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OH YUCK! Sounds like some sort of stomach virus. I hope you feel

better soon, but those things usually take several days. Don't know

if you'll be able to work unless there is a potty nearby!

Madeline

> >

> > 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

> > I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish

> that He

> > didn't trust me so much. ~Mother

> > Teddy Bear's Early Learning Program

> > Established August of 1992

> >

> >

> >

> > [LovingAsthmaSuppor t] 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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