Prednisone - how to cope this it?
Beelee
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At the beginning of my most recent pain flare up my GP prescribed prednisone 2x25mg a day for 3 days, then 1x25mg for 7 days, then 1/2 mg for 7 days and finally 1/4mg for 7 days.
While it did relieve the pain and swelling considerably and I am feeling a whole lot better, the side effects of the drug are driving me crazy. I feel so hyped up like my heart is racing, I sweat so much, I feel like I am on a treadmill going 100 miles an hour. Today I reversed our car into a brick wall mainly because I was so anxious and hyped up. At the moment I am on the 1 a day dose for the next 3 days. I would love to just stop but know I can't,I also want to be physically as well as possible as I am going for a short break into the country with my husband and dog and want to be shoe to do so e short walks.
Does anyone have any suggestions, hints as to how to cope with these highs?
While it did relieve the pain and swelling considerably and I am feeling a whole lot better, the side effects of the drug are driving me crazy. I feel so hyped up like my heart is racing, I sweat so much, I feel like I am on a treadmill going 100 miles an hour. Today I reversed our car into a brick wall mainly because I was so anxious and hyped up. At the moment I am on the 1 a day dose for the next 3 days. I would love to just stop but know I can't,I also want to be physically as well as possible as I am going for a short break into the country with my husband and dog and want to be shoe to do so e short walks.
Does anyone have any suggestions, hints as to how to cope with these highs?
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Hi; I cope with prednisone side-effects by blaming the drug and then trying to ignore them (sure!). It's very difficult, but it's the drug that's responsible and you know you will be off it soon
Best wishes,
Anna
PS Also, the mobility and lower levels of fatigue prednisone provides are enough to take the mind off troublesome side-effects to some degree. I have psoriatic arthritis and it helps quite a lot. Enough to to make me put up with it's nastier effects.0 -
Hi , I would talk to your Rheumy nurse , they can help & generaly they dont like GP's giving out steriods like that , your GP could have given you an injection instead which is what the consultants prefer
myself I been on high dose steriods for months & having problems coming down on them but am not having the side effects that I used to get with them0 -
I have been prescribed prednisone for a different autoimmune disorder and I am terrified of it. The sides effects just don't seem to be worth it. I have been putting up with my symptoms so that I wouldn't have to take it, and changing my diet to reduce inflammation. I'm not sure how long that is going to work though because I have been feeling pretty bad. I would think that finding the right dosage is key. You have to be sure to only take as much as you need. Best of luck!0
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You were on a very high initial dose so no wonder you had these side-effects, I have only been as high as 30mgs and even then only for a couple of days. I have only had pred for my auto-immune arthritis, never for my OA so I guess they do things differently in Australia. The dose is now reducing so hopefully these side-effects will start to ease. Pred only masks the symptoms, it is not a long-term treatment because it thins all body tissues, not just the ones which are playing up. I hope you are taking the pills first thing because that is when the body produces its own version of the synthetic corticosteroid, and the fact that you are on a crash-course should make the taper-off a little easier. DDHave you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben0
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