Uncontrollable coughing symptoms and conditions

My son is 5 years old. He was put on Singulair in August following a case of pnemonia. He has asthma. I found it worked well since I was barely using inhalers anymore. His eczema was even getting better. So I was happy with the medication. He also seemed to be getting more agitated with us. At least three times a day he would have an outburst towards his brother or us, like he was going to punch or hit us. Then I would say "why are you mad at me" and he would say "I'm not mad, I'm frustrated" and then burst in tears. He was getting a lot of time outs. Then two months ago he started saying "this is not a good day" or "this is a sad day". I was wondering if singulair was to blame, but it wasn't until I heard concerns from other moms. I took him off it as an experiment and noticed the next day was without his outbursts. Then I just never gave him anymore...and I am relieved to say he is as "normal" as I remember him before Singulair!!! He also was unable to get to sleep easily on Singulair, sometimes 1, 2 and even three hours to get to sleep. Now he is out in 20 minutes if not less. I haven't talked to the Doctor yet. I have noticed his eczema is flaring up again and he has used his inhaler this week (although he has a cold). I think I can deal with that without Singulair and the problems I am suspicious come from it's use.

Wow, I am totally floored by the comments, and I have yet to see the Suicide article. My son is 6 and has been on Singular for about 1.5 yrs. I was very concerned about his "negative" talking. He is an "excellent" student in school (behavior and grades). However, I just recently requested for him to take a "self-esteem" class offered at the school because he kept saying that he hates himself and displayed what I call "evil" behavior which is very different than his normal personality. He has a twin brother so I just thought it was result of one boy getting more attention than the other...his brother is a more needy child (healthwise and educationally). After taking the class, my son does not do as much negative talking, however, still does not act quite mean. Anyway, I am going to take him off the medicine and look for the change in his personality. I, too, was also told that there were NO side effects. This is a lesson to me to check with "real" parents instead of just relying on the Rx company's informative brochures on "their" medicines. I guess I will have to rely on Albuterol when he has uncontrollable coughing spells at night until we see the doctor. Thanks! DJ