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.
Hi Alex, I have been on Singlair for about 3 weeks now but the effect that I get is the exact opposite of yours I am bouncing I am very active now and as for sleeping I am bright as a button my mind is clearer prior to taking this I was lethalgic virtually house bound no interest in anything even though I was on Cetrilapram (40 mgs per day) for my deperession I was still very low at times.
but now I have no time to sleep I am retired through ill health.
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.
My daughter is 7 and has been diagnosed with OCD. She has been on Singulair for almost 6 years. We thought it was a wonder drug because her asthma symptoms all but disappeared when she started taking it. I stopped giving her Singulair yesterday after reading some disturbing stories about the side effects. Maybe I’m grasping at straws, hoping for a solution that doesn’t involve years of therapy and psychopharmaceuticals. I was hoping you could give us an update on your daughter. I’m wondering if her mood, etc improved long term when she was no longer on the singulair.
Hi Krystal,
Thank you for your comment. Ava is doing much better than she was at this time last year but she still has some quirky anxieties. However they are much MUCH more manageable now. It has been nearly two years since she stopped the Singulair.
Best wishes!
Melissa
I am a man of 61 I was put on a course of Singulair I suffered from asthma I was taking Spirivia inhaler 1 application in the morning and bricnal inhaler twice in the morning noon and evenings, I was constantly out of breath and started increasing
each dosage, I had a perminent cough I suffered from deep depression was put on steroids for chest infections, as I was not able to do anything due to lack of air I thought I was going to croak at anytime all I did was sleep all the time as soon as I sat in a chair I fell asleep it was very embarrassing if you were in company. I could not stand it any longer. I went to the asthma clinic and told the nurse that the inhalers were doing nothing for me so she looked for something that might help. I was prescribed Singulair what a change I have gone from an old man to a young man there is no holding me back now the cough, flem, constant wheezing all the symptoms have gone when you here someone say its a miracle you think they are crackpots well I am now one of those crackpots my life is totally change for the better I have a new lease of life and I am enjoying it to the full as the nurse says like all medicines some work for people some dont but this certainly works for me hallelula, all inhalers have been dicarded its a miracle. And the amazing thing is that the tablet is very small.
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