Loner symptoms and conditions

WOW!!! I am glad I came across this website. I have twin boys that will be 7 this month. One has been on Singulair for about 3 years for allergy induced asthma and my other son has been on it for 9 months for allergies. I am taking them both off of it today. The son that is taking the medicine for 3 years has become increasingly angry and gets upset over small things. Over Memorial weekend, he lost a game he was playing on the wii and exploded. He was banging his head and then started to hit me. NEVER in my life have I seen him attack anyone. A few days later he threw rocks at his friend because he wanted the wagon. Over the past 3 years I have noticed some change in him and just took it as growing pains. He has always been a strong will child. However, over the past 3 years he has gotten worse and since he has physically attacked me and his friend, I have decided to send him to counseling. Now I firmly believe it is the Singulair.

My other son has been on it since August. He started to have anxiety within a month of taking it. His behavior has been stressed, depressed and not wanting to play with other kids. He was biting his nails to a nub, licking his hands, not talking to anyone at school and rubbing his head. I have also noticed he does like to look at the person he is talking too. Of course I thought the worse and thought he was being molested. I went to his Teacher and she has worked very hard with him, but he is still a loner. If you knew him before, he played with everyone and enjoyed life. I was told by his Ped. that he had anxiety and to have him see a shrink.

I am hoping that after taking them both off this medicine, I will see improvement.

I sit here in tears because I know where you have been with this "wonderful" drug. I have spent nearly this entire year complaining and fussing at my 11-year-old son constantly for everything! I have punished, grounded and even spanked due to his poor attitude and bad behavior. Now, I come to find out that it is due to medication that he is on. I feel so bad.

You have to understand, he is a great boy. He was a straight A-B student, takes guitar lessons, is in advanced classes at school, participates in the youth activities and classes at church. Since the first of the year he has become so difficult to deal with. Angry, spiteful, hateful, aggressive, depressed. You name it. I thought it was because he was 10 and hormones!! I could have lost him and not known why!!

A couple of weeks ago he was suspended from school for making a threat to another student. The principal mentioned that this was very uncharacteristic for him. Now I know why. You see, he has never been aggressive before. He is not even aggressive with his sister who is 3, until recently. His grades have dropped from mostly A's to mostly C's. He does not enjoy the things that he used to love doing. He has gained weight to 150 pounds! His teachers comment that he is a loner now when he did not use to be.

It all makes sense now. We have an appointment tomorrow at 1:45 with the allergist. He will not be taking this medication any more.

Thank you for being so honest and sharing so others like me can see that we are not going through this alone and there is a reason for this behavior. I just hope that others are able to stop this cruel drug in time before their loved ones are lost forever!! May God bless you all!!

My experience with this medication was in March 0f 1999. I was rushed to the emergency room by ambulance. My reaction was with my heart. The beat was very irregular and I felt as if it were going to race out of my chest. Once to the hospital, the doctor gave me some medication to counter act the reaction. It then made me sleep for a very long while. I can no loner take this or any other medication with a sulphur content in it.