After taking 80 mg of prednisone for 1 year for an autoimmune kidney disease, my husband has changed. Is it possible for him to become paranoid, forgetful, obsessive compulsive hoarding disorder has become unmanageable and verbally and emotionally and mentally abusive as a result of taking this drug? Is that permanent? Can he be helped?
My husband has been on Prednisone for nearly 40 years and during that time he has been pretty much all those things you said. He has also been very aware of how he can be and he has apologized extensively over it and praises me highly for 'putting up with him'. I love him so much and I empathize with his physical and emotional problems. We pray together,
ask God questions together, and wonder why this problem can't be solved.
That's why I posted the question about whether or not a person on Prednisone for a long period of time can come off of it. My husband wants
to get off all drugs. Presently he is going off the Fentanyl Patch and it is hell. I just know that I couldn't bear to part with my husband, and I really believe in the vow, "through sickness and in health"...He is worth keeping on. God bless you and help you and your husband find your way through.