I wish I had never started on Prednisone. I am taking it for RA. ...

I wish I had never started on Prednisone. I am taking it for RA. I finally realized I had to stop it myself, never mind what the Dr. said. I slowly reduced the dosage, and have been off it for 3 weeks. It's hard, the muscle pain, the tiredness, but getting better. My whole body changed, I had never been overweight, and as hard as I tried, while being on prednisone, I could not loose it. When I read about all the other side effects, and looked at myself in the mirror, all of that is not worth the risk. So I will have a little more pain with the RA, but I will never take that stuff again. Hope the Dr. will help me out with some pain pills. You all take care now.