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I am a 41-year old female with allergy induced asthma, who has be...

Posted at 5:24 PM on Jun 06, 2008 by luv2surf, #31155
I am a 41-year old female with allergy induced asthma, who has been taking Singulair for almost 1 1/2 years now. I was diagnosed with depression about 5 years ago (after my sister's death) and was taking 100mg of Zoloft daily, which my doctor upped to 200mg around the same time I started Singulair for allergy problems. I did not know about the Singulair/depression warnings until searching today on Google for drug interactions on the meds I take in hopes of trying to find a reason for my overwhelming depression. For the past 1 1/2 years, I have lived like a zombie, numb to the world and my family, gave up a $72K job, gained alot of weight, have the weirdest and most vivid dreams, and am tired all of the time, only finding rest after 10-15 hours of sleep per day. I am a working professional, have a Master's degree, and have always considered myself a rational objective person, and not a "lemming" that follows the rest over the cliff. However, the side effects I am experiencing ARE NOT NORMAL and ARE NOT IMAGINARY. I do not know if Singulair is causing my symptoms or not, however, I am going to stop taking the medicine today, and switch to something else. For me, QUALITY OF LIFE is the major issue. While Singulair works great to help me breathe comfortably, I can find other meds to do the same thing. However, what I cannot take is a medication possibly responsible for taking my "life" away.
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Reply 4 months ago on Jun 11, 2008 by t1204k411, #9125

I'm old enough to be your Mother and I have a 41 yr old daughter. Your story breaks my heart because I can relate to it so much! My family and I have been through 2+ years of living hell. Depression, suicidal thinking, sleep terrors/vivid dreams that wouldn't go away, exhaustion from lack of sleep, impossible to get out of bed because of the exhaustion, etc, etc. I found this great site and another one the first part of April 2008 after the FDA news about Singulair. I was amazed to be reading my own story written by others. Thank God because I thought I must be losing my mind. While I wasn't working outside my home I had a 20hr a week computer job at home that helped a lot. I was however unable to think and to function so couldn't work. Getting dressed was too much. Deciding what or if to eat was too much. Finding this site helped me realize I wasn't the only one who was going through living hell. I cut my self off from the outside world because I couldn't explain to someone else what my problem was when I didn't know myself. After reading the stories I stopped taking Singulair on April 6, 2008. The symptoms started melting away! It was like a miracle. Whether it was related or not I don't know but all I had were a few mild headaches after stopping...no major withdrawl. I'm not 100% and I'm not sure what happens yet. Still in a bit of a wait and see mode. Not sure what my normal is anymore. It isn't much fun being unpaid lab rats, is it!? God bless you...

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