Prednisone

[snapdragen]

Moodiness? Greaaaaaaaaaaaat. Like I'm not b!tchy enough already. I'm on 20mg/4 times a day for three days, then 3 times a day for 3 days, then 2 times etc. until I get down to 1 a day for 3 days.

snap 'moody, puffy, hungry' dragen

[mimitabby]

Snap, it didn't make me moody. I didn't have any side effects, but i cut back too fast and my allergic symptoms came back with a vengeance...


and then i did what i was told...

[salsabike]

If the time comes, Snap--I had several epidurals in my spine during the extremely painful fibromyalgia days, and they were a) not a big deal and b) WERE a big help.

[makbike]

Sheesh, you are going to think I've lost my mind when I toss this out but have you tried giving Murphy Tagament for his allergies? It may help reduce his allergic reactions as odd as it may seem. Both my dogs, Gaston and Zorro suffer from allergies. I keep them on Benadryl and Tagament year round and they have very few problems. Just a suggestion.

[onimity]

I take prednisone occasionally if my asthma gets really bad and I don't notice side-effects if it is just a several day round. I was on it for a month once and it was awful, I got really bloated and hungry. You shouldn't have too many problems with a 2-week course I don't think. My Dr. prescribed a pack of pills that had them separated by day, very useful because I used to have a hard time remembering how many I'd had the day before when the dose was tapering down.

Anne

[SlowButSteady]

when I have to take it for asthma:

Polydipsia (thirstiness, drinking alot) and the polyuria that accompany it.

Irritability (I'm irritable as he!! anyway)

Insomnia gets worse--I can be bouncing off the wall half the night.

Eat & "blow up" like nobody's business.

It beats the alternative of not breathing.

[tctrek]

I only took it once when I was unable to get over a respiratory infection that wouldn't go away. It was a ramping up on the dosage and then a ramping down. I recall being very jittery and a feeling that my heart was beating too fast. I did not sleep very well on it either.

+1 what everyone said to watch the dosage closely.

[Duck on Wheels]

Moodiness? Greaaaaaaaaaaaat. Like I'm not b!tchy enough already. I'm on 20mg/4 times a day for three days, then 3 times a day for 3 days, then 2 times etc. until I get down to 1 a day for 3 days.

snap 'moody, puffy, hungry' dragen

That's a moderate dosage and a short period of time. No need to panic. Like UKE, I've been on that dosage for months on end, then more months stepping down the dosage bit by bit. After some weeks, you can get the "moon face" symptom, where your face goes all puffy. But at 20mg per day, mostly what you may feel is energized. Last time I got put on prednisone (briefly, to knock a Crohns flareup into remission until a new drug I'd been put on reached therapeutic levels) my doc told me I should make the most of the energy and get some extra exercize in ... work out, ride further and faster. I wasn't having muscular/skeletal problems though. Your doc may not want you doing that. And of course, the down side was that, coming off the prednisone, I felt super tired for a couple weeks. Then that too passed and things normalized.

[snapdragen]

I'm taking 80 mg per day, mostly I'm exhausted and would like to sleep. I spent the first 20 minutes of work today looking fo my notes (and my favorite pen) from a meeting I had yesterday. I checked the 2nd floor, where the meeting was, I checked my desk at least three times, I checked the computer room. They finally showed up....in the bathroom.

I'm glad I'm only on this stuff for a short while, I couldn't stand the fuzzy brain too long.

[SadieKate]

Hang in there. This too shall pass. Just stay focused on healing . . . and use this as your excuse for being snarkier than usual. Excuse me, that was Snappier than usual.

[jobob]

Ah snap darlin', we must find ourselves a ice cream parlour or a wine bar. For medicinal purposes of course.

- jo (ever so jazzed that she is now featured in SK's sig line) bob

[crazycanuck]

urm snap dear..

does this mean we can post what we want

Seriously though kiddo, take care of yourself & our old snap will be back to new soon. A wine bar might be very helpful!

From the other injured brigade member..

c

[SadieKate]

Snap darling, do come visit me. I just finished unpacking all our 18 boxes of alcohol.

Glasses are yet to come but I know where the boxes are.

SK

Glasses? Who needs a stinkin' glass after you've carried 2 cases up the stairs.