I’ve been on steroids for two years now. Had three infusions of steroids for big flare ups. My cheeks have gone round and chubby and despite working out for two hours everyday, eating right and keeping healthy I still have all this water weight around my belly.
Realistically I’m going to be on steroids for another couple of months - how do I combat the weight gain?
Really affecting my mental health.
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If the steroids have also caused weight gain that will go too. I never found they caused me to gain weight though they did increase my appetite so it was a constant battle.
Please don't try to rush the steroid decreasing in an effort to get there sooner as these are powerful meds and coming off them too quickly doesn't give our bodies time to adapt so it could do serious damage.
Your arthritis must be under good control now if you can work out for two hours per day and I hope that can continue under your new meds regime. What are you taking? I'm on methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine.
What other meds have you tried or are you taking alongside the steroids? What is your current dose of pred? I never went higher than 20mg for three days and took 5mg as my usual. DD