Methylpred DP and constipation

I had my First dose last night all 6 tablets at once as per doctors instructions, i was not able to sleep all night i had non stop heartburn, constipation and weired eye twitching once in a while, i called my doctor this morning and his answer was its normal just take second dose today and will see so i did took 2 this morning and it star to bother me, short breath , non stop pickups with severe heart burn. i still took another pill after lunch and same symptoms occurred again so i called doctor again and he asked me to stop for today and start taking it again from tomorrow.

I think i will not take this medicine ever again specially reading the comments from everyone here ... thanks for the feed back ....

I have just taken my last dose and ever since I started it I haven't slept. I am so tired but just can't sleep. It's bad enough that I'm an insomniac anyway and this has just made it worse. I also have pain in my knees. If i sit with them bent they hurt and if i lay with them straight my legs start getting numb. Has anyone had this experience? My back aches all the time now. I have also had the constipation that goes along with it.

This is the second time I've had to take the Methylpred pack for six days. The first time was a year ago to relieve the swelling and pain from a broken foot. The only side affect I experienced at that time was extreme euphoria, then I went to the opposite extreme and wanted to sleep.

This time I'm taking the pack for arthritis in the same foot. I had to take 6 tablets in a period of 4 hours because I got it so late in the day. I had a horrible headache all night. Do NOT take this med with Naproxin (Aleve). I had the worst shakes I've ever had, racing heart and could not sleep. I checked with the pharmicist today and he said to take tylenol. I'm also experiencing the extreme mood changes, burning eyes, flushed face, and constipation. However, the pain and swelling in my foot has been aleviated. I'm not sure the side affects have been worth it though. There has to be a more natural way to treat this than by a medicine that causes this many side affects.