Angrier symptoms and conditions

I had my Mirena put in in July 2007, 2 months after I had my son. I had no problems with it until about 6 months ago when my periods became more erratic. It seems like when I actually have a period, I'm fine during it and for about a month after it. Bu when I would normally be having another period, I start to get grumpy. The longer I go without one, the angrier I get. I am normally a very nice, patient, loving person, but during these times I am extremely angry at the world and am very impatient with my boyfriend and son, which really hurts me. I realize I'm doing it sometimes and I always feel bad about it afterwards, but I can't control it when it does happen. I just snap. I've NEVER been like this in my life!!! I'm having it taken out asap.

I have been posting here since 2005 (under lmholmes back then) and with this recent surge in media reports about singulair I came back to see what's being said more recently and I am getting angrier and angrier with every post I read. How could this have gone on this long? How could children have DIED because of the mental side effects of this drug that HAVE BEEN REPORTED FOR YEARS AND YEARS? Kate's son and other children who committed suicide might still be alive if someone had listened to us all years ago. When will they hear us? And further, how long will it take for someone to figure out what the long term effects of this drug are. What about all the kids who have been WRONGLY diagnosed with mental illness and are on drugs for that or for ADHD? What do those parents do now? These kids have been pumped full of chemicals they didn't even need. How do we hold these jackasses accountable? I have written to the FDA, to my congresspeople, to whomever I could find who might listen and still nobody is listening. And still kids all over the country are sick because of this stupid pill and their parents don't know it because just about every symptom--yes, even suicide--can be explained away in another way. How can anyone reading all of these posts deny that there is a pattern here? How do we spread the word?

I'm disgusted. I vowed long ago (over three years now since my son's life was turned upside down by Singulair) not to put my kids on any medication again that didn't have a long, well-documented history, but everyone with a child on this drug needs to know about these symptoms so they can decide whether or not to keep their kids on it.

I have been reading all of the responses for a few days now. My 9 year old son has been on Singular for a few years now. I took him off Singular on Friday night. He has always been my moody and difficult one - not bad, he was very sensitive. He was hard to wake up in the morning for school. He was often grumpy and would cry at the drop of a hat. Some days he was more pleasant than others, but we never knew what would set him off. Some days he could be downright nasty. Little things would get under his skin and annoy him - especially anything his younger brothers did! He would cry for no reason and when asked would say, "I down know why I am crying, I just don't know."

When he woke up on Sunday morning, he was different - much happier and easy going. Throughout the day we saw a different child. He has gotten up each morning without complaint, got ready for school, packed his bag, and got a snack for the day. When he couldn't find his school bag, he didn't flip out and blame everyone else (which would have been the normal reaction.) Instead, he found it by himself! He is no longer arguing about everything. He is nice to be around.

I'm still holding my breath and waiting for something to happen. My husband is convinced that Singular has to be the cause - what else would have caused this dramatic shift in his behavior. I want to see how he is over the next few weeks. As each day passes, I am believing more and more that this drug caused these behaviors and getting angrier and angrier

Hi everyone, I just have to tell you all what a comfort this site has been for me. I really feel like a crazy bitch frankly with all of my mood swings, ill patience and irritability....among so many other side affects. It upsets me to think how much this is affected my family. I just had Mirena removed last night and I've been on the verge of tears all day. Has this happened to anyone else? How have you all felt after you had it removed?? How long did it take before you started feeling normal again? I'd had had it in for a little over 2 years and I almost feel like I don't even know what normal is for me anyone. I take an anti-depressant and hate the idea of needing to be on medication. I've been trying to wean myself off and every time I have tried in the past I crash really bad. I'm sure that has something to do with me feeling so crappy but I'm hoping that things will even out soon. Thanks for listening.