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We lost our home to a house fire this past August so when my 8 ye...

Posted at 7:43 AM on Mar 31, 2008 by rlhulsen, #28826
We lost our home to a house fire this past August so when my 8 year old daughter experienced severe depression, night terrors, and was constantly acting out we naturally blamed it on the house fire. The odd thing was that she had the "normal" depression immediately after the fire and started to become herself again. Several months past when she started this severe depression and horrible behavior. We brought her to a psychiatrist because this was just not the depression she was experiencing after the fire.The psychiatrist diagnosed her with post traumatic stress disorder and explained that with children it can take months for this to "come out". Well, with allergy season on us in the South, my daughter started her Singulair treatment the exact time of this recent behavior. Needless to say, we are taking her off the Singulair, I will post again to let you know if she makes a turnaround. ---by rlhulsen
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Reply 8 months ago on Mar 31, 2008 by singulair_user, #6281

I'm a 15yo boy and I've had asthma ever since i can remember. I've been taking Singulair since i was 4yo. I have been stessed out because of school family etc.. I've been reading up on Asthma and the medication I've been taking. I didnt take my Singulair for one month and i didn't notice any changes so I decided to stay with it.(my parents gave me the choice of changing to different medications) What i believe is that the side effects are different for everyone and depends on their life style. I do not believe that people would kill themselves because of a medicine.(yes i believe there are better things out there for Asthma patients) I've read reports and 2 other 15 yo boys who commited suicided and Singulair was blamed. Pesonally i believe it has helped me(but thats onlyan opinion). I've also heard that the FDA might be taking Singulair off the market and could be switching patients to Advair. I took that at one point along side my Singulair and i didnt notice any change either except it apparently didnt work. I think people should use what medications that work because certain medications do not work for people(Advair for me), but again thats only an opinion.

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