www.downstate.edu/patientsaf..._drug_list.pdf

Clonidine is not commonly used for blood pressure today, except for hard to treat patients as a last resort. This is because it has an undesirable effect of causing rebound hypertension when stopped suddenly. Rebound meaning higher readings that when the patient started the drug.

It has been used to treat some ADHD kids, but that is not so common anymore either.

It may be used in some pain management treatments, but its sedative effects are often a reason that the patients tend to reject it.

Just to be safe, do double check that an error mixup has not been made.