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...
PredniSONE Side Effects
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OMFG. Thought I really cant believe what I have read above. have taken last dose of 50mg of Prednisone for 5 days for COPD. What now, I have been waking up with tingly fingers in the morning, haven't been able to sleep more than 6 hrs per night and t - 58% more...
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AGAIN on this toxic "cure"
I was diagonosed with chronic idyiopathic ITP Jan 2010 (tr 2), hospitalized and took intravenous corticosteroyd therapy that lasted more than 6 weeks. The platelet count got back to normal in the following months, but every time I had an infection (w - 85% more... -
Around January 2010 I was diagnosed with ITP. They just recently put me on these prednisone pills, saying I will get better. I've barely been taking them for a month and I'm experiencing just about all you described. Either I'm very hyper and energet - 67% 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... -
This drug is garbage. I was prescribed 40 mg for 2 weeks to rid me of the wheezing from bronchitis. While on it, I had INTENSE night sweats where I woke up soaking wet, in addition to severe leg cramps, eye pain, mood swings and headaches. It has bee - 79% more...
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PredniSONE ass mood, crohn s disease, mood swings, living hell, dead animal
I am 22 years old and was finally properly diagnosed with Crohn's disease after year of suffering. I am currently on 40mgs of pred and am loosing my friggen mind! Besides the migraines, sweating like a beast, crazy ass mood swings to the point where - 74% more... -
PredniSONE adrenal insuffiency, mood swings, thanks in advance, eye sight, vicious cycle
Please someone help. I've been on prednisone for a year and a half. told I had Adrenal Insufficiency and as I was weaned off complained to my doctor about mood swings and not being able to sleep. Now down to low dose and experiencing free fall feelin - 66% more... -
Hi there, I was on pred for 9 months 50mg. It caused me to have severe mood swings and get really angry at all the people i cared about. I'm usually placid and calm.. It took me about a 6 months to get back on track but it will get better. Be conscio - 69% more...
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PredniSONE pulmonary fibrosis, chronic asthma, parnets, breathing treatments, legs and feet
I was born with very chronic Asthma and to parnets that should have never been parnets. Also I was born in 1969 when what Doctors used a different things then today. I as a child slept with a tent around my bed that locked and zipped from the outside - 90% more... -
PredniSONE night sweats, mood swings, heart rate, ankles, lupus
I am a 24 yo who started 60 mg of prednisone daily about 7 weeks ago for lupus. I had the mood swings with this crazy twitchy feeling for the first two weeks or so, along with the night sweats and having to get up to go to the bathroom around 5 times - 71% more... -
PredniSONE chin acne, havin a good time, oh my goodness, retna, double chin
Hi I'm 15 and I'm prednisone for vogt-koyanagi-harada's disease (harada's disease) for short it's in my right eye and what it pretty much is, it's a blister that's at the back of my eye in front of my retna. This is really rare and it can eventually - 85% more... -
Being a junior in high school (16) i know exactly how you feel I don't want to make you feel worse knowing that you really need this medication but man, it really sucks! I was on 40mg for abt 2 to 3 weeks then they went up 80mg for a week. After that - 79% more...
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PredniSONE long periods of time, pretty moon, old grandmother, multiple health, adrenal failure
My daughter, who has just turned 19 has Lupus, and has been taking Prednisone for 2 years. We are still learning about this disease, the medicine and the side affects. She has been suffering constantly with the Heartburn, weight gain, weight loss and - 64% more... -
Hey there I'm 16 years old and has been told by my doctors that I have lupus yet my other doctor thinks its the cousin (i forgot the name, tissue something) They are still trying to figure this out which means that Ive spent a lot of time at the doct - 78% more...
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PredniSONE ugly face, meds, doctors, auto immune hemolytic anemia, immune hemolytic anemia
I am 18, and used to be sooo healthy. In August 2009, I left home to go to school, I met new friends, and felt like I was starting my own life and becoming independent. Sometime in October 2009 I started to feel weird symptoms, mostly just being real - 92% more... -
PredniSONE transplant rejection, stable person, heart transplant, restlessness, own skin
I'm just finishing up with a 60mg month long taper of Prednisone, starting at 1000mg infused through an IV while I was hospitalized. This drug saved my life (I had post-heart transplant rejection) yet again, it's the third time I've been through a bu - 88% more... -
Hi, I understand, it's really terrible, dreadful and awful, and I'm so sorry you are going through and have gone through this. You have had enough to deal without the isolation of the hospital combined with the intensity of prednisone. The feeling of - 96% more...
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PredniSONE stomach bug, bee sting, stomach problems, adrenal system, drastic change
My 12 year old son was given prednisone 2 and 1/2 years ago when he had a reaction to a bee sting. Almost immediately upon taking the drug he developed stomach problems and was out of school for almost a week with what we thought was the flu. He deve - 82% more... -
PredniSONE kidney disease fsgs, moon face, mood swings, bactrim, stutter
I am a 59 year old male and I've been on 60mg a day of Prednisone now for a few months along with Bactrim for Kidney disease (FSGS). I have been experiencing insomnia, peeing all the time etc; like most people but I can deal with all that. I have one - 87% more... -
PredniSONE neck and shoulder pain, mood swings, prednisone, dizziness, nausea
Howdy, I was recently suffering with severe constricted airway, probably due to allergies. My Dr. put me on 10 days of 10mg Prednisone, 4 for 4 days, 3 for 3 days.... I was in a fog the whole time. I sometimes had to stop and think, where am I and ho - 73% more... -
Never again will I take this drug- 10 day cycle of prednisone. Between the mood swings, dizziness, nausea, and the HORRIBLE neck and shoulder pain, I feel like I am going crazy. I feel like an animal is sitting on the back of ny neck. I just want to - 43% more...
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PredniSONE blow fish, mood swings, bloating, old lady, muscles
When I was in the hospital they had me on 90mg of pred. forget about it I went crazy, crying, anxiety, not being able to sit for less then 2 min. They then lowered me to 80mg which is what they sent me home with. The mood swings were unbearable for m - 70% more... -
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... -
PredniSONE benzyl peroxide, zpack, rapid heartbeat, crazy two, facewash
I was diagnosed with my first case of bronchitis at 41 in August. I am female and was diagnosed with diverticulitis in July, for which I was given dual antibiotics for 10 days. I thought those side effects were bad, but I am beginning to believe PRED - 93% more... -
PredniSONE coltis, sore teeth, moon face, mood swings, crazy women
22 years old i have had Coltis for 5 years,flair ups pretty much the whole time, i have been on Prednisone a lot this last time has been the WORSE!!! All i can say is i hate it!! i was put in hospital the 4th time steroid thou the iv for 5 days sent - 88% more... -
PredniSONE depression anxiety, moon face, looking in the mirror, mood swings, rheumatoid arthritis
I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis at the end of 2007 and have been on prednisone since then. I started on about 105mg a week and am currently trying to reduce it but it is really hard as the moment the dosage goes down I lose all mobility and - 74% more... -
PredniSONE rapid heart rate, extreme thirst, water rentention, sinus surgery, moon face
Hi everyone, I have just read all thirty pages of posts to try to find some answers to my crazy reaction to prednisone. My thoughts are with you all since I have had an usually severe reaction to prednisone. I was on prednisone for 1 week in October - 77% more... -
PredniSONE extreme mood swings, mood swings depression, depression anxiety, sweaty palms, lack of concentration
I was recently diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and was hospitalized in March 2008 for pancreatitis - a reaction I had to Asacol. A week later I was discharged then went back to the hospital a day later for a severe flare-up. There, they started me - 83% more... -
PredniSONE horrible thoughts, severe depression, mgs, sleep, scary side
hi got put on prednisone 6 days ago for breathing difficulty was on 30 mgs, after day 3 had to stop taking them , felt like i was going crazy couldn't sleep and the thoughts going through my mind are frightening been off them three days and still hav - 42% more... -
PredniSONE extreme anxiety, mood swings, asthmatic, nausea, headaches
My daughter is a chronic asthmatic and has been on Prednisone for over one year. Since then she has experienced headaches, nausea, sleeplessness, depression, extreme anxiety, mood swings, blurred vision, aching... just about all of the side effects l - 52% more... -
I have a 5yr old who has been in and out of the hospital since 6mos old with asthma. They frequently give him prednisone to help him get over the hump. He always gets moody and very cranky. He was in the hospital Monday with his asthma and they start - 66% more...
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PredniSONE autoimmune hemolytic anemia, prenisone, moon face, mood swings, medical doctors
Hello everyone! I just want to thank each and every one of you for your postings. On more than one occasion I would come to this site because without all of you I probably would have truly lost my mind. I just want to give a brief history of what's b - 90% more... -
PredniSONE sinus headaches, legs and feet, mood swings, occassional, muscle weakness
im a 20 year old male who was given prednisone to reduce the inflammation around my spinal cord in my neck from a herniated disk. 60MG in the morning for 4 days and 40MG in the morning for 3 days...... no real weening process which im seeing probably - 60% more...
