RE: [LovingAsthmaSupport] Vent - rant - prednisone

December 4, 2008

Bless your heart, hang in there and vent all you need to! That's what we're

here for! Just curious how high is your xanax now? What is your age? You

could be like me and also be in perimenopause, which could be compounding

everything. You've done soo good for soo long a bump in the road here is ok,

Look how far you've come Madeline? I'm proud of you!! Glad you venting made

you feel better

Terry

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didn't trust me so much. ~Mother

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[LovingAsthmaSupport] Vent - rant - prednisone

Hi all. I just posted this on the other site, but I am so upset I wanted to

post it here as well. Maybe I'll feel better if I scream about it twice. I

have had a very rough day and need to vent a little bit.

For the last several days my " side effect " symptoms have majorly

intensified. My stomach has gained over 4 inches, the shakes are driving me

nuts, I am sweating all the time, the rash is twice as bad as it was, back

in compression hose because I have started retaining water in a major way

again, peak flows are fluctuating too much, nausea, extra fatigue and it is

raining today..... So, I called my workers comp nurse this morning & she

sent me directly to the endocronologist. It seems that I am having

withdrawal symptoms from the prednisone. She also thinks that I may be in

the very early stages of renal failure which would be caused by the

withdrawal! So, now I go backwards. Back up to 55mg/day for the rest of

this week and two more weeks. Then we will try to start a taper again at a

rate of 2.5mg/day every two weeks instead of 5. Then if I have symptoms we

will have to stop it again and up the methotrexate. I am so frustrated. I

was so excited. I was supposed to drop to 45mg/day starting Monday. She

said I have just been on such high doses for so long that my body doesn't

want to let it go! AAARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!

She is also upping my Xanax. That is the only thing today that doesn't

upset me too much. At least that makes me feel good! LOL

Thanks for listening. Feel better already.

Madeline

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