I have a 19 month old baby and she was prescribed Singulair when ...

My son was started at 3 years and began having night terrors and ocd and severe mood swings. Did not realize it might have been the meds. until my other son at 3 was put on Singulair and immediately became angry and quit sleeping. I googled it and found other parents with similar stories and realized that my first son had probably been undergoing symptoms due to the med. not a move, pet dying,etc. I took the youngest off and it took weeks for him to relax and even then did not become the way he had been pre-Singulair. I tried to take my oldest off and he QUIT sleeping and was very jumpy, he had been on it for over 5 years by then. I instead lowered his dose to 5 mg. His allergist, top guy from St. Louis, had him on 10 mg. and I did notice a worsening of his personality after the change from 5 to 10 mg. I would like to say that he has become more open and happy but has not. I am afraid behavior is now ingrained. Have seen therapists and physiciatrists but none have helped. He has talked of dying ever since he was 3 and we immediately had him evaluated. Never mentioned the meds he was taking for asthma and allergies because we thought they were safe! How can doctors keep believing the drug companies when over and over people are dying and having problems with all these chemicals being put in their bodies. i think I am going to research natural substances for the control of his asthma as I think that these meds have possibly ruined his life.

My daughter started singular at age 3--not quite the age you were looking for and she had terrible nightmares. i pulled her from it 6 months after taking it. The pediatrician told me I should not, and the allergist told me I was crazy. She also developed a very bad skin rash on her face where her lips blew up 10 times the normal size, scaly skin, and oozing quarter sized blisters. Went to the pediatrician, allergist and dermatologist for years and no could give me any answers. My point the medical community surely does not intend to harm anyone by giving prescriptions, the PHRMACEUTICAL companies are to blame. Always go with your gut........if it does not look or seem right get away from it, believe me your doctor is not going to tell you. I have a 5 year old with autism and I wish I would have went with my gut. Hope this helps --God Bless

Was just given this for our 14mth old's running nose (very severe, I must say- non stop 24-7). Doctor thought that allergens were reason for his persistent ear infections (we can't get rid of it). My mom took him to the doctor and I filled the scrip (not recognizing the name of the med as "that med" that I have heard so much negative about until now! He's finally sleeping after only 1 dose, but he ran around in circles half of the night tonight acting almost drunk. We won't be doing dose #2. This mommie's gut says no.

I was also prescribed this medication for my then 7 month old. She had experienced her first ear infection and I believe it was/is due to allergies since her nose was/is constantly runny. I got the script filled, but decided to read up on it as I do not feel comfortable giving any meds to my kids. After reading all the terrible side effects I brought that garbage medication right back to the pharmacy and got my money back! I am so grateful that I didn't give that to my baby. I am surprised too that I didn't find a lot of reviews on giving it to a 7 month old. She is too young, in my opinion. At that age you cannot tell if they are fussy from gas or are terrified by all the side effects. By the way, the commercial on TV states that ear infections are a side effect. I thought this was funny because she was prescribed this med due to an ear infection due to allergies/nasal drainage.