Hello everyone

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I am ,and I have rhuematoid arthritis and fibromyalgia,and I

have had to file for disability.I am struggling with many things,some

emotional,some financial,some having to do with medications and

problems with them,and some problems with doctors and other kinds

people I encounter in the world who do not understand my

problems.Some problems I am having with friends and family and some

are just with medical people like pharmacy people,staff and nurses in

doctors offices and such.I feel like everywhere I go I am judged

harshly and misunderstood and disrespected since I cannot work now

and have no health insurance and not much money to take care of my

medical care while I am fighting with social security about my

disability benefits.I am having a hard time going out of the house at

all now for anything or getting dressed every day or simple things

that most people take for granted like brushing my hair or my teeth

or taking a shower or loading the dishwasher or the washing

machine,cleaning the bathroom,things like this.I used to be a

computer technician and now I am only a sick person who cannot work

and so no one treats me the same as they did before.I have been very

depressed partly because I am in constant pain but partly because I

feel so hopeless sometimes like my whole life had stopped at a stand

still and I am stuck in a place where I have no control over my life

and no hope of ever having any influence on what happens to me

again.I have been going to a therapy group at our local mental health

center for people with chronic illnesses,like depression and grief

issues and other problems.Most who attend the group are women like me

who are in a bad situation and are trying to cope with it the best

they can.The group is helping me some and I also belong to other

online groups for people with fibro but I am seeking information and

support from others who have RA about meds and coping strategies.My

doctor gave me a course of prednisone to take two weeks ago so I am

almost finished with that now and I am able to walk better now

without using a cane and am able to stand up straighter and get up

and down easier and sleep a bit better but the medicine made me very

irritable and agitated,almost like I had drank to much coffee or some

kind of stimulant and I have been easily angered and frustrated while

taking it.I found that it kept me awake and that I could not take

more than three of the tablets during the day or I was awake all

night long.I wanted to ask if anyone else has taken this medication

for RA and if you had any of these symptoms or side effects that I

describe with that.