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I have posted before but wanted to update. Singulair ruined my l...

Posted at 3:50 PM on Mar 20, 2008 by tetrakis, #28202
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).
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Reply 5 months ago on Apr 03, 2008 by brogansrun1, #6595

Wow! I went off Singulair after reading recent news reports. I've been on it since it first came out (years) for exercise induced asthma. I had never connected my depression, GERD, anxiety, or inability to focus due to singulair. I've been off for a week and already feel less anxious, able to focus, and more energized. For the first time, when I was down about something, I didn't feel the to end it all. I had to think about it some more, just to prove I'd finally lost the urge. I hope to stop the Xanax I started taking for episodic anxiety. If the GERD goes away, that would be the biggest blessing.

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