PredniSONE and chest wall pain

I have had diarrhoea now for nearly (8) eight weeks.
I am currently trying to get off of a Prednisone prescription that was given to me September 14th, 2007, for Costochondritis/fibromyalgia/ Chest wall pain.

I have been very sick from withdrawals and side effects since Sept 14, 2007. The Doctor I was with at the time was trying to get me off of the Prednisone too fast and making me even sicker! I.E. cutting me one particular week during the end of October from 20 mgs to 10 mgs a day! I have since refused to go to that Doctor because he made me sick.

I stuck with that dosage at the time because the Doctor told me to; ( plus an older Brother who would call me daily and scream at me long distance to be sure I was following 'Doctors orders'!) but I was so 'out-of-it' as a result, that I had items and personal effects stolen from me by the very 'care-givers' I had hired to take care of me and help me around the house? They told me later that I had 'instructed' them to give all my stuff either to them or to the Goodwill.

The entire second floor of my house was cleaned out by the time I started feeling a bit better and the so-called 'Caregivers' abruptly quit and moved out of town! Plus! My paid-for 2002 T-Bird was sold. I vaguely remember my Brother 'ordering' me to sell it. He was jealous and didn't want me to have it. He nearly had my house offered up for sale as well...but I got better just in time. I no longer want to speak to my Brother.


At any rate, I am down to 1.5 mgs Prednisone a day and my head has 'cleared up' substantially; also I still suffer from 'Brain Fog' and other terrible side effects of trying to getting off this poisonous drug.


I am now also suffering from a brand 'new disease' because of this Prednisone.
Doctor #### has diagnosed me with "Leaky Gut Syndrome".


I cannot eat 'normally' anymore since November. All simple crabs, sugars, breads, pastas, eggs, soy, potatoes,creamy salad dressings, potatoes salad, tuna salad, egg salad...a whole plethora of food items I can no longer consume!!! I have a freezer full of food I can't touch! The Holidays were a nightmare! I couldn't eat any of the foods or desserts! No ice cream! After going to one friend's house for Thanksgiving and being unable to eat a morsel, I stopped going anywhere. The torture was too much for me to bear!


I can't eat Chinese, Italian, Mexican, pizza~ any ethnic foods anymore!


P-nut butter,cereals, mushrooms,crackers, meatloaf, etc. Too many to list!! No more sodas, vitamin water, not even gator-aide can I drink. No more teas, coffee, chai-tea, etc. etc. Especially! No 'junk-food' at the usual places. No chocolates, candies, gum, or yogurts, cheese or dairy of any kind. No shellfish either.


If I do 'cheat' and eat the forbidden food (like toast) anyway, it creates more withdrawals and severe 'brain-fog'! I cannot 'cheat' because this body 'knows somehow and I have to 'pay' for it later by means of brain-fog and terrible withdrawals for days on end.


I can't go anywhere and "Do lunch" or "Dinner" with anyone. This simple social pleasure has been stripped away from me! I dwell in a personal living hell here. Isolated from people and social dinner occasions. Depressing.


BUT ! I can drink all the water I want! GRRRR!!!!!! >:oP

...and eat dry or fresh-steamed vegetables, baked chicken and turkey (No gravies) Or baked fish/ Salmon. Or Steak all by itself...but no steak sauce; no katsup either. I can eat salad. No crutons or cherry tomatoes.(withdrawals) Italian-type dressing (vinegar and oil) This is all I have been eating for weeks now and I am sick of eating the same stuff night and day. So I haven't been bothering to even eat anymore because it is sickening to me to eat the same stuff day after day. At least this cuts down on the amount of diaoreaahh I have now.


I have lost weight and feel physically very bad.