Side effects after STOPPING prednisone? Please help!
Hello, I had a severe allergic reaction two weeks ago to an unknown substance, and they gave me prednisone thru IV at the ER. Then they sent me home with a 15 day taper of tablets...60mg for 5 days, 40mg for 5 days, and finally 20 mg for 5 days. They - 84% more...
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I really want to cry right now.. I spent 5 days in the hospital for acute asthma exhasperation... I also have COPD.. They put me on IV HEAVY dose of Prednisone, and then I tapered off for a week... MAN after reading all of this I have had it all.. Sh - 55% more...
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I really want to cry right now.. I spent 5 days in the hospital for acute asthma exhasperation... I also have COPD.. They put me on IV HEAVY dose of Prednisone, and then I tapered off for a week... MAN after reading all of this I have had it all.. Sh - 55% more...
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UK Government web site Committe on Safety of Medicines PDf doc Focus on Corticosteroids Medicine Control Agency M.C.A current document link removed
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Mewmew555: It took my body about 4 months for my body to get back on track and another year for me to feel normal again. I believe in the mind body connection. For my heart to slow down one night in bed I put my hand over my heart and told my heart t - 81% more...
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I NEED HELP! I was on prednisone for a month, i have arthritis in my feet, started off at 50mg and weened down to 0mg. Now, almost 1.5 month's later, i still have the rapid heart rate, shaking really badly in my arms, chest, hands, everywhere, i form - 66% more...
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Hi Jayce Many of us experience joint pain when coming off pred. I don't know why but that's how it is. The joint pain you are experiencing may be due to this. It should go away in time. How much time, I don't know.
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Here is a new one for you. I was placed on Prednisone 20 mg , two a day for 7 days and one a day for 7 days due to Lyme disease. All joint pains went away after the second day. The pains returned 4 days after the last pill. Is this normal? I thought - 15% more... -
88 year old woman given 100 mg Prednisone
88 year old woman was given 100 mg prednisone daily by error. The side effects after 7 days was confusion, weakness, muscle weakness, and as time when on symptomatic problems increased rapidly. Error was discovered 30 days later. What side effects an - 32% more... -
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My brother (38) has had neurosarcoidosis for four years now. He has been on high dosages of prednisone and his doctor has tried to get him to 5mg a day, but everytime he does this my brother goes crazy and starts hallucinating, blurred vision, hot fl - 64% more... -
PredniSONE anxiety attacks, mood swings, weird mood, prednisone, bad case
I was prescribed the 4mg methylprednisolone pack along with 50 mg tramadol for acute tendinitis in my wrist. I took the first 3 days of the prednisone and only 2 doses of the tramadol over the three days. For a total of 60 mg of prednisone. The first - 91% more... -
I just recently finished a 6-day pak of prednisone 4mg for a herniated disc in my neck. I think I would have rather had just the pain then what i went through on the medicine. I've had trouble sleeping and go from jittery to sick feeling. The bad thi - 69% more...
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Could someone please tell me how long it took to get over the side effects Please?
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Thanks to all of you for your generosity in describing your symptoms. The last time I took this steroid was twenty years ago and it made me feel great. At 57, I am sitting here past midnight, after not sleeping last night either and can't imagine how - 89% more...
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My experiences over the last month with steroids
I was prescribed MethylPREDNISolone 4mg in December for severe allergies and sinusitis. I went through all 6 days with what I thought were symptoms of my sinuses. Facial swelling, increased BPs and a feeling of paranoia that I was going to die (attri - 90% more... -
I think methylprednisolone made me insane or did something to change me psychologicallly. I have been to ER 4 or 5 times since I took it last October. I was put in psyche ward once in January and I stayed in hospital for 3 days this past April for pa - 54% more...
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PredniSONE rare eye disorder, moon face, realationships, mood swings, rare disorder
Hello everyone, My name is Tina and I am a mother of 5 children and I was diagnosed with a very rare disorder called "VKH" It is a rare eye disorder that only strikes like 1 in 1,000,000,000 people. I was put on Prednisone to help with this - 78% more... -
wintah10-Hi all, to Tina? im also a vkh patient from Nz, i was diagnose 113 or i think 14 years ago, im now off prednasone for over 4 years now. having told that i had vkh at the age of 16 was the hardest pill to swallow, over the years i suffered de - 73% more...
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PredniSONE mood swings depression, hand tremors, blurry vision, dry mouth, recognising
Hello I am 40 yrs old and got a lung infection which cause swelling in my lungs so the put me on high doses of prednisone via IV for 21 days in the hospital. The drug saved my life and took it at the same time. After I got out of hospital i was on 60 - 92% more... -
Hi Cloak291, I can't remember exactly and it depends on how much I had to take and for how long but sometimes it was a few months. Coincidentally, I actually developed anxiety myself, separately to the prednisone side effects. I think being ill and h - 72% more...
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PredniSONE rapid heart rate, extreme anxiety, adrenal crisis, blurred vision, insomnia
I'm on day 4 of my 5 day dosage of Prednisone. I was prescribed to take 3 tablets (20 mg/tablet) once a day for 5 days...apart from feeling kind of run down and fuzzy, I hadn't really noticed anything, until I noticed that my eyes were a little blurr - 79% more... -
Laurababylon - How are you doing now? Have you recovered fully? I have the same symptoms as you. It has been 3 months for me.
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PredniSONE sleeping pills, insomnia, heart rate, anxiety
Anyone had this problem? I was on prednisone for only 6 days (30mg tapering -5mg per day). I had total insomnia while on it and after stopping it I now have anxiety/fast heart rate and continued severe insomnia. This has continued for 2.5 months and - 39% more... -
I have run across a few people who have seemingly permanent insomnia after taking prednisone, but don't know of anyone who has been able to cure themselves. Mine appears to be total insomnia, in that I don't sleep at all without drugs. I am on the be - 48% more...
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Anyone Have Trouble with Prednisone Side Effects Even After Stopping?
Last week I was diagnosed with Acute Bronchitis and was given Prednisone 5 x 50mg Prednisone to be taken once per day, as well as a Zpak. On day 3 of the Pred, I started having insomnia. On day 4, started getting terrible anxiety (which I am not hist - 76% more... -
I stopped taking low-dose Prednisone (5mg once daily) for an RA flare. I stopped 3 days ago and I feel awful. Dizziness, fogginess, and irritability for no good reason. Is the "recovery" time the same for lower doses? i've taken it in the p - 27% more...
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I stopped Prednisone on feb 12th. Have been on either Ativan or Klonopin since. I am starting to taper my Klonopin now. Any tips for me ? Thanks!
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Cloak291 - Yes, all three, as well as Lunesta and yoga. Have you gotten insomnia after taking prednisone? If so, how long has it been going on?
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Wow. Have you tried exercise, valerian, melatonin or trazodone?
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Ewolust - Thanks for the reply. That is a Benzo. Are'nt you afraid of getting addicted? How long have you been on it? What other drugs have you tried? What have the doctors said about the insomnia? Has the anxiety gone away? Thank you so much for you - 4% more...
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Cloak291- I had no anxiety while on the prednisone. The insomnia and anxiety and insomnia started four days after I completed it. Lately I've been on 30 mg flurazepam
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PredniSONE autoimmune hepatitis, aih, flare, hepatitis, depression
I have been on prednisone since I was two years old (I am now sixteen) because I have Autoimmune Hepatitis IIa. I would like to point out that there is still a life worth living being on prednisone, maybe I say this because I do not know life without - 58% more... -
I was diagnosed with auto immune hepatitis, last June, my liver enzymes were 1039, i am surprised, i am was not hospitlized , since it was drug induced the drs thought it would reverse itself. However it did not, my eyes were getting yellow, and than - 83% more...
