Missing something symptoms and conditions

My 15 year old daughter has been taking Singulair for about 10 years for asthma, and it seemed to do a great job of controlling that condition. However for the past year or two (since onset of puberty) her mood swings, anxiety, sleep problems, ability to concentrate, etc., seemed to escalate to extremes. She has always been a little high-strung and emotional, but I never related it to the medication. Lately I tried to convince myself everything was a result of hormone fluctuations although things were going from bad to worse. Late this fall she suffered a series of back-to-back illnesses (flu, sore throats, etc.) which caused her to miss so much school she almost flunked her entire first semester of high school. After the holidays she seemed to be back on track but then another bout of flu triggered asthma, and then she seemed to bounce from one to the other - and missing a lot of school again which caused a lot of anxiety, which caused the asthma to flare, causing greater anxiety, etc., etc. For almost 3 weeks she barely came out of her bedroom, and looked more despondent by the day, begging me to not force her to go back to school because people would make fun of her. After lots of arguing one Saturday she agreed to go with me to a therapist while we tried to find alternatives for school this year. Well, that same night my daughter woke me around 3 a.m. (she also does not sleep well...) to tell me about the story she had just heard on CNN about Singulair. After finding this website the next morning I was horrified - and she has not taken it since. Our allergist dismissed the CNN story, saying there was no scientific evidence to support that claim, but agreed that maybe we should take her off Singulair. We did visit a therapist, although since that day I have seen a noticeable change in her behavior and moods. If anyone else is considering a class action suit, please email me since I am seriously planning to take some kind of action - I believe the FDA should move quickly on this so that other parents may be able to avoid seeing their children have to deal with the effects of this medication. I could probably write pages, I am so appalled that this has happened, but I will end here for now....

First, I am a little leary of all the "guest" posts...why not use some kind of name? Am I missing something? I basically have to ingore those posts. Anyway, like the 4/18/07 "guest" post below, my 4 yr old son started Singular on Monday along with Albuertol. Man, we've had that same bizarre behavior. We took him off the Albuertol and switched to the Xoapanol(sp) version with much better success today even though he is still on the Singular. We've talked to several parents and they all said the Albuertol was evil for their kids. My son just did his afternoon breathing treatement and my wife said he is fine...the Albueterol is going in the trash. 2 parents have been on the Singular for 1 yr and another for 3 (small children) with no noted side effects. I dunno, the posts scare me in general so we will monitor very closely.

I just posted as Guest 39694 but I forgot some of the other things I am experiencing and felt I should post all of them. Last night I had lots of shoulder pain on my right side...now, my shoulder has been completely blown out but I didn't understand why it would last night. I was extremely bloated. My stomach was so bloated that it felt like I had gained 10 lbs over night. My lower back has been sore but the pain was greatly increased last night. I started freaky out and wondering if I was having a stroke. I am at a loss. My doctor didn't seem to think my symptoms were serious but I can't help but think that I am missing something.