Have been experiencing the same serious behavioral issues (scream...

Good luck to you,my child was much older,we have found an improvement in being off singulair,he takes no meds now at all,but his asthma was mild,he does keep he rescue inhaler handy.It took about 3 days for us to know we were on the right path,a sweet smile in his eyes.But rome wasnt built in a day,each day is day by day,this is not the same child i had on singulair so i have to deal with him differently than the child i had.it is a learning process,but your gut is your best friend.Hang in there keep us updated

My grandson Trevor greatly improved by the third day. We were still apprehensive that it could really be the Singulair so we waited to post on this website until after the second full week. I'm a firm believer that this is no good, especially for children!!! I realize that not every child will have these horrible and scarry side effects, but the ones I have been reading about make me sick and very sad. I've spoken with 2 other family members this week and they didn't know about this problem, but their children were acting the same way----they have already noticed a big difference in just a few days after taking them off of the drug. My nephew is a pharmacist and I called him last week to see about his opinion. Funny he hadn't been made aware of these side effects. He has now!! He called me back and told me the FDA is now in the process of investigating these claims of suicidal, angry, over anxious, temper tantrum kids...
THANK GOD!!! Susan 53

See my other posts by matthewct1. Our son was MUCH better within a week. I'm glad you made the connection with Singulair. Best of luck!!

Thank you all for your input. Our son has been off Singulair for a little over a week now and we have seen noticeable improvement in his ability to rationalize and not freak out when he doesn't get his way or doesn't agree with something. I think we're on an upward movement with everything in his life. Again thank you all and I hope your families continue to improve with the childrens behavior.

Tha best to you all

It is amazing to read all of these posts. My 5 yr old daughter has been on Singulair, Flovent (preventative inhaler) and Zyrtec for over 2 years now. She was such an easy baby and until last week I really did not raelize how bad her behavior has escalated. She is moody and defiant. She acts shy and them becomes very agressive with other children. All this time I thought it was just her. When she does get sick we put her on Xopanex and we notice a huge change in her behavior. About the 3-4 day she cannot focus on anything and she is difficult to control. We have always blamed the behavior on that med. I got frustrated last week with her Ped. so I called around and got her an appt with a different dr. The first thing they recommended was to get her off of everything except the Flovent. He asked if I had noticed a change in her behavior since being on the Singulair and after looking back there was a huge change. I chalked all of it up to a stage. We are a loving family that does not allow our child to get away with bad behavoir and I have reached my limit on what to do. I am praying that this is the answer for her. I also feel horrible that for all of this time she has been punished for something that is not her fault. I hope you also find the right meds and all the answers. Our NEW Dr. said it right when he said "her quality of life counts for a lot more than this" "this child that you have here is probably not even your real child" I hope we see some positive changes.

Kelly

My 4 year old daughter was only on Singulair for 53 days, but had such a dramatic change in behavior that we were one of the lucky ones and stopped it very early. However, in those 53 days she developed aggression, separation anxiety, an obsessive-compulsive disorder, dark thoughts, and self-mutilation. We didn't recognize her at all. We truly thought we lost her to mental illness. Within 3 weeks of stopping the Singulair, her dark thoughts were gone, but.......it took a good 3 months to get her back to 100%. You will get your child back..but it will take some time. Best of luck. Know that many of us have been through this and now have our sweet children back!