Neutrophils symptoms and conditions

I already posted about my son's behavioral changes while on the drug from the time he was 4-7. He is now 9 years old and has been back to "normal now for 18 months. BUT- we recently had his immune system checked though a blood test and he does not have sufficient immunity for ANY viruses. My 6 year old could fight 8 out of the 14, but my son who was on Singulair for almost 4 years has a severely depleted immune system. And from what I have read, could clearly be attributed to the drug. BUYER BEWARE~!

I don't think I will find much more to research. If you have allergies or asthma, the immune system has become hyper sensitive. But, we cannot allow medications to suppress our immune system in general for the sake of controlling certain symptoms that we are having. Everything in the immune system has a purpose. So good sense would tell us to use as little intervention as possible to keep the entire system running. How to do that is very individual.

If you have a hyper allergic children, read about the immune system first so that you can ask your doctor the questions that you need to ask. Try going to a site that is written for the public.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/immune-system.htm

If your doctor cannot explain how a medication works and only knows that it's FDA approved for asthma or allergies, then on to the next. Any doctor should be able to explain if one part of the immune system is suppressed what happens to the other parts. If you ask the question, what happens to the nasal passages if the receptors are suppressed and the neutrophils don't know that there is an infection? Will my child be more inclined to get sinus and upper respiratory infections? That is just one example.

I have been using this med for 18 months going up to 400mg and now back to 200 mg with the hope of coming off totally. I am concerned however with the labwork I had recently as compared to routine labs in April.. My WBC and neutrophils are lower. I just recently had 2 CT's of the abdomen and pelvis with an ultrasound scheduled on Friday. I am so aggrevated with this and I am glad I investigated this drug a little more due to feeling hopeless the physical and mental problems I am having. My mood swings never really stablized and are still the same. Has anyone come off of this with positive results and did they treat your bipolar with a different med with better results? Thanks