I am 44 years old and have been taking singulair for about 4 year...

Anxiety was added to Singulair's label as a side effect in February 2008!

Please visit www.parentsforsafety.org for more information on Singulair, the FDA safety review, and the new precaution on Singulair's label about neuropsychiatric side effects.

My son took Singulair for 5 1/2 years and experienced anxiety among other things. The anxiety worsened the longer he was on it. He experienced depression several years after starting Singulair. The depression resolved and the anxiety improved significantly within days after stopping Singulair.

Parents United for Pharmaceutical Safety and Accountability is conducting a survey of parents whose children had adverse reactions to Singulair. Results will be available soon on the website.

Hope you feel better soon.

Hi and thanks for posting this. I'm a 35 year old male and have been taking Singulair regularly for about 2 years. I too have been feeling the effects of anxiety and depression. Just as you, I figured it was work or home related so I sought other means of dealing with it. A few months ago, I started researching all of the medications I take. I found several people that had the same reaction to Singulair. I stopped taking it for almost a month and I immediately noticed a huge difference in my mood and motivation. I wasn't irritable or sad for no reason. However, my allergy symptoms came back worse than before. The sneezing, runny nose and asthma started occurring several times a week so I had to start taking it again to get some relief. It's been about 3 weeks now that I've been back on regular doses of Singulair and the depression is back. I don't want to have to pick between having allergies or being depressed because both of them suck! I'm going to stop taking it and go back to being happy with allergies for now but I'm actively looking for another long term solution to allergies. I'll keep this site and post as things develop. I'm eager to hear more on your progress and anyone else that is going through a similar experience.

R

wow! how bad is your asthma that you need 3 different meds for it? any one should be sufficient. when i was first diagnosed with asthma (1998?), a doctor put me on singulair which was fairly new at the time. he said they weren't sure it worked; it worked well for some people and not at all for others- we'd have to see. nothing about side effects. he wrote me a renewable presrciption for a year's worth.
i got the first month filled and was so shocked at the price ($90 for 30 tiny pills) that i never got it after the first month.
for years i took the lowest strength advair once a day. everytime i tried to wean off it, i'd get sick again. i tried allergy shots, had sinus surgery (they assured me that i'd be able to go off advair if i had the surgery, something they later denied).
eventually i worked with a kinesthesiologist who taught me the buteyko breathing exercises and i was able to step from advair to the lowest strength of flovent, first the regular dose of 4 puffs a day and then finally one puff every 3 days and then nothing.
here are some other things that can help- stick to a very non-inflammatory diet: omega 3 fish oil, grass fed meats, organic vegetables, whole grains, no dyes or preservatives
if you can find a complimentary or integrative physician, you can get various IV drips that will help a lot: a meyer's IV drip or push will open your lungs almost immediately. he/ she will recommend lots of vitamin C, magnesium, NAC, taurine, glutathione. if you are having an acute attack, a drop or two of lobelia tincture under the tongue will stop it right away.

the doctor will also check your hormones, yeast, fungal infections, etc that may be contributing to your asthma. a conventional doctor will miss that stuff since they will look at your asthma in isolation from the rest of you and will only concern themselves with which drugs to prescribe.
as you get better, you'lll be able to space out the IVs more, eventually stopping them, and take fewer supplements.
another thing to try would be macrobiotics. there are coaches and diagnostitians who can look at your skin and tell you what's wrong and suggest ways to fix it that don't come from a drug company and won't have side effects, other than a general improvement in overall health and well being
good luck!

OK, it has now been 3 weeks since I posted the above message (I am 44 years old...) and also 3 weeks since I quit taking Singulair. The first two nights after I stopped the medication I had acute insomnia, but it subsided with time. Each day my anxiety decreased, and about 5 days after discontinuing Singulair the chest pain was completely gone and has not returned. Tobe fair, during the same time period I took 17 days off of work and went on a 4 day backpacking trip - so I had no stressful situations presented to me. I have been back to work for 3 days and so far have no symptoms of anxiety. Nothing else in m y life has changes...still exercising, eating right, etc. My allergies have become more bothersome since discontinuing Singulair, but I intend to go back to my doctor to see reev aluate my asthma/allergy plan, so hopefully I can fix that. So do I think Singulair caused my anxiety? Well, I think there is enough of a correlation with events in my life to keep from going back on the medication - I have officially chucked it! Time will tell. If my sytoms returm I will try and remember to re-post, otherwise I will conclude it was the drugs. Good luck to all.

I have went through all of the same things that you are reporting. Severe moods problems and ulcerative colitis are among them. I took my care into my own hands. I asked my doctor for my old Intal Inhaler - something that worked fabulously before all these new drugs were being pushed and I did a program called The Allergy and Asthma Cure by Dr. Fred Pescatore (it's a book).

I haven't had a panic attack in awhile and I can actually go on a walk by myself. The ulcerative colitis is no longer bothering me. My asthma is under control.

Get a prescription for the Intal Inhaler. It's not available in the US any longer. Get it from Panther Meds. It takes about 3 weeks to receive it. I requested the 5mg and you take 2 puffs 4 times a day. You can take it safely up to 8 times a day. You must take it regularly and religiously.

The diet is also amazing. Tough. Really tough. But it worked.

The ironic thing is that I had ordered Singular, Flovent and Flonase from overseas before because I don't have insurance and they not only have generics, but even the brand name is cheaper! Our patient pamplets for the prescriptions say nothing about anxiety, mood disorders and stomach/bowel problems developing with use of these products. Ironically they do everywhere else. I've learned a lot through this process, the European have a much more stringent regime prescriptions have to go through to get certifed. In the US, it's all about the money.

Stand up to your doctor and if they won't listen find one who will. That's what I did and I not only feel almost back to my old self, but I CAN BREATHE!

Pleas email me with any questions!