I described Ava’s current situation in the post Asthma, Singulair and Depression. Monday was the last time she received a dose of the medication and we’re already noticing improvement in her weepiness. She still gets sad but she didn’t say anything tonight about not having friends or no one missing her if she is gone. She also didn’t break down sobbing at all tonight. That is good news update number one.
Good news update number two is that we don’t have an increase in asthma symptoms (yet). I can’t help myself by saying yet because in October of November she was without Singulair for about a week and picked up a respiratory bug at school – her asthma symptoms were through the roof. Hopefully with her Flovent 3x/day we’ll be able to avoid it this time.
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Awesome news. Here’s to hoping for good asthma control sans Singulair!
As a college student dependent on singular to be able to function, I have to say it helps a bit to understand what and how the drug does. I can’t even imagine what it must be like to a five year old to have her emotions toyed with like this drug does. Even knowing what I do about neurochemistry doesn’t help the depression and tiredness brought on by singulair.
But without it I don’t sleep. I’m glad your daughter isn’t noticing more symptoms without it, and hope she can make it with just the inhaler.
Thanks for the well wishes Alex & Jen. She’s been on Advair for several months now and is doing great. We’re heading in to respiratory illness season so I’m hoping our good fortune holds up.