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Posted at 1:22 AM on Jun 07, 2008 by lindsaysmom, #31167
My daughter is 4 and has allergies. Last year she was briefly on Zyrtec and I immediately noticed that she became very aggressive. This year her doctor prescribed Singular. She has been on Singular for 8 days. Her appetite has dwindled. She has complained that her stomach hurt which I thought was due to not eating. Last night, she had nightmares - screaming out in a panic. This afternoon she couldn't sleep. This evening she fell asleep in my arms. Suddenly she sat up with glazed eyes wide open and began to relive when she fell and hurt her hand a few days earlier. I thought she was sleep talking with her eyes open. She was in a total panic but appeared to be sleeping. Yet, when her dad approached she held out her arms for him to pick her up. She eventually fell back asleep only to awaken two more times with similar sceneros played out. I could not get these scenes out of my mind. Given the previous experience with Zyrtec, I looked over the side effects of Singular and the word Hallucination jumped out at me. I spoke with a pharmacist who was not aware of anything I have since read on this site. I decided to Google Singular Side Effects and came upon this site. Tears well in my eyes after I read posting after posting. Thank you, thank you to all who have posted their experiences. You have saved my daughter and our family from a true nightmare. Bless you and your family.
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Reply 5 months ago on Jun 07, 2008 by sp2008, #9005

Thankfully she was only on it for 8 days! I am happy for you that your family did not have to endure the horrors of Singulair long term. My son was on it for 3 1/2 yrs and still on the road to recovery from it!

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Reply 5 months ago on Jun 07, 2008 by concernedcitizen, #9006

I have mentioned before that I was my opinion that patients who had a negative reaction to Singulair would also have a similar response to Zytrec. Not everybody, of course, but there is a good reason why it is possible to have an adverse side effect from both of them.

If I get more feedback as to whether most people react negatively to both, then I will feel more comfortable explaining why.

Neuro-psychiatric side effects are commonly reported in Europe.

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Reply 5 months ago on Jun 07, 2008 by brenda999, #9008

I posted about my nephew Dominic and his hallucinations, fears, depression, etc. Dominic has been off the singulair for a little over 3 weeks and is improving daily. Hope you see the same results.

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Reply 5 months ago on Jun 09, 2008 by santonjack, #9055

I can completely relate to what you are saying. Our darling, outgoing, happy active 3 year old son just went on Singulair 2 weeks ago. The Dr said it would take 7-10 days to take effect. Well, let me tell you on day 10, he woke up a completely different little boy. It was Saturday all of the kids were outside playing, and he was completely lethargic, kept insisting he was tired, and needed to go to sleep. At one point he said, I'm sick I need to go to bed. He sat by himself as the kids played. He was so not himself it was scary. Last night we stopped the Singulair in hopes that our little boy will be back to himself immediately!!!!!!!!!!

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