Re: & pred

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Hi :

I can relate to what you experienced on Prednisone.

Love that stuff because it really takes away the pain,

but it makes me so intense, feeling down, so serious,

and really just plain mean tempered. I can also get

really speedy feeling, kind of buzzing. I get to the

point where I just want to be left alone, and want to

eat everything that's not nailed down lol. So, I use

it very little, only with the worst of the flares when

I am mean tempered anyway (lol just kidding), and take

it for the shortest time possible. It's the drug we

love and hate.

Kathe in CA

--- Boyd <lindagb52@...> wrote:

> a & Ebony, Another couple of side effects to

> prednisone that are not mentioned as often are

> insomnia and mood changes- both depression and

> agressive tendencies. When I was first diagnosed my

> labs were very high and my family doctor put me on a

> dexpak (similar to medrol dosepak except higher

> dosage and 2 weeks instead of 6 days). After being

> on it for a couple of days I was averaging 2 hours

> sleep a night with no naps during the day and was

> ready to " kill " anything or anybody that crossed me.

> I am normally a very mild mannered and even

> tempered person. I scared myself driving one day

> when I really thought about ramming a driver that

> cut me off in traffic until I realized that it was

> the meds. I tapered the dosage and did lower dosage

> over a longer period of time. I have been on short

> term therapy a couple of times since then and have

> experienced insomnia but like everyone else us

> loved how good it made me feel. Some people will

> experience depression while on the meds

> expecially if there are tendecies already there.

> We need to be aware of these problems also.

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