Singulair side effects

My 7 year old daughter has battled with asthma/allergies. 4 months ago we were given samples of Singulair and there was no warning of side effects. In that time period she became very depressed, aggressive, and suffered from night terrors. She wrote me letters stating that she wanted to die and how much she hated herself. The night terrors were very disturbing. Her dreams were violent and usually had to do with me being murdered. She became very aggressive with her brother and fighting with kids in the neighborhood. All of this was completely out of her character. At that time I did not research Singulair because I never would have thought a doctor would give a child medication that would cause this kind of behavior. Plus, we thought it was a miracle drug because it seemed to cure the asthma and allergies. After feeling like I was losing my precious daughter I finally began to search for answers. I looked up Singulair online and was horrified!! We immediately threw it in the trash and began to put 2 and 2 together. I feel so awful for not knowing this was going on. She has been grounded, yelled at, and I even took all of her toys away. I am so angry that she has experienced such torment. She has been off of it for two days and I can already see the sparkle in her eyes that has been gone for months. I am concerned about her going through withdrawals. The school nurse called and said she vomited at school today. She also has a stuffy nose. What are the symptoms of withdrawal? I would rather her be sick than to take poison.

OOh i forgot to add, if you or your child or family member cant breathe this is a good pill, clears the lung air passage.

Everyones is getting paranoid - look Singulair is just like all other drugs - u simply take it to cure your sickness it could be 2 days to 2 months. Dont OVERINDULGE and go over board overmedicating your selfs or your kids. Give when necessary. I take Singulair when I need to sometimes for 2 days, and thats it. It cures real good, finally I can breathe. My Migrane headache gone. But ya Remember - its a drug. Alldrugs make you feel a little strange, Singular is no exception. Just take until cured and get over it. Dont get addicted to Singular and everything will be OK.

My son is 6. He has been taking Singulair for 6 months. He has had aweful behaviors with this med he is very violent, he has back pain and leg pain to the point tylenol does not help. Also he has a chronic cough at night...all night long. He developed hives 2 days ago which there is no cause for as of yet so he is on a steroid to help with that as well. Are these symptoms of Singulair? Thank you so much

My 10 year old son started taking singulair when he was 6 and we took him off of it when he was 9 due to behavior concerns. We noticed some improvement within the first couple of weeks of being off of it but I'm wondering what are the long-term side effects and are they reversible with time. He still can become very angry and still has episodes of self-hatred. He continues to make comments like "I'm wearing a costume and can't get it off". He once said that he felt like a remote control car that someone else was controlling. He has unusual tic's/movements. They change from time to time but looking back they started when he was 7. The most recent tic is repeated blinking of the eyes. he has also gained 35lbs in 3 years. He was always a thin child but is now overweight. We just had our first appt with a psychologist this week. I asked her about singulair and she told me that she tells all her patients to stop taking it. She said it works through the central nervous system. She has referred us to a psychiatrist for an evalutation and it sounds like he will have to go on meds. I'm just wondering, is this the result of being on singulair. I'm very frustrated and we're just starting the journey to hopefully getting our sweet little boy back.

Today my 5 year old's doctor perscribed her Singulair. I brought her in for congestion that would not go away after a regular cold. The prescription cost $128 for the 4 mg. pills and $40 for an inhailer. The doctor diagnosed the congestion as Asthma related symtoms-so OHP would pay for it. This seems a bit of a stretch because she only has lingering congestion 1 to 2x per year after she has caught a seasonal cold or the flu. They used to call this bronchitis and treat it with cheap antibiotics-at least they did when I was a kid 35 years ago. As a child, my doctor ran all kinds of allergy testing and then I simply stayed away from the things I was allergic to. Today the doctor listened to her lungs and wrote the scrip-thats it no tests, no nothing. Incedently, on my way in to the office, I had to hold the door for the ever so present "Pharmy sales rep" loaded with perk packs. Hmmmm are we really doing the right thing with our kids?

I'm so glad I found this site. I thought my diarrhea was due to my being lactose intolerant, but I had barely had anything with lactose in it for the entire month of January and I still had diarrhea daily. And an anxiety attack, which I hadn't had in over 4 years! After reading all this, I realized that my physical side effects (cramping, diarrhea, constipation) as well as my feelings of depression and anxiety are probably due to being on Singulair. I've only been on it for 3 weeks, and have decided to stop taking it immediately. Luckily I was trying it to help with exercise induced asthma. Think I'll just stick with my regular inhalers. This drug is NOT for me!

My 6 year old has been taking singular for about 1 year now. I have noticed over the past 5 weeks that she has had a change in her thoughts. Any "bad" thoughts like saying and ugly word or thinking something mean about her sister she is so compelled to tell me over and over and over. She will tell me thoughts that she even had last year in Kindergarten. I wonder if taking this medicine could be the cause. And could it just be effecting her now.

I am having crazy mood swings and am annoyed and agitated about things for no reason and can't explain why. I have never had acne in my life, and now that I have been on Singular for a couple of months now I am breaking out like crazy - big ugly red pimples not only on my face but neck and chest. I'm 40 and have always had great skin. My skin also feels itchy on and off, and if I miss a pill just one day I have trouble breathing the next day. This is worse than when I wasn't on it. I also started taking Advair about a week ago, and the acne and mood swings have gotten worse since that.

I can't believe weight gain side effects aren't explicitly told to parents! Thanks to this medicine we have a daughter who is frieghtfully aware of her overweight situation. She is currently 93% of her weight and only 63% of her height which puts her about 20 lbs overwieght on the high end of the allowable scale. There is no obesity in either parents family and both Mother and Father have been dumbfounded to whitness her weight gain from 8 years old in 2007 to now. We've both been scratching our heads trying to understand why she was putting on weight. She does not pick, doesn't eat junk food, we never eat any fast food, her brother of 1 year older is slim and so are both her parents. Mom and Dad started jogging with her in March 2009, it began to make a dent but not anything along the lines of what we expected in terms of weight loss given diet and newly introduced exercise. I dawned on us this might be the problem when I was loading pictures onto an electronic picture frame we purchased at Christmas. As we loaded picture from when she was 4-7 years old then saw what happened when she started taking singulair at 8 years old it hit us like a brick. She had been thin and fit up to when she was 7 and then all of the sudden something happened. No more Singulair. Wish us luck as we work to repair the insidius damage that was done.

I'm an adult, female, allergy patient. I have been prescribed Singulair 10 mg. over the last 10 yrs but noticed when I tried to take it my arthritis worsened so I never took it for more than a couple of days. I gave up trying to take it but recently my ENT suggested I give it another try. I took 1 10 mg once daily for 1 week & stomach pain began w/ persistent diarrhea on day 5. My main reason was to control swelling in my sinuses that result in headaches. My headaches disappeared on Singulair but I was not going to live w/ the diarrhea. Disappointing, I also developed a rash after 7 days so now I can add that to my list of meds I'm allergic to. Oh well....

My 7 year old son has been on Singulair for almost 4 years. We always thought he was just a more challenging kid. Over the past few months, his behavior turned into giant mood swings, mulitple acts of agression each day, verbal outbursts, crying hysterically, some obsesssive behaviors--would not throw anything away and if we did, he became inconsolable, severe mood swings--would go from zero to sixty in the blink of an eye--terrible leg pain (ongoing since he started the drug), sleep disruptions(ongoing since he started the drug, bad dreams(ongoing since he started the drug. He has progressively become a more negative and sad child. He has always been active--but has gained weight since going on the meds (going from 75th percentile for weight to over 100th percentile). I HAVE ALWAYS SHARED OUR CONCERN WITH HIS BEING MORE CHALLENGING AND OUR DOCTORS (PLURAL!) SAID IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE MEDS! Parents: go with your gut. Ask more questions. Do not trust the drug company side effects--Singulair lists IRRITABILITY as the side effect for what I described above!

We were ready to see a child psychologist when I found this blog--it literally has changed his life and the life of our family! He received his last dose 3 nights ago--and is already a happier, easier little boy! He has not had one melt down in 2 days! This is huge for him! He can even verbalize that he feels better. Shame on our doctors who did not look into our concerns more. This has been 4 years coming!!!

Note: We did meet with a doctor in the practice who we do not normally see. She is the one who seemed to acknowledge that this is absolutely the reason for his behavior problems--he was also pulled off of Flovent, which can have similar side effects.

I am a type 2 diabetic. When i took Singulair, my blood sugar would be about 30-60 points higher during the morning fasting test.

normal: 95-105
w/Singulair: 125-170

After eating and taking my medicine:

normal 1 hour test: 125-135
normal 2 hour test: 105-115
w/Singulair 1 hour test: 172-225
w/Singulair 2 hour test: 168-205

In addition it would take much longer for my sugar to become normal. Singulair seemed to make me *more* insulin resistant in the mornings.

Has anyone heard the news about the 9 yr. old boy in Texas who committed suicide at school? I wonder what pharmaceuticals he might have been on. I hope they investigate that angle.

My five year old son has been taking singulair for a little over a month and I've noticed a persistent cough that occurs day and night. He never had asthma or any history to cause the cough. Has anyone heard of this?? I also noticed more teeth grinding at night and a decline in his behavior. Could this be from the medication as well? Any help would be appreciated!

The following information is from an FDA Medical Review of Singulair, Application 20-830/S008, dated
January 24, 2000

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Section 5.5.4.

Drug-related Adverse Events

Six (2.8%) patients in the montelukast group and 4 (3.9%) patients in the placebo group had clinical adverse experiences determined by the investigator to be possibly drug related. The investigators did not feel that any of these events were definitely related to the drug. In the montelukast group, 3 of the adverse events were associated with drug overdoses. Only one patient in each treatment group discontinued treatment because of a “drug-related” adverse event. In the case of montelukast therapy, a 4-year old female patient developed paraesthesia 2 weeks after being on montelukast. She complained of a sensation of ants walking on her hands and feet primarily at night. This patient’s eosinophil count was 4.9% prior to starting montelukast (normal range 0 to 5%)and was only slightly increased (6%) 4 days prior to the start of the parenthesis and at discontinuation of the study. A neurological work up was negative. The paraesthesia completely resolved 5.5 months after discontinuing montelukast.

My 11 year old son has been on Singulair for may years now for asthma. As I read so many of these statements they are a blessing to me. He to has had recurrent nightmares and mood changes. Some aggression as well. My greatest concern lately is joint pain. Almost daily he complains of sore knees and his back hurts. I remember ticks as well, being last year and they have subsided I thought it was stress. He also would have trouble with hand tremors, not associated with his other asthma med. And weight gain as well. As of tonight the Singulair is going to be stopped. I am not expecting it to stop right away but hope for my little boy to sleep and feel good again.

My brother is 12 years old he's been taking singular since he was 7 it has been a nightmare!! First he had all this mood swings,depression, weight gain,he was diagnosed with tourett's syndrome(twitching and tics) lately they got worst he started having bad dreams, an ulcer, and even thoughts of suicide, he tells my mom that he thinks we would be better if he was dead my mom took him to the doctor and doctor said he could have Bipolar disorder. Three months ago my 4 year old started taking it too for allergies and started having mood swings, behavior problems at school, bitting and hitting people which he didn't do before After that me and my mom started wondering if it was cause of the medication and started doing some research onlene and came upon this site and found out they are not the only one's having this side effects. I hope my story helps others because we have been through a nightmare with this medicine and i hope they could take it of the market. it has been a week since they got off and changes are noticable i just hope they are no permanent damages to my little brother that we love with all of our hearts

I've been taking Singulair for the past 10 years at least. Recent experiences include constricted dry throat which results in having to sit up at night until the constriction subsides - -sometimes it takes 2 -3 hours. Additionally, I've experienced the hot flashes, the anxiety, and the inability to sleep through the night.

Like others, I am an adult who takes the Singulair for severe pollen allergies and exercise induced asthma. I stopped taking Singulair three nights ago, and so far have not experienced the anxiousness, the hot flashes nor the throat constriction. I will be interested to see if some of other problems I have experienced and noted will also subside.

my son was on singulair for 2 mos. and after I took him off about 1 week off he starting to have either intense muscle twitching or what looked like a breathing tic. It gets the worst when he is tired. he has been off for 2 1/2 weeks but I am not seeing much recovery. He was a 26 wk 1 pound preemie who tends to react to meds... Would like to get feedback on how long many experienced tics after they stopped the meds. His tics really got bad when on (eyes) but only after I stopped the medication did the heaving/breathing thing, olmost looks looks like he is convulsing.
Thanks

I have been taking Singulair for several months now and it has worked for me. I have not had any of the negative side effects. However, if I miss just one night, I am weak and wheezing by the next afternoon. I do not have asthma, only use it for allergies. I also take Zyrtec as needed. I am an otherwise healthy 39 year old female. I am wondering though, is this something I will have to take for the rest of my life? What would happen if I stopped taking it? That is little scary.

my 3 yr old daughter has been singular on and off for a 1and a half. she was getting what the doctors said a croup due to allergies. she started having bad dreams i called the doctors to ask. they said to take it at morning instead of night. it seemed to work. after reading these posts it is all making sense. she is constantly complaining of headaches. if i give her the pill during the day she is moody and saying her head hurts and if she takes it at night we deal with nightmares. thanks for the posts!!very helpful.

I am 23 and have been on Singulair for roughly 3 years now. I am not sure if it is helping or if it is all the other medication. I take about 4 or 5 allergy medications a day. Anyways I have noticed that every time I miss a dose or two that I will have violent mood swings, cry about nothing and feel very anxious. I decided to test it since it was the beginning of the new year, my prescription ran out and I didn't want to pay for this expensive medicine if I didn't have to.

I was only able to stand two days without it, not that it really had any effect on my allergies but it completely changed me as a person. I had the violent mood swings, I cried about nothing, I felt anxious, but I also realized that it set me in a really dark depression and I was having suicidal/homicidal thoughts. (That is not me at all, I had never realized what people with true depression go through, all I know is I never want to experience that again) Needless to say, I got more Singulair in my system and I am back to normal, if this is normal. I am afraid to kick the medicine to the curb because those thoughts were overpowering. I am wondering how long it would it take for those thoughts to subside if I were to quit taking it. I could withstand it for a while, but I don't want to feel that way indefinitely.

My daughter is five years old and has been on and off asthma medication for maintenance. Nothing seems to work for her, but cause serious behavioral issues. Her asthma specialist does not seem to think this is an issue. She just prescribed Singular for my daughter to try, but after reading everyone's posts, I am not going to put her through that. Thank you everyone for the information. It is nice to know that there are other people who are experiencing the same thing and that I am not going crazy. The doctors look at you like you are nuts when you explain what happens after your child takes Xopenex, Pulmicort, Flovent, etc.

Thanks again,
Mary

Lost 5 years with our daughter who is now 14. Anger, anxiety, depression, emotional basket case, the list goes on an on. We attributed it "being a girl", hormone issues, etc. Took her off singulair and we don't even recognize her, and she does not recognize us. She thinks we have seriously changed! We have a daughter we never knew existed. We noticed the positive effects within a week of removing her from the drug. Of course her asthma returned, but that is nothing compared to what was living in our house. We are never, ever, ever, ever, going near a tablet of singulair again!

My 9 year daughter started singulair about two weeks ago for asthma maintenance. We have not been able to find a cortisteriod for asthma that she can tolerate so we thought we would try this. She started with a fever on and off with a sore throat. A couple nights after that she said she felt really funny, but couldn't describe it. She was crying and said she wanted to go to the doctor because she felt so odd. We stopped the medication that night, but the doctor says it was coincidence to her have a viral infection. So far, everytime my daughter has a reaction to a med the doctor tells me it just can't be and isn't the med. She's apparantly very sensitive to many meds and it's been three years trying and still can't find the right one.

My 12 year old daughter has been in Singulair for about 5 years. In terms of her asthma and allergies it was a wonderful help. Unfortunately, it took us 5 years to realize that her terrifying sleep-walking/running and night terrors were a result of the Singulair. It just didn't make sense that a mature, well-balanced 12 year old would wake up almost every night in some varying degree of panic often running full speed through the house sometimes down stairs and one time leaning over a two story railing screaming. As loud and dramatic as the episodes were, she never remembered any of it and would just laugh upon hearing about it. For me, it has not been the least bit funny; I got to the point where I barely slept and was on constant alert. It finally occurred to me to check the possible side effects of Singulair as she had been taking it every night about 11/2 hours before the episodes. There it was, just recently added--sleepwalking, night terrors, vivid dreams...neuropsychiatric events... I knew I had found the answer and decided to take her off it immediately to confirm it. It has been two weeks and she has not made a peep at night. I am relieved but feel so terrible that I have been giving her a drug which has caused her and our whole family such trauma. She had not had a good night sleep in 5 years-how horrible and how shameful of the manufacturers. I truly had the fear that my child could have fallen over our 2nd floor railing or down the stairs in her panicked episodes. I really want to let other people know that this is a possibility. Interestingly, I do have another child who has taken the med with no noticeable problems whatsoever; so clearly, medications do effect people differently.

My 3 and a half year old grandaughter has been on Singulair for 2 weeks. She this past week has exhibited paranoid behavior and is seeing spots in here food and feeling like there is water on her clothes etc when she is completely dry. She has been off the medication for a little over 48 hours and still experriencing these symptoms. She is angry and gets very upset when you tell her everything is dry or there is nothing in her food - she never was this angry and irritable before. We are so concerned and wondering how long it will take for her to return to normal. After reading these posts I am so sorry we did not check this out before giving it to her. This should be banned! Praying for her to return to her normal and loving self soon.

I took singulair for a month for my asthma, after a couple of weeks I started coughing and these bouts became quiet violent before I noticed the side effects and stopped taking it. It was another 10 days or so before that symptom went away. Left me feeling a lot worse than before I took it.

Our 2 year old daughter and 4 year old son were waking up every night with a dry hacking cough. Six weeks ago our pediatrician gave us Singulair samples to try. It helped with the coughing, but now our 4 year old is extreamly aggressive and whiny. He used to be so sweet and compassionate. Our 2 year old is now suffering with rectal prolapse,a rash, lack of appetite, and terrible diarhea. We stopped the Singulair this week. Have any of you experienced major digestive issues after taking this drug? How long did it take after you quit using it to feel better?

My 14 year old son was diagnosed with asthma in Sept. 2009 after a virus attacked his respiratory system. He has been extrememly moody (more than usual) since then. We went to the doctor this past Monday and found out he had gained 30 pounds since starting to take Singulair. 30 pounds in 3 months. After reading some other posts. I have decided he will take Singulair no more. Thank you for your comments.

My 4 year old son was on this for a little over a year. He became more and more moody and got to the point that he was having very violent fits of rage almost every day. He would try to harm us and even himself. After being off of Singulair for one day, we noticed dramatic improvement in his behavior. He hasn't had a single fit since. It did stop his wheezing completely, but he will NEVER take it again. PLEASE watch your kids (and yourself) if taking it!

I was prescribed singulair by my ENT to help alleviate sinus headaches. I also take Flonase and get weekly allergy shots. I started having numerous, intense hot flashes. They were so intense they would kept me awake at night. After reading some other experiences with the same symptoms, I stopped taking singulair. Within 3 days, the majority of the hot flashes disappeared.

Is going to the poorhouse a side effect? It is for me. Singulair was already expensive but this week when I renewed my prescription for 90 days, the price had more than doubled. What's up with that?

Has anyone come off of Singulair and had their anxiety improve? I have been taking it on/off for 4 years. No problems. 3 weeks ago I was prescribed Patanase, Xyzal, and Alvesco for allergy/exercise induced asthma. I now constantly feel anxious all the time. Very jumpy, heart races, almost like too much adrenaline. I really don't want to take Singulair anymore after reading the posts but would like to hear of someone that it helped by not taking it. Anyone?

Im 18 yrs old with horrible allergies. My doctor prescribed my Singular 10mg. The first night I took it I had a bad dream. Iv been on the script for 2 weeks now and its almost every night im having odd dreams; such as my teeth falling out, my mother poisioning me, peeing in my pants when they arent even on, and more. My allergies have gotten better but Im wondering if it's worth this.

My 17 year old son experienced his first 2 Grand Mal Seizures 5 days after starting Singulair. No medications would work for a year until we finally stopped using the Singulair. We had to work backwards on the titrations of the 6 different seizure meds to actually find the ones that would have worked without the interference of the Singulair. Singulair's physicians web-site states that this could cause seizures, way at the very bottom of page 15, conveniently hard to find.

My son started taking Singulair after several hospitalizations due to asthma...I was astonished the difference a year made with his weight gain. I figured it out when my doctor prescribed it for me and within 2 weeks I had gained 10lbs!! I immediately pulled him off the medication, I could not figure out how he could eat like all his other friends and gain so much weight (especially right around his middle-like a spare tire). He began allergy shots and that helped his asthma more than anything else. I just don't understand how they can prescribe this and not inform you about this weight gain risk.

Damn' it all seems quite negative.
Thank you everyone for the information. My 4 year old will NOT be taking this DRUG.
Luckily he has had only 1 pill and I was wise enough to find side effects from others.
51 pages worth!
Thank You

H!@% S#$&
wow! my 4 year old was suggested to start up on this DRUG.!
After reading ALL these posts, NO WAY.
Thank You

I am 50, post menopausal, with COPD, asthma...really lousy lungs. Have been on Singulair for a long time. But I have been experiencing bouts of severe depression, sweats, anxiety and very nasty, right-sided stomach pain, terrible sleep patterns (repeated waking at night), headaches, fatigue, problems with congition and focus, and just plain miserableness. Lots of tests...blah, blah, blah. However, missed a few doses of Singulair and stomach pain went away... depression got somewhat better... sleep improved. However, asthma is still pretty bad. Best drug I've found for that is Spiriva... in the morning, not at night (bad for sleep too). Don't know what to take to replace the singulair for the allergy-related asthma symptoms. Any suggestions? I have inhalers out the wazoo, but have been experiencing very bad asthma attacks lately. Thinking of just switching to weekly allergy shots...even tho I know it will take months for that to help. But have decided Singulair is not worth the side effects.

I was jut put on Singulair this week for my Asthma, my side effect have been getting worst, been having very dry eyes and terrible back pain and headach, went to the ER, the Dr said to stop Singulair, I was having a side effect with it. My back is still sore.

Heart palpitations.

Just read the posts and a light bulb shone brightly - last night I took the singulair tablet and within 45 minutes ached so badly all over could barely move. By the end of the day I am fine but wake up very badly affected in the morning. Achy muscles, so tired cannot get out of bed, huge pain throughout my body. Am going to stop taking it to see if it makes a difference - was going to buy a new pack. The doctor told me that only some people get these symptoms and mine was nothing like it!!!

My son has been on Singulair chewables and albuterol neb treatments 3X per day for about three weeks. He is 3 years old and could not shake a cough he got well before Thanksgiving. He still has the cough and today is Christmas. We almost went to the emergency room today because we stopped the nebulizer a week ago and everything has now come back again (and worse it seems). It's like we are starting over. As far as the aggression: we first thought it was the Albuterol that was making him crazy and aggressive (hitting, shouting 'I don't love you', refusing to nap at daycare), but now we realize it is more likely the Singulair.

Here is my thing now: I thoroughly believe in regular cough medicine, cough suppressant, robitussin, mucinex, delsym. These are the over-the-counter type of syrups and drugs we all grew up on and they worked for us!!!! Did you have even ONE friend as a kid who was on the sort of drug lineup our kids are on these days? This cough that my son can't shake right now is a result of the ONLY time his whole life that I did not give him cough medicine at onset because the pediatricians are now saying, "positively no cough medicine for kids under 6". I think probably some people overdosed their kids on it, they had heart attacks, and now this is the response (no cough medicine for kids under 6). Again, this cough my son has now is the only time I did not give him cough medicine in the beginning and now look what has happened. They are talking Asthma possibly b/c he has acute brochospasm. And like everyone else is saying, he is itchy and acting out due to the Singulair too! What a freakin' mess.

I am going back to the old school way of treating cough and cold. Does anyone agree? Do I need to move to Florida or California? Philly is cold . . .

Hi my little brother has been taking singulair for about a year and he has had all the nightmares and mood chages! we never imagine that it could be the medicine, but we went back in time and since he started on the medication he has been experiencing very very bad genital pain we have taken him into the ER and they do testing and everything comes clear nothing wrong but the pain comes and goes and lasts for days, soes this happen to anyone else? he is in pain as i am writing this.

I have been on Singulair for a few years now to control asthma. Due to the cost, I quit taking it to see if my body could handle it. (manly man) When I was taking singular, if I missed a day I would wheeze in the evening, have to take xopenex inhaler for wheezing and a "crazy" pill for anxiety.
Once I was off Singulair for a week or so I could go to sleep with slight wheezing and no anxiety.
After about a month, I was close to an asthma attack, went to the doctor for steroid shots and started back on Singulair. Last evening I had a slight drainage in my throat and got very anxious and slept on and off on a recliner with thoughts of ending it all, thinking that I would choke to death, knowing that I was breathing just fine. Tonight I am anxious, tomorrow I will call the doctor and try something else.

I started taking singulair about 10 days ago, because apparently i have an allergy on my throat, and i have never been asthmatic, but at the fourth day taking it, when i was doing strength training, I started experiencing shortness of breath, and i have never felt that before, I intermediately thought it was the singulair, and after talking with my doctor she said to stop taking it, but now about a week has passed and I still feel AWFUL! anxious, paranoid, depressed, not sleeping well, not hungry, bad memory and concentration, terrible bowel, a feeling im about to get a seizure any moment, a pressure in my chest, like i would prefer to die than to continue living this nightmare! Does anyone please knows if this thing is going to wear off anytime soon? Im desperate....

How long does it take to get Singulair out of one's system??? My girls (4 and 3) and I have been taking it for about the last 4-6 months. We stopped taking it two days ago. I still have puffy face and under eyes...they seem to be a little better, except sneezing all the time now immediately after stopping the Singulair. Uhg...hope we can get it out of our systems soon...any info. is appreciated!

Hi there...I recently had sinus surgery (4 months ago) for deviated septum and chronic sinusitus. The surgery seemed to have helped overall, except for some inflammation on my right side that I cannot get rid of. Doctor put me on Singulair and Omnaris immediately to contro allergy symptoms (thought to be the root cause of chronic sinus condition)...I had taken Singulair prior to surgery on and off (not regularly), but have been on it faithfully ever since the surgery in hopes of keeping allergies at bay. Also recently began sublingual allergy drops. Soon after the surgery, I noticed under my eyes began to get puffy...I thought I was just still swollen from the surgery. Four months later, my face is puffy. No edema anywhere else. I thought maybe my under eye bags/puffiness were due to age. I recently turned 36, although my mother and father and grandparents don't have bags and didn't at my age?!? I ordered several eye creams which have not helped! I think it is b/c of the Singulair. My two daughters (4 and 3) have also been on Singulair the past few months and one has started having nightmares each night and the other one's behavior is terrible w/ tantrums. Does anyone think the Singulair might be causing my under eye puffiness? I don't remember having these puffy under eyes and puffy cheeks before taking it?!?