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Posted at 4:50 PM on Mar 28, 2008 by christylou, #28625
My fifteen year old son—all star athlete, good student, always following the rules has been through hell and back with this too, and is still feeling the stigma. After being on Singulair about 6 months, he started hearing and seeing things. He woke the whole house up one night with a blood-curdling scream. We immediately sought help and i started investigating the side-effects of Singulair. Every doctor we spoke too, Primary care, Allergy specialist, and 2 psychiatrists, discounted my theory that the Singulair might be causing all this. He did express having depressed emotions and thoughts of suicide. This kid had no previous pre-existing conditions that would account for these symptoms. Thank god the Psychs ruled out schizophrenia, which was what we were all afraid of, including my very intuitive son. I NOW FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. This is so wrong. I tried to speak up about it and was swept under the rug many times. Please tell me if there are lucrative organizations i can report this too. My kids has been emotionally injured from this drug and it seems there are many more that have actually years from their childhood.
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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 28, 2008 by catherineevans, #6066

My granddaughter has been on this for 2 years and we are devastated. We took her to a counselor 2 months after she was put on this drug for allergies because her behavior was bizarre. The counselor attributed her mood swings and her behavior to moving to the country and attending a new school but never to Singulair. After we just saw this news story it was like the sky opened up. My beauitful 11 year-old granddaughter has been affected by this chemical and we did not know it. I am currently getting all of her records from the pediatrician and taking her off this, we are seeking natural, organic solutions and will never accept what these phamaceutical companies routinely tell the doctors again. We did not know that Singulair evenhad these side affects, the doctor never told us and she has exhibited anxiety, depression and bizarre behavior. She had never had problems before this, it took us 2 years to find this out? Our whole family is so angry about this and feel terribly responsible that we didn't see the connection. I can only pray that getting her off this will restore her to a normal childhood.

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