To my fan fare; Guest, #12328 "U have to be an idiot to wri...

To my fan fare; Guest, #12328 "U have to be an idiot to write things like that to people like us who r really suffering because of pred. Obviously u have found the wrong website. Now go find yourself a SHRINK." Thank you, blatent insults obviously show superior intelligence and mental stability. Far be it that anyone post a question or point of view based on their own experiences or independent thought that just might not "follow the crowd" so to speak. ericgoberman, "So Jules, 5 mg a day for a few weks and you're the expert ?" Just so you know, I have taken as much as 60 mgs a day off and on throughout my life. My daughter was on life support for almost a month due to asthma/pneumonia and was given 500mgs of prednisone a day. I have sincere gratitude to prednisone for helping her survive. And most importantly, psychosomatic DOES NOT MEAN IMAGINARY!!! "Psychosomatic denotes a PHYSICAL DISORDER that is caused by or notably influenced by the emotional state of the patient. The word "psycho" comes from the Greek meaning breath, spirit, soul, mind. "Somatic" refers to the body, or "soma" in Greek, referring to the physical." Soma in biology refers to the body of an organism. To all those suffering from the horrific side-effects and those that were offended, I sincerely apologize. I should have re-worded my post. Where I was coming from; I could literally post hundreds of studies that show the reality of the power of mind and the power of suggestion alone on the side-effects, healing, and survival of hundreds of people. During my 3rd year in Pre-med, many of us students started having chest pains, arrythmia's, perfuse sweating etc....guess what we were studying at the time???? While I applaud reassuring others that they are not alone in their side-effects and suffering, I personally feel that there might be certain individuals, like me, that are just starting their drug therapy that might be terrified or dissuaded in taking it because of some of the posts here. (I had a terrible time even swallowing my whopping 5 mgs.) And yes, I even personally believe, and I repeat, PERSONALLY believe that reading about terrible side-effects of any drug can trigger the placebo effect, or side-effects that can be psychosomatic. ALL DRUGS HAVE SIDE-EFFECTS! For me; What it all boils down to is; the risks of any drug versus the benefits....ie...chemo has terrible side-effects, but what are the profound effects of the disease without it??????