News today symptoms and conditions

I have an update...........Before all the news broke on singulair,my son was placed in a asthma study for adolescents,i got some very disturbing news today from the study.....his insulin level at fasting was 11....his insulin level at 2 hours after eating sugar was 238 but his glucose was within normal range...they have suggested we see an endocrine doctor......i will call his primary Monday and see if we can repeat these tests....I am hoping it was a temp effect of the singulair and not permhis hdl level was abnormal to but his cholesterol was 170....

Nightmares. Vivid ones that I remember upon awaking, and remember the next day.

Wow, this last few months have been a revelation. My big guy (now nearly 7) was diagnosed with Asthma at 18 months or so. He has been on singulair for as long as we can remember, and then since November 07 on Flovent too. He was such a happy baby, just the cutest thing, but as he grew older he got more emotional. A little high strung, quick temper, and some signs of depression. His eating habits were awful, which we thought were due to him having allergies to some foods. We have noticed mood swings and depression, but it would pass. Leg cramps were a common complaint which we brushed off.

Then for some reason we thought it would be a good idea to put him on Flovent too in the winter, well it really went downhill from there. Violent anger, depression, wanting to die, wanting to kill himself, wouldn't eat at all. You name it, he had it. My wife and I were at our wits end, but we didn't think it was the medicine, never entered our minds, and my wife is a paediatric RN too. I sent an e-mail to a psychiatrist friend of mine desperate for help. Well while I was writing it I saw there was a pattern and the sudden slide began the same time he started Flovent. I researched it on the web and OMG the horror, the other parents could have been talking about my boy.

I took him off immediately, co-incidentally his Doc had failed to renew his Singulair scrip the month before so he hadn't been taking it for a month. Well within 24 hours we saw a difference, by the end of the week I cried as I had my boy back. Never thought about Singulair as really we thought it was the Flovent. However after seeing the news today, and having seen a little guy get less and less happy over the years, we realize that the singulair was also affecting him, and then the combo just ripped him apart.

We had filled the Singulair but thankfully were holding off until we saw a pulmonologist and allergist this next few weeks. We will now not be putting him back on it at all. We removed his bedding, got rid of our cats (labs came back highly allergic to them) and tonight after being outside running around in the 40 F air, he went to bed breathing fine. He still is a little emotional, still a little difficult to feed, but we can negotiate, he listens to reason (as much as a 6 yr old will), and more importantly is happy and chatty again.

My 4 year old has been on Singulair for about 6 months or so. He was put on it by his ENT Dr. because he kept getting sinus infections due to his allergies. He also takes zyrtec on the really bad days. We are seeing so many of the same symptoms I just spent the last thirty minutes reading with my jaw to the floor. As He chewed his pill tonight my husband was telling me what he had heard on the news today. I immediately got online to see what I could find. WOW! I would have never thought this could possible be the cause for the angry outbursts, the tossing and turning until 11 pm many nights, the out of control, on the floor kicking and screaming, hitting, throwing anything in his way as he stomps off to his "time out" for throwing this type of tantrum. Could the Singulair really be the culprit? In a way I almost hope this is the case, otherwise we will have to continue with our recent discussions of getting him in to see a Psychiatrist.
I graduate nursing school in 5 weeks and have learned about many types of medications and all the "common" side effects of them. I never would have put two and two together that these behaviors could have been linked to an allergy medication So, tomorrow night we start an experiment and will not give the Singulair. We'll see what happens...

My son was recently prescribed Singulair and I refuse to start him on anything that I don't research on the internet first. Thank god I did. I read everyone's symptoms on here and couldn't believe what I was reading. After discussing my research with his doctor, she of course tried to brush it off saying that the internet is not a place where I should be getting my information. That people make things up etc. We all have to understand that Doctors get paid to SELL the product to you ( the human lab rat). Please make sure to research any meds a.k.a. chemicals they want you to put into your body. Take care of your body, eat the right food and take your vitamins/supplements. I can't believe the news today..I'm sooo happy I did not put my son on this EVIL drug! Take care of yourselves and god bless you all.