I must add my recent experience with Prednisone to this forum: ...

Yes, it is a shame, because it is a very effective medication, at least at first. Culmative side effects show up later. Such as with my mom, she was like you, sleep great, had energy, etc. but later the insomnia and tiredness side effect started up along with the many other effects I listed in other posts here. I didn't mention in other posts that she's also had to have cataract surgery too as a result. She also suffered a TIA from the estrogen the doc tried to offset the bone density loss which ultimately didn't work anyway.

Heres a tip, apparentely fish oil is an anti-inflammatory as well as blood thinning supplement. Maybe you could try fish oil in your diet. As with all natural therapies, the benefits are subtle at first and take some time to work, they are not as instant or quick as medications, but there effects are lasting whereas not always the case with meds. Good luck..

HI,

Yeah I agree with cookiecndy,

Prednisone seems like a wonderful drug at first until they start to lower the dose and you get withdrawal and then you get all the other things with it :)

The doctor should never have put you on prednisone for poison ivy. What a stupid thing to do :(

The doctors hand out prednisone as if it is a lolly these days. Never mind that it is causing so many severe health problems :)

Also try fish oils. They do work but you have to take them for at least six months before they take the problem away :)

My only credentials for telling you this is that i was on prednisone for ten years and went through absolute hell, both on it and off it :)

Good luck