Re:I need some tough love right now. - Just Venting. Nothing to do with

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I am so sorry to hear you are having such a rough patch. I know the

prednisone can cause this sort of thing, and although I've never

taken that, I do have to take hydrocortisone (which is much much

weaker) and even there, you need to taper very slowly and carefully

no matter how much you want to get off it or it's even worse during

the tapering period. So check that one; I have always had to taper

much slower than the docs say. As for the other drugs, I can't help

you there but I hope you are keeping that all-important diary so you

have a reference of symptoms vs the meds taken, foods eaten (at least

new ones) etc etc. You know the drill.

Of course all we can do is offer mucho sympathy and good thoughts. I

am sure everyone at some point fantasizes about tossing in the towel

and to heck with it all, I'm going to do/eat what I want. If you

think you are feeling really serious about this, though, I would

caution you to remember why you started SCD in the first place. And

really give a thought to just how you would feel if you did eat some

of those things. They weren't great before, were they? Of course the

fantasizing is OK. Especially if you can keep it to the " Today

sucks. I could quit all this if I really want to. But I guess I

won't quit today.... "

Mainly, try to hang in there. Things really should get better after

awhile. I hope it's sooner.