I am a 23 year old female who was prescribed 10mg of prednisone f...

I am a 23 year old female who was prescribed 10mg of prednisone for fluid and retraction of the ear (I have had chronic ear infections since I was young). I had pretty standard side effects while using the medication; increased appetite (but no weight gain yet - phew!) and thrist, loss of sleep, mild moodiness, etc. I was told to take 6 pills the first day, then 5, 4, and so on till done. On the 6th day (when I had 1 pill left) I woke up with a horrible sore neck and have had it now for 5 days. It has not really subsided much at all yet and is very uncomfortable. To make matters even more annoying, the problem I have with my ear hasn't improved at all. So basically I was prescriped these stupid pills for nothing. I feel fortunate after reading the other stories that I only had this one problem, but it still sucks that the doctor never warned me about muscle pains and none of the websites I came across (until this one) mentioned anything about it.