Spring and fall symptoms and conditions

My 8 yr. old daughter has been on Singulair for the last year (only in the Spring and Fall when her allergies/asthma are triggered by environmental factors). She started having huge personality changes when we restarted the meds at the end of Feb. The changes continued to get worse to the point that I was beside myself with worry. Saw the news report on Singulair and took her off of it last week and went to the dr. on Monday. He says that it may take up to 3 weeks to have the effect of the drug out of her system, but I am already seeing huge changes...She is back to being the wonderful, happy go lucky girl she has always been. The anxiety has just left her...She was worried about things that have never happened like being left at school or karate and about my office catching fire and me not being able to get out...

Please if you have any doubt as to what is happening with your child, talk to the doctor about it...I can't believe the trauma my child has gone through and that fixing it was as simple as stopping her medications!

I have been so worried about my 8 yr. old daughter for the last few weeks. She takes Singulair for asthma/allergies and she has become a different person recently...She has been abnormally worried about being forgotten at school, karate, and even church. (She has never been forgotten anywhere!).
She cries at the drop of a hat and is unusually nervous about things.

I was really concerned about it to the point that I was about to take her to her pediatrician and then last night I saw the information on the news, so I have stopped the meds for now, but I don't know what to do to treat her asthma. She has not had an attack in almost a year and I don't want it to start back up again. We only take the Singulair during her bad seasons (spring and fall)...Have put in a call to the Ped. to get an answer...

My main problem with Lisinopril is the coughing. Coughing, coughing. coughing. I will be fine for 2 to 3 hours and then start with this awful cough. People will actually turn away from me if I am out shopping and a cough begins. I presume they believe it is contagious. Sometimes I end up vomiting and I cannot catch my breath. Coughing at night is really a problem because of lack of sleep. Doctors believe my cough is due to allergies because I have post nasal drip. However, none of the medications they have given me stop the coughing. I never had this problem until I began taking Lisinopril. Lisinopril is my first Blood Pressure medication.

Albuterol has been a blessing for me! I have seasonal allergies in the spring and fall but they didn't really bother me until I started running. I started training for tetrathlon and the running was so difficult for me. Everyone told me just to gut it out. I had no energy, had a hard time breathing, and my cheeks would almost purple at the end of the run. My doctor prescribed albuterol for me. The effects were amazing! Actually being able to breathe was such an awesome feeling. It is really a shame that it reacts so badly with some people. I don't know what I would do without it!

My husband had had seasonal allergies, in Spring and Fall, that were almost debilitating. He has tried every oral allergy medicine out there. He was considering allergy testing and shots. We spoke to our doctor about it and he said that since we may be relocating in a year, or so, that he would most likely have to get a new series of shots for the new area where we'll live. He suggested the Kenalog shot. My husband got it that day, in late September, and has not had any adverse reactions. His allergy symptoms went away within hours and stayed gone all season. Now it is Spring again, and his allergies are back with full force. He has an appointment to get another Kenalog shot next week, and I'm glad he does!

I used to get injections each spring and fall and they helped. But my allergies got so bad that I finally went to an allergist. I was amazed to find our everythng I was allergic to including a lot of foods I ate on a regular basis and most of the trees in this area of the the US along with all grasses. I have now been taking allgery shots for 2 years. To all those suffering from hayfever and the like. Please go this route and desensitize your body to these irritants instead of the kenalog shots. It's wonderful to be able to smell flowers again! My sinuses are almost always clear now and no more sinus infections!