I began taking prednisone in nov06 for TA. I started at 70mg dai...

I began taking prednisone in nov06 for TA. I started at 70mg daily. Side effect were minimal (moon face, problems sleeping, muscle weakness..) untill Feb07 when the weight gain averaged 2lb a day!!! and I had already began to wean off it. I started my own reduction plan because the Dr only had me going down 5mg every other week. I am on 5mg this week, 2.5 mg next week and I'm done, I hope I start to have more energy soon. I hope I never have to take this crap again! I am on methotrexate to replace the pred. Good Luck to all!