I am on my way to decreasing and hopfully eliminating Prednisone for the first time. I just got this killer headache about 12 hrs after my dose of Prednisone where I went from 10mg to 7.5 mg. I want to know if anyone else has had HA as a side effect and also some abdominal pain. Nothing major, just bothersome. I increased my dose of MTX on Friday, but this is the first day I am feeling this. Also alot of fatigue. I had a busy day--running errands, grocery shopping, Brownie meeting, a Little League game. I guess maybe I feel so poopy b/c of the busy day
I would still like to know what I may be in for as I continue to decrease the prednisone.
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Good luck with it, hope those headaches ease off soon! Moonie x Here in NC it comes on right after your local news on ABC at 6:30. Check your local listings. I only had the HA the first night. I am going to decrease again on Sunday. I am determined to get off of the Pred. I wish it didnt cause all of the long term problems, and the fattness. Otherwise I would stay with it. It has helped me so much. Oh well. I missed American Idol last night too. Forgot all about it!! Hate it when that happens. I really like Simon. He is honost and direct. I am a Taurus so I guess that is why I like his efficiency. I think Paula tends to try to say something nice to everyone and not hurt anyones feelings. There is no reason to be nasty, but sometimes she tells people they were good even when they clearly sucked. Randy---I just dont seem to share the same opinions of what is good or not good with him...I guess I am indifferent to him.But I swear I will scream if I have to hear him call one more person "Yo, Dog"
So the tapering had to go more slowly after another increase to
10mg. Prednisone was only effective for me at dosages of
15mg+ Needless to say, couldn't stay on that high a dose for a
long period of time. I had the 'moon face' buffalo hump,
osteopenia, etc.
Hang in there, its very tough coming off Prednisone and hopefully
you'll have an easier time of it than I did. I also had sore
muscles and mood swings (of course I'm also going through
menopause...isn't THAT special?) so who knows if that was the
Prednisone or something else.
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