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I was on prednisone for 3 days. Took my first pill in the evenin...

Posted at 8:54 PM on Feb 28, 2006 by knanke, #13411
I was on prednisone for 3 days. Took my first pill in the evening and another the next day. Took another that night. I was up all night discussing thing with my wife. I WAS WIRED. I crashed the next day, almost quit my job (I was heavily under stress at work). I went home, STILL WIRED, and shuttled my kids around all day. I started to think about my experiences as a kid. I was under severe stress. That night, I collapsed on my laundry room floor. I hallucinated all night. My wife and children were extremely frightened. They called the paramedics. I went to the emergency room. I litterly thought I had died. At the emergency room, I was disruptive and they admitted me. I spent 4 nights in a psychiatric ward, sedated with drugs but unable to differentiated my flashbacks from the past from the prednisone. It has taken nearly a week, to finally come to grips with the fact that I am not crazy. It was this drug and some stress (albeit, more than usual) that sent me into a life-changing experience. BE VERY CAREFUL if you are taking Prednisone, can't sleep, and are under stress. Your life may change forever. Mine did.
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Reply 10 months ago on Feb 08, 2008 by fsulaurie, #4696

My mother is going through the same major side effects....She was taken to the hospital and kept there for 4 days and was given a prednisone drip....My father called me in NYC and told me she had totally gone mental and that he needed me home to watch over her. It got so bad that I just left my job and life in NYC to be here with her. She has extreme paranoia, dizziness, weird sleeping patterns, and real bad headaches. She also developed this depression.... I just want my mother back.....I started giving her b-12 vitamins and electrolyte drinks to try to balance her....they seem to be working...slowly.
I'm just curious, how did you heal yourself? How are you feeling now? Is there anything else in your opinion that I could do to help her? Thanks

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