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My husband was prescribed 80MG of Prednisone a day because he had...

Posted at 12:49 AM on Sep 04, 2009 by niffer, #44244
My husband was prescribed 80MG of Prednisone a day because he had cerebellitis. Yes, they saved his life so for that I'm happy, but now he is out of the hospital and I have little to no patience with him. He is crying all the time. Everything I say or do makes him cry (and he's never been the crying type). He is needier than he's ever been before and I go to school full time and work full time so I have very little time to spare. It is very difficult to have all my home time taken up by everything he is afraid of----because that is all he can think about. In fact when he can't cry or talk to me about his fears (about not getting better) he obsesses about them keeping him from sleeping. We are finally able so go off the the medicine so I'm hoping that his anxiety will go away with the meds!
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Reply about 1 month ago on Oct 11, 2009 by amc37, #23500

Prednisone can cause awful psychological changes. I've been on 80 for 2 months and am beginning to taper it off by 5 mg every 5 days. It saved my life also (giant cell arteritis) but the side effects can last up to a year after the drug is discontinued.
The after effects are as bad as the disease but I have to believe they will subside or I couldn't keep going. Try to hang in there.

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