I have been slowly weaning off of 10 mg pred since the beginning of May. No problems weaning till I het the 3 -2 mg stage and then bam!I have been stuck at 3mg now for about 4 weeks. I am stiff and in pain but can get through it.
I have read about all of the side effects but I get so confused because the articles are often mentioning much higher doses. Is there a strength where there are no side effects or do they just take longer to kick in since I am at a lower dose? Any info would be appreciated. I see my Doc in 2 weeks and he wants to evaluate at that time.
Poof, I had to go down 1 mg. every couple weeks to get off it. I was on it 1.5 years, high as 25, 15 regular basis. I was tempted to just stay at five because that was a real stuck place for me. Kept having to go back up to it. I wonder if anyone does not how much the dosage matters. I do know, I felt a real difference when I was off it completely. The food cravings and mood swings went completely away. Maybe stay at three for awhile until you are comfortable there and try to go down one or even 1/2.
Good luck.
Poof, first congrats to getting to such a low level. Treat yourself to something nice. You deserve it.
7.5 is the magic number that's stated as not having determental side effects. But there are some people that can't take it at all. So, I imagine it varies.
Try going down by 1/2 mg ever other day. I'm tapering down from a much higher dose and that helps me. I have got stuck for a month while other things were being resolved. Then, I could start going down again.
Give yourself kudos for what you've done and don't give up. I would be estactic (and my doc, too) if I could get that low.
I have been told that under 10mg is where you want to be if you HAVE toAnyone else who has OP gotten better once of the pred?
Susan
Crunchy, Thanks for agreeing with me. I HATE PRED. I refuse to go back on it, it was so hard to get off it and I felt absolutely compulsive, anxious, and depressed. Yes, when I am flaring like the last two weeks it is hard to resist as I know it will make me feel better but it is such a vicious cycle - I don't want to get back into it. I would rather wait out my flares and take pain meds. This last one was bad but today I am feeling so much better. I actually packed eight boxes, it felt so good !!!! I agree with the hating it part. The only reason I am still on it is that the