Re: [LovingAsthmaSupport] Vent - rant - prednisone

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The endo upped my Xanax to 1mg 3x day. I was on 1/2mg. So that is

double. I am 36. Waaaaayyyyy to young for this stuff! LOL

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

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> 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

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> [LovingAsthmaSupport] Vent - rant - prednisone

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> 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.

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> 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!!!!!!!

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> 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.

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> Madeline

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