I am replying to my first post here yesterday....So today I didn'...

Is this your first day not giving him the Singulair? If so, give it a little time....I've heard of varying ranges of time to recover. My son took about a full week and he did a complete 180.

Be patient and you will eventually see the medication start to get out of his system. In the mean time I think that it is important to continue to use time out when he behaves inappropriately. Even though he may not be able to control his behavior at this time, he needs to know what is acceptable and what is not. If you don't set up good boundaries for him then when the medication does leave his system he may be very confused as to what is acceptable behavior and what is not. It sounds like you are a very caring and loving mother, and I think that you are doing a great job. Urge your fiance to read the side effects of this medication on this site and maybe he will understand a little better. Talk to your pediatrician and if your son doesn't improve after being off of the medication for some time, then you may want to think about bringing him to a mental health specialist. Be sure to find one that agrees with you on how you parent and understands what this medication has done to your son. Good luck and keep up the good work.

I have a son who has now been off of the medication for about 20 months. It's really amazing to see his improvement. Managing his behavior was difficult during the worst of the time on Singulair, and remained difficult as he slowly recovered. During this time I read a book which I felt was particularly applicable to his situation: The Explosive Child. It has terrific suggestions on how to approach children who have, for any number of reasons, a kind of disability or developmental delay in being able to handle frustration and control impulses. For my son, the extreme anxiety he developed from the Singulair made him fly off the handle at very small things, so we had to both try and reduce his anxiety and re-teach him ways of communicating. This was a delicate balance between assuaging him enough so he was calm enough to take direction, and setting effective limits so that he was learning appropriate behavior. I will add, though that removing the Singulair was a vital component, because each month he became more and more manageable even though there were still times when he would "lose it." They just got fewer, and shorter-lasting. So have patience, and please also have (and encourage your husband to have) compassion for your son. Remember, this is not him just being ornery - he has suffered a serious trauma and has to work his way back. Good luck!

My son is 10 and I made an appointment with his teachers and told them what I was doing and making them aware of possible side effects. They were glad I told them and seemed like they would be glad to work with me. I would just tell the preschool what is going on and to please help you through this.

Thank you all so very much for your insight and recomendations on this! I took my little guy to the doctor...the doctor did not have much to say about the side effects of Singulair. I blatently asked him..."What are the side effects?" To see what he would say and I got the "commen side effects." I said well after doing some research, it seems to me that he is experienceing the less commen side effects? He said yes that could be but didnt pin point it. He is more concerned about the back pain and fever so he has ordered xrays to be done to rule out other issues. I didnt get the feeling that he felt it was the singulair but did support me on taking him off of it and said to see if things get better then to keep him off of it. He thinks theres something more going on since he has been running the fever so we shall see. He is a supportive doctor and always has been so I will take my son for the xrays...main thing is that he is off of it now! I did give the preschool a heads up and they were glad I informed them and said to this point he has been wonderful and very cooperative. I find that its like an impulse reaction to things that we have a tough time with. Very sensitve and gets very angry. So I just let him express what he needs to and talk him through his feelings and trying to help him in using words to express himself as well. My fiance is floored in the fact that this drug could do this but is not one to worry...only to look for the better and look ahead in helping him and is really giving him extra attention in the evenings to try and get him through this. I have to say I feel so fortunate for all of you wonderful people informing people and helping others thru this! I feel very lucky to have caught this now before he gets older. I am very sorry to others that have had to deal with the tragedy of this and am very glad that you opt to help people thru your experience. I will do the same!