Re: help on pred, is this normal?

[Guest guest]

Hi Nan,

Yes, it is normal for some, All pred doses bother me

with mood swings, but when I get to 50mgs or higher

I'm

out of control; Hyper, combative, emotional, and

extreme mood swings the intensity is different for

everyone. Nan any frustration or depression about

being sick is often very amplified when on high doses

of pred. Hope you will be doing better soon and be

able to

continue your taper. Hang in there it can be tough

hugs to you.

Take care,

Laurie

--- Seychelles Fruit Bat

<pteropus.seychellensis@...> wrote:

> It's late, and my lung doctor is out of town. I just

> started a 60mg pred taper because my asthma has

> flared up so bad. All I've done is cry cry cry and

> the depressive thoughts are terrible. I know I'm

> worn down from being ill. Is this normal? I am

> supposed get my xolair shot tomorrow. Thanks to all

> who have read this far. Oh is it better to spread

> the pred pills out or take them all at once.

> Nan

>

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[Guest guest]

>

> It's late, and my lung doctor is out of town. I just started a 60mg

pred taper because my asthma has flared up so bad. All I've done is

cry cry cry and the depressive thoughts are terrible. I know I'm worn

down from being ill. Is this normal? I am supposed get my xolair shot

tomorrow. Thanks to all who have read this far. Oh is it better to

spread the pred pills out or take them all at once. Nan

>

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>

[Guest guest]

Oh one more thing this worked for me but check with

your doctor I would split them in two doses. Because

if I took that high of a dose I couln't sleep. I would

take the first dose early at breakfast and then the

second either with a snack or early lunch. Hope this

helps. Laurie

--- Seychelles Fruit Bat

<pteropus.seychellensis@...> wrote:

> It's late, and my lung doctor is out of town. I just

> started a 60mg pred taper because my asthma has

> flared up so bad. All I've done is cry cry cry and

> the depressive thoughts are terrible. I know I'm

> worn down from being ill. Is this normal? I am

> supposed get my xolair shot tomorrow. Thanks to all

> who have read this far. Oh is it better to spread

> the pred pills out or take them all at once.

> Nan

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Prednisone whacks me out, among other things. When I first started

taking it I almost got fired, aggressive & angry amplified, then

wanted to cry. Keep in mind I am (was) a very nonemotional person so

it scared me and everybody else. When I realized why I was acting the

way I was, it was easier to deal with. Now I rarely get angry but

several times a day I feel like crying, but it passes. My wife kept

asking, what's wrong, I'd advise her, " it's the prednisone " , and now

she understands and lets it go. For someone who was always in control

of their emotions, this was very disconcerting.

This is why Xolair is so great! Some get off of Prednisone

completely, some only need occasional bursts, and other get their

daily doses of prednisone lowered.

A good book, I highly recommend it and it was recommended to me by

this site is, " Coping with Prednisone " (and other cortisone-related

medicines) by Eugnia Zukerman and R. Indelfinger, MD

Ron

On Oct 24, 2007, at 6:22 AM, Laurie Hittle wrote:

> Hi Nan,

>

> Yes, it is normal for some, All pred doses bother me

> with mood swings, but when I get to 50mgs or higher

> I'm

> out of control; Hyper, combative, emotional, and

> extreme mood swings the intensity is different for

> everyone. Nan any frustration or depression about

> being sick is often very amplified when on high doses

> of pred. Hope you will be doing better soon and be

> able to

> continue your taper. Hang in there it can be tough

> hugs to you.

>

> Take care,

>

> Laurie

> --- Seychelles Fruit Bat

> <pteropus.seychellensis@...> wrote:

>

> > It's late, and my lung doctor is out of town. I just

> > started a 60mg pred taper because my asthma has

> > flared up so bad. All I've done is cry cry cry and

> > the depressive thoughts are terrible. I know I'm

> > worn down from being ill. Is this normal? I am

> > supposed get my xolair shot tomorrow. Thanks to all

> > who have read this far. Oh is it better to spread

> > the pred pills out or take them all at once.

> > Nan

> >

> > __________________________________________________

> >

[Guest guest]

Actually, my pulmo called me, because the on call Dr. wanted me to go to the ER.

I hate that particular ER, because usually I & #39;d just be getting breathing

treatments and oral pred anyhoo. The comromise is starting 60 mg pred and seeing

my pulmo today. The goal of me not going to the ER was obtained, but at a price.

I will never go as high as 60mgs ever again. I also have Xanax on hand, but I

was such a mess, didn & #39;t want to take it. Didn & #39;t want to add another

variable. I & #39;m also taking the pred all before 9am. Supposedly it is easier

on your body doing it that way. Ugh..... Nan

uca79iii wrote:

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>> It's late, and my lung doctor is out of town. I just started a 60mg

> pred taper because my asthma has flared up so bad. All I've done is

> cry cry cry and the depressive thoughts are terrible. I know I'm worn

> down from being ill. Is this normal? I am supposed get my xolair shot

> tomorrow. Thanks to all who have read this far. Oh is it better to

> spread the pred pills out or take them all at once. Nan

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[Guest guest]

I get the same thing on prednisone...remember, it totally throws off

more than one hormone in your body when you're on it. In addition to

the cortisol, it also has the potential to increase blood glucose

levels, which throw off your body's insulin production. And any kind

of singular disturbance in your body chemistry can cause mood

swings...think about the havoc that prednisone can wreak on you! It

does the job of getting us to breathe again, but it can make us a

little loopy from time to time doing it!

As far as how to take them, I typically get fewer reactions to the

prednisone when I split them up in the am and pm as equally as I can.

However, sometimes it gets a little hard to breathe towards the next

dose, since it doesn't always stay in your body at therapeutic levels

for a 24 hour period.

I hope that this helps,

Sheila

[Guest guest]

When I have these extreme emotional feelings I

reassure myself it is the prednisone... extreme mood

swings from crying to irritability to ROID RAGE. I

alert my family that I will be very short tempered and

moody and why. Sometimes I am so tense I feel it

physically in my scalp, back of neck and upper

shoulders and that is an indicator that I should try

to avoid social situations that are going to make me

anxious and snap at someone unintentionally. I am also

driven to gluttony trying to kill that horrible

feeling in my stomach and no amount of bread, pasta or

ice cream has any effect. I take a lot of nice soaky

baths for the tension and lay a series of hot

washcloths over my shoulder and in the middle of my

upper back and on on my chest while in the tub - it

helps a lot. I am still looking for a magic wand to

make the nausea disappear - bippity boppity boo!

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