Double edged sword symptoms and conditions

Crohn's Disease. I took 80 - 100 mg of this double-edged sword of a drug for over a year. I never noticed the side-effects (moon face, mood swings, permanent fat tissue swelling). I was so very ill from the Crohn's that nothing else existed.

Prednisone worked wonders in the short term, but trying to get off of it was an entirely different story. This drug plays an integral role in the body and touches critical systems and weaning off of it is awful. In the past 10 years, it seems that doctors are more careful about prescribing it, but too often I think people find themselves on the other side of it and seeing how the long-term effects and side-effects have severe impacts on their life.

If you haven't started taking prednisone, make sure you read and research it before you do. It took me at least a year to get used to living without it, and I needed surgery to remove the fat-tissue under my eyes because it was so swollen.

Ambien CR is the only prescription that will allow me to sleep in a hotel, but it is a double edged sword. After about 2 days of using I get migraine headaches. Last week we took our family vacation and I took it for 7 nights in a row. Our timing of our vacation was bad because the day after we got back my husband went out of town (another thing that causes me not to sleep). For the last 4 nights I have taken 1mg of Lunesta. The headaches presisit but I see a light at the end of the tunnel. Tonight I am back to what works best for me Melatonin

For me extended use of Ambien CR causes Migraines. It has time and time again. I know it will happen and in extreme cases (vacation, death in the family) I will choose getting sleep over having the migraine.

Occasional 1 time use of Ambien CR does not cause me to have a migraine the following day.