Missed dose symptoms and conditions

Mom of boys,
Your son sounds exactly like my youngest when I put him on Singulair. Be Very Aware!!! My son started his terrible twos at three. I thought he was just late in developing. Then it was terrible 4,5,6s.... He finally had a seizure April 2006, when I thought he missed a nightly dose and gave him a catch-up dose the next moring. By 11am he was having a Gran Mal seizure. No doctor believed me when I thought it was the singulair. It wasn't until after 2 EEGs, an MRI, and a second seizure, after another missed dose and an ontime catch up dose, did the Neurologist finally conceed that it just may be Singulair. So I emplore you take your son off it NOW! My son has now been off Singulair for almost 9 months and we are still dealing with behavioral problems, but nothing like when he was taking Singulair.

This drug has been horrible for me.
Waves of rapid pulse and high blood pressure.
Waves of shakyness and anxiety.
Cold hands/feet, sometimes numb fingers.
Chronic mental fogginess and depression.
Some weight gain, slow heart rate, pulse in the 40s!
Heart missing beats.
This @ 25mg 2x daily.
I was told to not take it for 24 hours before my stress test,...
while in bed, asleep, about 4 hours after I should have taken it, I began to feel a buzzing throughout my body and noticed my heart racing. My bp was 170/105 120bpm. I took my missed dose and my heart started to slow back down in about an hour and a half.
I told my Dr and he said to double my dose. I did not!
I weaned my self very slowly down to half a dose (12.5mg 2x daily) and felt 50% better.
I tried to go off completely, at 1/3 dose, with my new Dr.s consent. I was good for two days then my bp and pulse rebounded. I am back on it, but now down to a quarter dose and mostly feel like myself :)
I was told by a cardiologist that the side effects (rebound bp and rapid pulse) can linger for up to 6 weeks.
Every other test I have taken has come back fine so far.
I am 30yo male and athletic.
I am sure this drug helps many people.
But for me it has been a 3 month nightmare.
If your story sounds like mine, hang in there, find a Dr that will listen to you and work with you.
You are not the only one.
Also, read side effects for other BetaBlockers

My son is 7 years old and has been taking sinulair for about 7 months now. I have notice that he is restless and has become moody and gets angry more easily. He has said to have night terrors. His has now started to sleep on my bedroom floor. I try to avoid conflict with him. For fear that he would explode. I don't know what to expect of him any more. He is very negitive and has even wished that he would die on one occasion, during an outburst of anger. Though after his mood swing we sat down and talked to him and he says he doesn't mean any of it and we asked him why he is so angry and just down right mean and he says he doesn't know and cries out of frustration.. He has never ever been like this and I hate to see my son like this. He use to be a very loveable little boy and happy little boy everyone just adored him. His grandparents have even notice the big change in him. There is a lot of things that have changed about him since he has been on this drug. My son even seems to have diffcultly concentrating. He never has before. I also know that he does not have ADHD. We have been experiencing this now for 5 months. My husband and I forgotten to give a pill now and then and just from one missed dose he was mean at the beginning and now the last 3 months when we have forgotten to give him one he seems a little bit more relaxed. He is taking it for seasonal allergies and asthma. But I will be calling his doctor monday morning.

Dark undereye circles......when missed dose extreme leg cramps in the backs of legs

On zoloft for 7 months. Missed dose results in electric shock sensations all over body. These decreased after I resumed my dose but didn't disappear until 2 days after the missed dose.
Overall though it has been worth it. Lost 10 pounds without trying, which was great for self image, am eating and sleeping better and much better able to cope with stress. Feelings of hopelessness completely gone and no more crying.

Background - 26 yr old female, debilitating agoraphobia/social phobia - tendency towards obsessive compulsive behaviours on alternating days 100mg/50mg been on for about 10 months. originally on effexor xr, but had a nasty allergic reaction.

Good things:

able to sleep better than i have in years
no more tears! (usually anyway)
able to leave my 'safe places' without having a freak out
no weight gain... actually i've lost weight (thanks Dr Atkins!)
able to interract with other humans again

Bad things:

attention span of a goldfish (constant brain fog)
diarrhoea to begin with (gone now)
very easy brusing
bizarre vivid dreams (although better than prev nightmares)
constantly fatigued - especially at my desk job
missed dose = mild electric jolts through system AWFUL!!
sex drive killer :(

I would go the Zoloft over my old life anyday, even with the side effects. I am planning to study next year so want to drop the dose so I can actually concentrate instead of re-reading stuff over and over but am a jot worried about the getting off. I feel as though I've 'dumbed down' alot as I just can't concentrate.

I have been taking Effexor for about 6 months. I took zoloft for about 5 years and it worked great for my depression, but eventually caused my sex drive to be non-existent. My doctor then put me on Celexa which made me VERY tired and also gain weight. Now I am on Effexor, and it seems to work fine for my depression, but I too have noticed that if my dosage is even a little past 24hrs, I get very agitated about everything. If its more that a few hours past that time, I actually begin to feel physically ill, with stomach aches, dizziness, inability to concentrate. My doctor did not tell me about this effect of the drug, he actually told me that I would experience less dizziness when coming off this drug, as compared to other SSRIs such as zoloft. I now am deathly afraid to run out and I am sure to be at the pharmacy before I run out of pills due to how horrible I feel even after a few hours of a missed dose. I do not like being a slave to any medication, especially since I am a recovering addict. I feel I need something for my depression, but I am getting really tired of all the drugs and their side effects. I am afraid to go off them entirely but feel it can't be any worse than the withdrawls, which they don't tell you about when prescribing these drugs. They are advertised as being"not addicting" but I have found that they actually change the chemistry of your brain to the point where you cannot function normally without them, especially after years of taking these drugs...will try to slowly wean myself off of the 75 mg effexor and start from square one..anyone who has any tips for successful withdrawl from this drug, I am open to any suggestions, Thanks.