OCD Like Symptoms
My son started taking Singulair when he was 3 for severe allergies. Around that time we started noticing "OCD like issues"....would no longer wear jeans, shoe shopping was a nightmare because he would cry that the shoes were flip flopping on his feet, he said his skinned itched all the time, he became distant with other children, not sleeping through the night, sleep walking...I could go on and on. We took him to the doctor when he was 4 and they said he had OCD. When he was 5 it was so bad that we took him back to the doctor and they sent him to be evaluated for OCD, Sensory Integration Disorder, and Aspergers. ... more »
My son started taking Singulair when he was 3 for severe allergies. Around that time we started noticing "OCD like issues"....would no longer wear jeans, shoe shopping was a nightmare because he would cry that the shoes were flip flopping on his feet, he said his skinned itched all the time, he became distant with other children, not sleeping through the night, sleep walking...I could go on and on. We took him to the doctor when he was 4 and they said he had OCD. When he was 5 it was so bad that we took him back to the doctor and they sent him to be evaluated for OCD, Sensory Integration Disorder, and Aspergers.
About 3 weeks ago, I decided to take my son off the Singulair to see if his allergies could be handled without medication now that he was older. Within a week all the "OCD like Symptoms" were gone...I would have never thought in a million years that the two were connected. We went through 2 years of misery and it all could have been prevented had I known that these symptoms were a possibilty for side affects while taking Singulair.
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