Re: or anyone in group

[Guest guest]

Prednisone and sleep

High doses of corticosteroids like prednisone can cause difficulty

sleeping and increased anxiety.

When prednisone is tapered and the adrenal glands are starting to wake

up and work again can cause fatigue and tiredness. It's usually more

a lake of energy than sleepiness. It's one of the reasons that

prednisone is tapered slowly.

Von

[Guest guest]

Suzanne had great difficulties with sleep

while on Prednisone. She did not overcome them until she was completely off of

the prednisone for awhile, so even during the tapering she had difficulties. At

first it was “fun” for her because she was so full of energy, but

then it became a real problem because she wasn’t getting enough sleep and

the “fun” energy just wasn’t there anymore.

LINDA

(Mom of Suzanne,

17; IBD 1/04; PSC 3/04)

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Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007

8:19 PM

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Subject: Re:

or anyone in group

Hi Tina;

I've read that prednisone can cause sleep problems:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a601102.html

but I havn't come across anything about sleep disturbance associated

with prednisone tapering. I hope that someone else in the group might

have personal experiences to share about this.

Best regards,

Dave

(father of (21); PSC 07/03; UC 08/03)

> Can anyone tell me if sleeping problems is linked to tapering of

prednisone.