Problems at school symptoms and conditions

My seven year old son has been on singular for over four years. He talks a lot about death. He constantly cries about his dead grandmother which he never knew. He is a very smart child and lately I have realized that something bothers him. He is starting to cry often and feels very depressed. This is what he says when he cries: “My brain thinks bad thoughts about you, (mom and dad). Mom, I really love you and daddy, but my brain does not listen to me. My brain tells me bad things about you like to get a knife and stub you to death, or get a gun and kill you. Please mom make my brain squish the bad juice away and live only the good thinking on it. I know that you love me but my brain tells me different.”

My son is begging for help and every day he tries so hard not to have bad thoughts. He tries to hug us and kiss us a lot, but I see on his little eyes that something is wrong. The first time this thing happened I thought maybe a TV show or something made him think so. I am becoming very worried about him and started research on the computer. I don't know what causes his depression, but I know for a fact that he is depressed. He is our only son and gets all the love and attention.

Although he has been on singular for a long time, I have given it to him regularly only the last five months, since his doctor urged me to do so. Before I gave him the singular only when his allergies acted up. When he got better I would completely stop it. I didn't know anything about singular, but I don't like using medicine, and that is the reason I did not use it regularly.

My son has other similar behaviors that are out of his character like no desire to raise, get angry, worry that I would die, behavior problems at school, he thinks he is stupid although he is a straight A student, has nightmares, is scared that he would die, can't concentrate, is scared to be by himself etc.

It brakes my hart to see my baby being depressed. I will stop the singular to see if he will get better. I pray to God he will.

English is my second Language. Sorry for any inconvenience.

My daughter is 5 years old and has been on Singulair for about 2 years now. I was at a loss concerning her behavior for the past 2 years. The anger, aggression, tics in her eyes and legs feeling tingling, unable to express herself, and truly not liking herself and thinking we don't like or love her. All this brought us to take her to therapy. And then all this information regarding side effects of Singulair come out. I brought this to her allergist and he like many others brushed it off. I think it is time the medical community looks very close at this drug concerning side effects with children. How many more parents have to come forward with all the same side effects for these educated doctors to realize there is a hugh psychological and neurological connection with this drug for some children. It has been two days now that my daughter stopped Singulair. Her nose is already starting to drip and her cough is back, but I would much rather deal with these side effects of allergies than watching her go though this mental anguish any longer. I have not seen any changes yet, but it had only been two days.

I am seeing a huge link between ADHD and this drug. My son has been off for about 3 weeks but we are still using the ADHD meds for now. I am going to wait until Summer so he does not experience any problems at school. He is definitely different and says he no longer wants to hurt himself. I am anxious to see what happens with the ADHD. Good Luck to all of you!

After reading the other posts, I was flabbergasted at the side effects posted. My sons 8 and 10 have been on this medication for two plus years after seeing a specialist for asthma and allergies. During that time, my younger son was sent to "family therapy" for behavioral problems at school. Bedwetting and nightmares began for both boys, as well as stomach aches and a huge weight increase. They are both active and in sports. Upon reading this information on your post, I was floored when I read another child said "My brain makes me do it". My youngest son says that all the time in response to bad behavior and I never understood why he would say such a thing. After talking to him and explaining that I was taking him off the meds immediately, my older son overheard the conversation and said he wanted to go off them as well right away. He explained he's been sad since taking them and didn't know why as there is nothing to be sad about. We are a close knit family who spends all their time together. Singulair has helped my oldest son's asthma, but I'm so upset at the other side effects and not having this information from the FDA. I've spend thousands of dollars in family therapy only to find out it's the drug my physican prescribes that causes the problem. Do not take Singulair!

My 7 year old son has been on Singulair since he was about 3 1/2 years old. He too has experienced many of the same side effects. Of course I didn't put 2 and 2 together until I saw the warning on the news last night and then came online and read all of these postings. My son has been very emotional, crying at the drop of a dime. Getting very angry at times and banging his head into the couch or bed. Luckily he doesn't bang his head into the hard wall or a table. He has had behavior problems at school, his teacher even told me she thought he might be ADHD. He has also had stomach issues. He has said things like "nobody loves me and I hate myself, I wish I was dead or never born" He is also very fearful in crowds of people. Now I know that it was all caused by this stupid little pink chewable pill. My son will never take another singulair pill, EVER!! It is just so sad that all of our children have had to suffer through all of this. I for one feel like I have let my son down.

Signed,
another concerned parent from Rolling Meadows, IL

My son was prescribed Strattera for ADD. 25 mg for three days,
but when the dosage increased to 40 mgs, it was a nightmare.

This was the worst medicine I have ever had my 12 yr old son take. He lost his appetite, had insomnia for several weeks and behaved like he was in a stupor when he was awake.
I would NEVER EVER have him take this drug again and I do not
recommend it to anyone else.

My 6 year old son has had all of these more or less. He has been on Singulair for about 5 months. We took him off last Friday when he started having seizures. It is only now that we are connecting the things he has complained about. He is still going through testing but everytime a test is done it is negative. He is in perfect health. The dr.s are stumped. What happens is, he smells a wierd smell. Then he sees lights. After this he has a bad headache and becomes weak so he lays down. Shortly thereafter he stiffens and starts shaking his arms and legs while clinching his hands. He also grunts and makes a buzzing sound and appears as though he only breathes out. the dr.s say it is not seizures but movement disorder and if it is Singulair it should be out of his system within 3 days... He is still having the seizure type fits and its been a week since we took him off singulair. He is still losing his temper and having horrible dreams as well. Cat scan was normal, EEG was normal, blood work is ok, they want to do an MRI but does this sound familiar to anyone?

My 6 year old daughter has been on Singulair for several months now. She was recently diagnosed with Asthma by a pediatriac pulmonology specialist. She was also put on Pulmicort and was already on Flonase. She has been having behavior problems at school. Mainly not listening, not able to sit in her seat, not following directions, aggressive and impulsive at times to others. At home we noticed the same behaviors and when asked why she does what she does she will say, "I don't know, it's just my brain isn't working right." She also would say she was stupid and a dummyhead when she didn't so something right. At first we thought it was the pulmicort and the doctor said that those side effects, although rare could happen (*as noted in the literature provided to us with the medication). After taking her off of that and putting her on the Flovent inhaler instead the behavior did not change. I never thought it would be the Singulair because she had been on it in the past and didn't seem to have the problems she is having now. After reading all of this information I am ready to have her stop that medication and try other methods to deal with her problems. Luckily she is not extremely bad and really only has problems if she develops a cold. Thank you all for your time and effort to put the information on here.