Asthma treatment

I started using singulair at the beginning of September, 2007. Since then, my behavior has changed, I have severe mood swings, I have horrific nightmares, I suffer from depression, and I have suicidal thoughts. Just yesterday I stopped taking singulair after my doctor mentioned the side effects. I am just 14, and it really upset me that I was unaware of the side effects. I am ready to get my life back now. My son was on singulair for 3. How did this happen to innocent precious children. I have never suffered from depression previously. Everything is going well in my life — home, work, friends. Over the course of the 5 weeks I’ve been taking Singulair, I noticed my mood spirally down and my anger sprially up, to the point that last week I called in sick to work one day because I simply couldn’t get myself out of bed. My doctor put me on singulair because my allergies sometimes have an asthma-like component. And Singulair was great for those symptoms. I didn’t realize the depression connection, and when I found out, stopped the med. After just 3 days, I’m feeling better already. How long have you been on Singulair. My daughter is 15 and has been on it for 3 years. We are trying to figure out if some of her “emotionalness” is due to this medication or just “normal” teenage stuff. I was on singulair for only a short period of time. Not long after I began taking the medication I became very depressed. My family and I went on vacation right after I started taking the medication and I was so depressed that I just sat around and did not want to participate in anything. I knew that wasn’t my normal behavior because I am normally outgoing. When I returned from vacation I went back to my family doctor and at the time he said depression was not a known side effect however he was willing to prescribe me something else for my allergies and within a short period of time I was back to normal.

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