These last few weeks have been so stressful for our family.  My son had an ER visit, two rounds of bloodwork, was on antibiotics, had a neurology appt, EEG and MRI. All were normal- THANK GOD! But we are all still puzzled.  Actually, I am pretty certain it was the Singulair that had a Neurologic Effect.   And the drug does have a NeuroPsychiatric Warning on the label- specifically for depression.

Honestly, I think this drug should have a Black Box Warning.  My son was on no other meds, was neg for strep and nothing else changed around here w food or school.  It was also a pretty acute onset.

After I took my son off the drug, he seemed to have a worsening of symptoms (thus ER visit) before it got a little better.  We ruled out PANDAS, seizures and the MRI showed Nothing abnormal (sigh…relief!) We are approaching 4 weeks off of the drug and the past few days his symptoms seem much less severe- only some blinking today.  I did see parents report online the longer on the med, the longer it takes to recover. But every child is different.  

I think taking your daughter off the drug is a GREAT idea.  It may take some time, but try to be patient. My next step is allergy testing so we can avoid anything he may be allergic to that was causing the nighttime and exercise induced coughing.

This Month- I’ve been having him drink a lot of water and extea precaution avoiding all fake food additive, colors, sugars (which we did anyway.)  singulair does have aspartame. We have also been getting him in bed early everynight with hope that good sleep will help heal any damage. I’ve been making him smoothies with spinach in them too- any extra veggies and antioxidants we can squeeze in.  And I’ve been giving him Omega 3 Gummy vitamins (w natural colorings)

Maybe this is extreme, but yesterday and today my son seemed much better- just a little blinking, but not as much hand involvement and I only noticed one head nod thing.

I’ll say a prayer for your little girl tonight.   Have Faith!

Hugs,

Thanks for the recipe, I may try it next time I get a yen to bake something (I’m mostly a cake mix kinda gal). I’m a chocoholic & would love to get into dark chocolate for all those health bennies – but I just haven’t acquired a taste for it. I did find a dark chocolate candy with mint creme filling that I like the taste of.

So maybe I’ll try the recipe with an added touch of mint in the frosting or something.

Thanks again!