Elevators symptoms and conditions

My 8 yr old daughter has severe asthma & allergies. She has been on
Singulair for a few years now. I thought that this was the answer for her.
She's been so much better and hasn't been to the hospital in about 2 yrs.
I am devastated to hear this news but also relieved because now I know why my once confident child has turned into this anxious person with no
self esteem at all. She constantly complains of headaches,stomachaches
and leg pain. She suddenly is afraid of everything, from going in elevators
to going to school. She gets dizzy around a lot of people. She basically does not leave my side. She is missing out on so much fun because of fear. She was never like this. She always says that she is not good enough, pretty enough and hates herself most of the time. She is the middle child so we always passed it off on her not getting enough attention.
I want my confident child back so I took her off Singulair three days ago.
Her doctor recommended giving her Zyrtec if her allergy symptoms flare up.

I have an 8 year old son who has taken Singulair to treat his asthma for the last 4 years. I have been reading everyone’s posts since yesterday and I am in shock, so many of the stories are similar to ours. I have been trying to figure out what is wrong with my son for the past year. My son has had sever mood swings, anxiety, depression. He has also complained of leg pains, and stomach aches. He was once a sweet easy going child and over the past few years has turned into a negative, sad child. He has told me that no one loves him, that he wishes he would die. He also started fearing riding elevators and a constant panic when we would go to new places fearing that we didn’t know how to get home. When he started with these problems, I went to my pediatrician and asked her about the singular if this could be a side effect. I was told that this is not one of the side effects and was referred to a child psychologist. We have been going to the psychologist for the last 9 months to treat my son of these issues. He was prescribed Zoloft to help with the anxiety. I asked the doctor who prescribed him the Zoloft if Singulair could be the problem before we started giving him another medication and was assured that his symptoms were not because of the Singulair. I can’t believe that this drug has been causing all of these problems for my son. I feel so bad that I did not figure this out sooner. My poor son has been put through hell and I was the one causing it. I am going to be speaking to his doctors first thing this morning. I am not going to give him this drug any longer!! My only fear is that he has taken this medication so long what has it done to him? How long will it take to get this out of his system? Does anyone know? I am seriously thinking of filing a lawsuit. I wish everyone the best.

Just Weight gain other than that Paxil changed my life.
I do everything now fly, elevators, drive, no more panic attacks. Anyone wants to contact me to talk be my guest.

hi everyone,

just wanted to report in on my experience with yasmin and getting off of it...

i was on it for over a year with no problems. i went off for a little bit, and then back on and a couple months later (last january) i had my first panic attack. luckily i found this website within a week and figured out that yasmin was to blame. and luckily i ignored my doctor who disagreed with me. i had always been an upbeat, positive person, with not many fears. then suddenly out of nowhere i was panicing about everything. i couldn't really drive, being on elevators freaked me out, being in large crowds freaked me out- it was horrible. before taking yasmin i felt pretty fearless- i had no problem traveling by myself and taking all sorts of risks. i quit taking yasmin right away but it was many months before i felt completely better. it's a very slow road, but to those who are just getting off of it, or who have been off for a few months and still don't feel back to normal- please be patient...you will feel better with time. and like many of you have described, the anxiety was worse around my period and when i was ovulating. knowing that made it a little better because i knew to expect it and not freak out as much. i also cut out caffeine and cut way back on sugar and i felt that made me slightly less anxious.

my doctor gave me xanax, which i kept with me because it made me feel better to know i had something i could take if things got really bad. i would occasionally take 1/2 a pill. i never felt addicted to it, and experienced no side effects from it, other than some general grogginess. it did make the panicy feelings go away. so, i found it helped me to be able to keep up most of my daily routine while waiting for my hormones to readjust. but i am skeptical of taking drugs and was very resistant at first.

i'm now sitting here drinking a cup of coffee with no anxious feelings at all. it took about 9 months for me to feel completely better. i know that seems like an eternity but it will get better. the progress is very slow (at least it was for me) but it is there. the anxiety i experienced from yasmin was definitely the worst experience of my life. there was one night in particular where i felt so out of control, depressed and confused that i was nervous i might do something really stupid. i felt like i was going crazy. but now that i feel back to normal again, in some ways i'm glad i had that experience, because it makes me so empathetic to people who experience that sort of anxiety all the time. i feel lucky that it was temporary, because it truly felt like a living hell.

well, i'm rambling. just wanted to share my experience in hopes that it can give someone a bit of hope. hang in there. it sucks but it will get better.

mary