PredniSONE and ringing ears

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 listed. Of particular concern to me are the mood swings, which at this time we are considering having her evaluated. I didn't realize that this drug could do soo much in terms of her behavior. Please help me to understand what is going on with her. She is 12 years old.

Hi...

I'm having a tough day with these withdrawals....since 0330.
I want to just stop taking these steroids altogether.
I'm at 4 mg...this is day seven.

Yesterday, I was finally able to take a 3mg and it lasted till 4pm
(split dose) So I'm stubbornly moving forward.

I can't stand these side effects of the steroids....!!

I found a calculator for steroids this; *******



Current symptoms 24/7:

Creepy-Crawlies all over
Curious Buzzing all over and especially in my head
Ringing ears
Blurry Vision
Can't sleep properly
Head feels 'full'
Can't focus on anything
Making serious mistakes (IE paid two house payments this month and wondered why my account was seriously overdrawn)
Memory is shot
Feel like I have Alzheimer's
Can't make simplest decisions
Scary heart palps
Light sensitive
Sound sensitive
Brain fog
Severe, scary brain fog after 0900~doesn't go away in the afternoon anymore??
Chills
Hot flashes/sweats
Nausea
Pacing behaviors
Head pounding all the time now
Problems breathing
Anticness
Skin crawling all over everywhere
Thoughts of going insane by the day and never getting well...
Flu-like symptoms when I make a cut
Twitchy arms
Dry, flaky skin...especially on hands and feet
Feel like I'm dying

Here's something else I found
~Shan

Subject: Dr. Zashin's Tapering Schedule (4 mg to 3 mg and beyond)

Dr. Zashin's Tapering Schedule To Reduce Prednisone Withdrawal
In terms of a taper regimen, the longer one has been taking steroids, the slower the taper. I will typically taper patients:

by 5 mg increments when they are taking less than 40 mg of Prednisone
by only 2.5 mg when they reach 20 mg of Prednisone
by 1 mg increments once they reach 10 mg I may elect to decrease the dose on a daily basis for patients who have not been taking steroids long, to monthly in those who have been on them a while.
It is not uncommon, when patients first decrease the dose to feel some achiness or fatigue. These symptoms often resolve over 2- 7 days. If they do not, one may elect to temporarily increase the dose and taper more slowly. Some patients may have difficulty tapering off steroids despite incremental tapers of only 1 mg. Occasionally tapering on an every other day basis may be useful. For example, instead of tapering from 4 mg to 3 mg of Prednisone, one might try taking 4 mg one day and 3 mg the next day for one week.(i.e. an alternate day taper) Then if successful, try 4 mg one day and 2 mg the next and so on until you are on only 4 mg every other day. (e.g. 4 mg one day and 0 the next day) Then, try to go down on that alternate day.