Ticks symptoms and conditions

So happy to find this site. I never noticed My son never had an eye tick until last month, ironically we started giving him Singular on a daily basis about the same time. My son just turned two and is has also been waking up screaming 3 times every night. Have others reported this same problem...also he is on Pulmicort too, have you read that it is linked to Glaucoma and Cataracts? Do you think that this could be causing the tick? Please HELP! I want a parent's opinion before bringing this up to the doctor...they are so quick to jump to more drugs it makes me sick! Thank you! Any other children with eye "ticks" like really quick consecutive blinks?

My 12 year old was on Singulair from age 4 to 10. We too thought it was a life saving drug. The doctor then put my youngest son on it for allergy cough etc. That is when all hell broke loose. He immediately had signs of depression, anxiety, anger, nightmares, ocd and facial ticks. We took both boys of this drug and I will never use it again.

I've told every doctor that we visit about this and they have basically said they haven't heard this as a symptom. When I told his immunologist this was a symptom he said that if I'm telling him it's a symptom then they aren't going to dispute it. His lack of surprise led me to believe that this wasn't the first time he heard this. This is the same doctor that put my 12 year old on this drug as part of a study through U of M. (At the time, the drug wasn't available for 4 year old)

I would strongly caution anyone about the use of this drug and I wish I had done more research. My son has been off it for 2 years and still has
lingering effects.

Im still on the fence about Ativan...I am taking a 1mg tab once a day along with my 100mg og zoloft. The ativan is for my dystonia, which is a result of certain surgeries i had to rid myself of cancer. The dystonia would flare up and become horrible (meaning my neck,left shoulder and left side of my back would twitch like crazy)and this eventually lead to the ligaments in my shoulder becoming so loose from the twitching that I have had to have two more surgeries to correct that problem. Since taking the ativan on a daily basis, I have has almost NO ticks or twitches. however, while i don't have as much anxiety, i do feel more depressed and my doctor upped my zoloft...

My son has been on Concerta 54 for 2 years now. His grades have drastically increased and his attitude is great while he os on the meds. I do notice that he comes down from the meds in about 8 hours and his relapse is not fun. He becomes extremely emotional and violent. He will cry at the drop of a hat when things do not go his way. He also wants things to perfection. I also notices he picked up some bad ticks like popping his knuckles or clearing his throat. He is very negative when he comes down from the meds and has a hard time falling asleep.

I too have nothing new to add just wanted to share my experience. I had severe bylateral ear infections accompanied by a sinus infection. My dr. gave me 10 days of augmentumn (sp?) it didn't work so she then prescribed 10 days of Levaquin (poison!) my insurance company didn't approve it at first so the pharmacy put a call into my dr.'s office and was waiting for an alternative. I was in so much pain from the ear infections that I did the single worst thing that I regret in my life. I called my insurance company and had them overide the rejection and approve the medicine, I wish to God I didn't. I did ask them if it was a controversial medication and they said no, just that it needs to be approved. Well, I started on Monday July 2nd and by Wednesday July 5th my knees started to ache really bad, just thought I walked a little too much on the 4th (nothing out of the ordinary I walk all the time and swim) well I thought it would subside and NEVER ever ONCE thought it was due to an antibiotic (aka levaquin/poison). I experienced sleeplessness and nauseau and didn't think anything of it, I know most antibiotics can make you nausiated. Well, by Sunday I could barely walk and when I had to crouch down to get something, I had tears in my eyes trying to stand up, the burning in my knees was unbearable and I still didn't relate it to the medicine, I had NO idea! Well, by Tuesday I took my 9th dose and my ears had felt better but my knees were getting worse, so I woke up on Wednesay and didn't take the medicine and then called the dr.'s. I asked if this could be related to the medication because it's not getting better, and the nurse said, I've never heard of that before, but hold on. She came back and stated "it says a side effect can be tendonitis and she said I needed to come in right away" I saw the dr. and she said, yes it's a side effect but it happens mostly in teenagers, but she was a little concerned that I was still having severe joint pain more than 24 hours after stopping the medication and that she wanted to do a lyme test. She told me that even if the lyme came back negative she was going to put me on dicylomine (sp?) for 3 weeks as a precaution because lyme tests can produce false negatives. She said wait another 24 hours and if I'm still in pain then she will prescribe the lyme meds. Well, 24 hours past and I got the lyme back, negative, my knees were killing, my muscles started to shake in my upper thighs and I was getting vibrating sensation along with muscle contractions. I called them back and on Friday and stated that I did some research on Levaquin and this is a side effect of the medication and I am NOT taking another antibiotic for a disease that I don't have! They asked me if I could wait until Tuesday to come see the dr because she was on vacation and I agreed hoping that my pain would subside with the prescription motrin and some ice. By Saturday (yesterday) it was moving down to my left shin and both the back of my ankles were killing like they were stiffl. I called and they said to put warm heat packs on and take the motrin and they would see me tomorrow if necessary. Well, the trembling in my legs were so bad that I had to take a diazapam to calm them down (which I didn't want to because I wanted to measure the pain, but couldn't stand it any longer) and put heat packs all day. I got some sleep last night (most likely due to the diazapam) I think the ice is worse for this but it feels better at the time. I am NOT getting any better, what is going on with me? I cannot believe this company has not been put out of business! I am going to see the dr's on Tuesday and am treating my condition as if it's tendonitits, I am now experiencing the muscle contractions in my arms. I am drinking water like it's my job and trying to stay off my legs with just a bit of stretching. I do pilates and go to the gym but have not gone since the 2nd of July the day I started the medication and am getting frustrated because I need to go for my back (arthritis of the spine with some herniated discs which are killing me now because I haven't been able to excersie or stretch). I am SO furious that this drug is on the market, the nurse said that it was a serious but RARE side effect to the drug and that she has never heard of anyone having it, well I don't think it's as rare as they would like to think and would like to do something about getting it taken off the market!

PLEASE tell me PLEASE has anyone just ONE person recovered from this HORRIBLE nighmarish pain and anguish? I am looking for that one beacon of hope that others have recovered and are feeling better, please anyone. I have children and I need to take care of them but I can't move my legs without excruciating pain going through them, especially the burning of the top of my knees. ANY help on how you took care of yourself would be great help to me. Thank you all!

My doctor presribed Singulair for me because of seasonal allergies. I'm 13 yrs old, and I've been on Singulair for about two weeks. After about a week of taking Singulair, I started noticing a few minor side effects. However, they've been continuing to get worse every day I take this drug! Some of the things I've been experiencing on Singulair include fatigue, twitching, stuttering, and lack of memory. Anyone else?

My 7 year old son started taking Singulair about 3 months ago. Since then he cries for no reason and over every little thing, he has mood swings, says that he hates himself, is hitting, punching and choking kids in school. His attitude is horrible and he's very disrespectful. I'm hoping once the Singulair is completely out of his system his behaviors will change, but I'm surprised his doctor didn't tell us about the side effects when she prescribed the medication.

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?

Dizziness,nausea,vertigo,tiredness,weakness,muscle aches and a dr. that keeps telling me it must be a coincidence ann that i probably have the flu,even though i've been on lamictal for 6 weeks and have just raised my level to 50 mgs. a day .wanted to go on lamictal because dr. assured me it would not have the cognitive side effects depakote has.she definitely has not been truthful since i've been reading alot of postings by others who have alreadytaken lamictal and they're having alot of difficulty withfinding theright word when speaking,trouble concentrating and reading and just plain old fogetfulness and associated confusion.and she wants me to happily subject myself to this!help-i'm scared to death!

My son quit singulair "cold turkey" after 6 years of use,
but his athsma was mild. I would agree that those with more severe athsma should be careful when stopping singulair,
have a good emergency back up plan and talk to your doctor. My son's athsma actually improved off singulair though. I think everyone is different, so definitely be careful. I really believe that those expiriencing stuttering, ticks adhd and bad dreams and behavioral problems may already be predisposed to some pschyciatric disorder, the singuliar seems to bring this out and amplify the problem. My son will be evaluated for bi-polar disiorder, but already has been diagnosed adhd and tourettes. I would recommend that anyone with these problems with singulair discontinue and consult a good psychciatrist or psychologist about these behaviors, it probably is not all the cause of this med, just made worse by it.

My 6 yr. old son was started on Singulair for what
was believed to be exercise-induced asthma back in October 2005. We were only
given a sample pack of approx. 12 doses to try. He originally complained of
headaches and I noticed that it was one of the side effects as listed in the
pamphlet that came with the sample pack. Approximately two weeks later, he was
given a prescription for it at his well visit by his pediatrician (we did
however have a pending appointment to see an allergist for future testing).

I had started to notice some unusual behavior on my son's part (he was making a
slurping-type sound out of the corner of his mouth and he was starting to have
blinking and eye tics - looking up/rolling his eyes/while opening his mouth). I
then stop giving him the Singulair for approximately 2 weeks since we were
planning to see the allergist. I didn't feel right about giving it to him
without actually getting a formal diagnosis yet, plus he still said he was
getting headaches.

I then started second guessing myself and was thinking that perhaps his unusual
behavior/tics were caused by his allergies, so I started him back on the
Singulair.
We met with the allergist and found that he did have seasonal allergies along
with an allergy to dust mites and cats (we have had a cat now for one year), so
obviously they wanted him to continue on the Singulair once daily.

He has been on Singulair regularly now for approximately 1 1/2 months and I have
noticed what my husband and I call tics - he is blinking alot, he still opens
his eyes widely, in the last few days he has started grinding his teeth, tilting
his head toward his shoulder as if he were stretching his neck and I noticed him
today moving his mouth to one side.
Needless to say, my husband and I are scared to death. I only have a small
sense of comfort after reading some of the posts on this site from other parents
who are mentioning possible ticks from Singulair usage. I have been crying my
eyes out daily lately after watching my son's actions. I am fearful that he is
developing Tourette's Syndrome/Disorder and he has an appointment in approx. 2
weeks to see a Neurologist about this problem. I was due to pick-up his next
month's supply of Singulair as I have only one dose left, but I have decided to
stop him cold turkey! I am not going to give him his last dose of Singulair. I
don't know how long it will stay in his system, but I pray to God that this is
the cause and that it is not something worse.

Have anyone else experienced anything similiar to what I am describing? Have
you noticed anything like tics? I would love to hear from someone who has
posted previously about their possible tics with their children and what they
have been experiencing lately? Did you stop using Singulair and if yes, what
have you found? Have the "tics" gone away?

I have been taking adderall for 5 years now, 10 mg a day. I must say that it truly works when its comes to focusing. However, I hate the way my body feels when I am on it. I do not take my medication on weekends, over the summer, or anytime that I am not in school due to the fact that I would prefer not to be addicted to the medication. I can focus in class, and take notes, and study and do well in school because of it however, I always feel like crap. I have dry mouth, I can feel my heart beat, I get headaches, I am constantly tired, yet mentally aware. Sometimes I even get horrible stomache aches. My eyes always seem like there is a screen infront of them, and even on the occasion my body is tingly and itchy due to it. And I also tend to have a soar throat on a regular basis. I would not take the medication everyday, only when it is needed and that completely depends on your level of needing it. However, I would stay away from it if you can avoid taking the medication. Be Aware of whats going on around and inside you. It also has the effect of causing seizures, epilipse, ticks and tremors. Serious side effects come from this drug. Be informed and take this seriously. It is not a drug you should mess around with. Exspecially if you may have an eating disorder, this will only make it worse, considering the fact that it lowers your appetite. Good luck

Is there any trick to get the "moon face" to disappear faster??? I was only on prednisone for 3 weeks but don't even look like myself now. I am embarassed to see people at work or make new acquaintances. This really ticks me off as I had just lost a lot of weight and finally had a thinner face... now it is a balloon as if I were heavy again! do you think drinking lots of water or a diuretic will help? know of any homeopathic remedies? Thank you.

My son is 10 years old, has been on Risperdal for about 3 months. He's formed severe eye ticks, squinting, batting, and scrunching up his forehead. Has anyone else experienced this? We took him the meds immediately and put him on Cogentin. We pray that it works....

I have developed very uncomfortable and excessive gas, nausea, whitened skin, and uncomfort when eat any dairy product.
Im taking it to prevent limes desease from a tick bite.
errrr...I hate ticks

My son took risperdal for 3 to 4 months 2mg. twice a day. He has developed facial ticks, ie, squinting of the eyes, batting of the eyes, wrinkled up forehead, and downright ugly facial expressions that are uncontrolable. We have been told by the second opinion doctor that was on-call for his regular doctor that the ticks may be permanent. He is having trouble keeping his eyes open enough to see to drive, he has trouble reading because of the squints. What on earth is this medication doing on the market? He is young, ambitious, hard working, and I think if these facial ticks do not go away he will have to go on disability. He has children to support and am wondering if he will be able to keep his job. People are asking, "why are you squinting"?, why are your eyes shut?, very embarassing to say the least. Does someone who needs this kind of medication need side affects like this. I think not!