Psychological problems symptoms and conditions

Wow, who should I believe? Placebo controlled studies which suggest Avelox is a perfectly safe drug or a bunch of crazy people who like to TYPE every OTHER word IN all CAPS who are probably all middle aged women with psychological problems and/or fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, or other made up diagnoses.

Here's a hint morons: The reason why every drug in existence now lists every possible side effect is because of crazies like you. This way, the drug company can protect themselves from litigious idiots like the poster below who wants to join a class action lawsuit. This only compounds the problem, though, because then more crazies look at the side effect profile and when they see that "Oh my gosh, it says right here it causes x, y, and z" it just validates in there mind that this is somehow a dangerous drug.

I swear, if all of the pampered babies in this country were put to work in a rice field in Cambodia, there would be a lot less nonsense in the world. You would see what true pain and suffering is about.

My 11 month old baby was put on Singulair two days ago to help improve his ashma and severe allergy problems, he used to be a good sleeper (sleeps the entire night since he was 2 months old from 8 pm to 7 am) but last night he woke up at 10:30pm, 1:30 am, 3:45pm, and finally he was done with his sleeping at 6:30 am, also he has experienced nausea and vomit. I notice that his breathing is improving but how long I have to wait to really prove that he is getting any of all the terrible side effects I read in here?

I have posted before but wanted to update. Singulair ruined my life for nearly 2 years, but I did not realize it was the reason until about 2 months ago. About 4 months after being on singulair, I sought treatment for severe depression and anxiety. My docs/psychs thought that it was a delayed reaction to the death of my father a couple of years earlier, so we did lots of therapy and 3 different psych meds trying to help me adjust. After all this (and one suicide attempt), I was finally just starting to accept that I was a miserable excuse for a human being, and I should get used to the fact that my life was going to suck from here on out. Then, I developed GERD and could not see my regular doc. The new doc told me to research all my meds (I was taking FOUR a day at that point, including the singulair...I am 27...) to find out if any could be the cause. That was when I found out what singulair can do, and that it could be the cost of my problems. My doc checked my charts, and sure enough, I started taking it shortly before I developed all of these "psychological problems". I've been off singulair for 2 months and my psych meds for a month (had to wean off). I finally feel like myself again after two years of hell!!!! I still have a slightly foggy head and problems concentrating sometimes, but what can I expect? I've been on mind-altering drugs for a couple of years. I hope things continue to improve. Never again will I take any drugs without doing *thorough* research (not just reading the hand out that comes with it..when I started singulair, there was no information about all these problems on the leaflet).

Are there people that have not experienced any side effects of Singulair I saw a question, and the answer is that they are the ones that are not going to post here. Millions of people and especially kids are fine with this medication and have no reason to look for this site. Will some people get side effects from Singulair, yes, but unfortunately there is not a drug out there that will cause no side effects.

People saying this could cause all kids to suicide is a bit disturbing. If you want to take a look the most popular allergy medication, Zyrtec has had suicide listed in their information for awhile. The reason these allergy medications have to have them listed is because they are heavily prescribed because of the great amount of allergy sufferers and any time some one passes in a car crash, accidental death, or unfortunately even suicide they have to list all medicines they are on. Obviously with popular medications more people from these cases will exist than the less popular ones. Drug companies are protecting themselves because of the litigious society we live in and have to place all kinds of occurrences there and not to say in this case, but a lot of people are always looking to blame others for something instead of taking responsibility for themselves.

I don't think doctors are prescribing these medicines because they do not want what is best for each of their patients. There is no conspiracy, and I would trust their view and years of studying and practice to someone's inexperienced diagnosis on this forum when I have no idea what their background and job is on here. I do not look to consult my son's teacher to fix a leak in my roof, so I go to my doctor for advice on medicine and not consult someone not in the field.

Sorry about this harshness, but someone showed me this board and as a parent who has their son on Singulair with great results and even trusted my doctor when they suggested to try it in my one year old son I will continue to listen to their advice. I have heard numerous people in the medical community tell me Singulair is one of the cleanest drugs out there, but again there isn't a drug with no side effects. I am sorry that not all parents have achieved the great effects my kids have had with this drug, but I think most have and thus not had the need to find this board.

Wow, am I glad I started doing research and found sites like this and others. I have been on Singulair for 1.5 years. A little over a year ago, I started having HUGE problems with anxiety and depression. My psychological problems have been so bad that my life has basically come to a halt. I gather enough emotional energy to make it through the working day every day, then I go home and collapse, barely accomplishing anything before bed time. On weekend, I sleep a lot more than usual and basically have no life. I just didn't feel well and did not feel like myself.I had trouble sleeping, joint aches, low grade fevers, complete loss of motivation, difficulty thinking/focusing, and a huge loss of self esteem. I started to question my career decisions (I'm nearly done with a 6 year PhD in biomedical research/physiology), gained 20 pounds, and lost my sex drive. I really felt like I was a sorry excuse for a human being. In the past year, I have been on no less then 3 psychoactive drugs to try to treat my anxiety and depression. Never once was it suggested to me that this could be the results of Singulair!!!! Last week, I started having trouble with chest pressure/pain and was diagnosed with GERD (acid reflux). My dr. was not available, so I saw someone else, and he suggested that I research all my meds (I'm 27 and take 4 Rx's a day, 3 of which I can probably cut out now that I am no longer on Singulair!!!) and see if any of them could cause GERD. That's when I found out that, not only can Singulair cause gastric problems, but I am an exact match for most of these lists of side effects!!! Wow, I am so glad I started doing my research about this medication! My regular doctor confirmed this morning that I started Singulair about 4 months before I finally sought help for my anxiety and depression (and they were terribly severe at that point). Basically, I've lost 1.5 years of my life trying to fix what this med did to me. I quit taking it as of last week. I hope things return to normal soon.

I was prescribed Lisinopril for pre-hypertension at 10 mg a day. I've only taken it for 2 days and have felt so sluggish and tired but revved up on the inside at the same time. Had a headache too last night and blurry vision. It does work in lowering the BP though. Last night I felt as if I couldn't take deep breaths to relax myself and then I started having shaking chills and tingling in the hands and feet. Thought I was having a panic attack so I took my clonazepam. Then I felt like I'd have to throw up or go to the bathroom to get relief. The clonazepam kicked in after about an hour and knocked me out, but I still woke up a few hours later still feeling extremely anxious even though the clonazepam was still in my system (I take it twice a day for panic attacks) along with Lexapro for depression/generalized anxiety. I'm refusing to take any more of this drug. I will lose weight and exercise and eat healthy just to avoid this drug.

After reading these postings I hope that the cause of my daughter's psychological problems is being caused by Singulair. She always showed signs of adhd because of her activity level and distractabilty. However, after becoming asthmatic at age 3 we put her on Singulair as a last resort at age 4.

I thought her tantrums, increasing moodiness etc was caused by jealousy of her new baby sister. I also thought she was being manipulative.

She just turned six and her moodiness increased to the point where she has threatned to kill herself three times and actually ran to the street saying she wanted to get run over by a car last Friday all because i ordered her to put her hairbrush away!

I have started taking her to a psychologist and am starting psych testing because the problems may not be from the Singulair although i hope so.

Her activity level and lack of focus at school has also been a big problem with respect to her teachers.

I'm praying she'll get better soon. I have to say that although many people say their doctors didnt believe them my daughter's allergist did immediately. She said she doesn't like Singulair although she prescribes it because it is effective in controlling allerygy symptons. But she completely believes that it can cause the symptons listed on this website. She said it's all or nothing though. Either the child gets better in no more than 3 weeks or they don't. No in between.

I had major stomach problems that started with gas, bloating etc... I went to the emergency room for abdominal pain (because that's what my doctors office told me to do when I asked for an appointment regarding abdominal pain), and they found nothing and suggested IBS (Iritible Bowel Syndrom). The side effects continued developing and turned into a burning sensation deep in the abdomin. I had to stop eating all spicy foods and also stop taking my usual 500mg/day vit-c supplement. The burning sensation was physical but really hurt and made me anxious and agitated. Problems kept getting worse, doctor said all was psychological problems, prescribed paxil, later zoloft; I tried the paxil for two days, didn't like it (they said it would take two weeks to help, but I felt it the first time); never took the zoloft. Took many tests; all came up negative. All the doctors I went to were absolutely no help (made things worse in fact). It turned out to all be the lisinopril. I figured it out as the side effects kept mounting.

By the way, for those with the cough (get off this horrible medication and) take extra zinc around 4 times the RDA/DV seems to help a lot with helping the lungs clear that sticky stuff out. (I like country-life target-mins 50mg zinc - effective and easy on my stomach; tried several others before finding this one; I take a quarter of one 50mg tablet 4 times a day, and a good multivitiamin at dinner.) Also, calcium seems to help with the some of the other side effects (there are many side effects, pains, discomforts, etc... from this so-called medication).

This is one crappy medication, and, the worst of it is that doctors are just clueless about its numerous side effects.

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Hi everyone,
Just some info concerning Levothyroxine:
1/ Starting doses vary depending on your doctor's method,
I give 150ug then bring it down if necessary
2/ Anxiety problems are due to pre-existing psychological problems and not the molecule; if you're feeling over anxious you need to consult a therapist, the fact that the drug increases basal rate brings this out more manifestly
3/Hair loss is a symptom uniqueley of Hypothyroidism and not of the drug, as is weight gain

Take Care all

Docteur Jones