Singulair and losing my mind

I am a 41-year old female with allergy induced asthma, who has been taking Singulair for almost 1 1/2 years now. I was diagnosed with depression about 5 years ago (after my sister's death) and was taking 100mg of Zoloft daily, which my doctor upped to 200mg around the same time I started Singulair for allergy problems. I did not know about the Singulair/depression warnings until searching today on Google for drug interactions on the meds I take in hopes of trying to find a reason for my overwhelming depression. For the past 1 1/2 years, I have lived like a zombie, numb to the world and my family, gave up a $72K job, gained alot of weight, have the weirdest and most vivid dreams, and am tired all of the time, only finding rest after 10-15 hours of sleep per day. I am a working professional, have a Master's degree, and have always considered myself a rational objective person, and not a "lemming" that follows the rest over the cliff. However, the side effects I am experiencing ARE NOT NORMAL and ARE NOT IMAGINARY. I do not know if Singulair is causing my symptoms or not, however, I am going to stop taking the medicine today, and switch to something else. For me, QUALITY OF LIFE is the major issue. While Singulair works great to help me breathe comfortably, I can find other meds to do the same thing. However, what I cannot take is a medication possibly responsible for taking my "life" away.

I also just heard about the Singulair side effects. I am a 58-year-old female with recurrent sinus infection and general allergic reactions. I had testing at my ENT's last spring--I was allergic to nothing specific. It was thought that I am generally sensitive to lots of different things. Well, the ENT put me on Singulair and I never put two and two together until now--- I became extremely anxious and depressed, couldn't sleep, my legs were so restless at night that it was unreal. I also had frequent urination and bladder spasms, low pelvic pain, etc. Over the winter, I stopped taking the Singulair and gradually was able to get off Lunesta and an anti-depressant. These were the worst months of my life---I went through all kinds of urinary and gyne testing to no avail. The urologist couldn't give me any answer---just that he though it might be a neurological issue so I also spent a lot of time and $ getting CT scans and MRI's to no avail. I really thought I was losing my mind---it was half a year during which I was definitely not my usual healthy, upbeat self. I will never touch Singular again!

I am not losing my mind! My sweet and gentle 4 year old began Singulair several weeks ago and has turned into a hateful, animal and people hitting, disrespectful horror. I would not know her other than her physical resemblance to the child I have raised for 4 years. I am taking her off this drug IMMEDIATELY!!! She has been sitting quietly only to get up and slug someone or openly challenge me to get a reaction for no apparent reason. Her 7 yr old sister began taking it a week later and has been having trouble sleeping for the first time ever. There is no change or other unusual event in their environment to explain these changes.

I thought I was losing my mind until I found this website. My two and a half year old son has been on Singulair for about six months and he's had a huge personality change. He's aggressive, has nightmares and wake up screaming about monsters and tigers. He used to sleep in his own bed but now gets so afraid he runs into our room most nights. He's begun to hit and yell at us and is making the kids in his preschool room cry. He's not the same little boy he was before he started taking Singulair and after reading all of these other messages, I'm taking him off the drug and will see if his allergist/ENT has another suggestion. I think he'll tell me I'm paranoid, but I'm sure this Singulair is the problem. Thank goodness I found this website!