PMR, Prednisone, Weight
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i have tapered down to 7-1/2 after 2+ years of PMR. At the beginning of the PMR, prednisone I automatically lost weight.
At this lower dose I am gaining weight. Isn't this the opposite of the norm?
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iellen32 kathy67492
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For sure, there will be a reason to explain it though and hope you will
get very soon the answers you need.
Boronia kathy67492
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It will be interesting to see how many others share or do not share this problem.
kathy67492 Boronia
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iellen32 Boronia
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Around 2:00 pm I sleep for a while.
This is more important than I ever thought it was.
Nancy_O Boronia
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Anhaga Boronia
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EileenH Anhaga
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"I used to be tired all the time too. 'Segmented sleep' solved that
Peter Papathanasiou"
This keeps your "nap" for the early evening - but splitting your sleeping hours is a very traditional thing. In the Med they sleep mid-afternoon, hisotrically it seems the north got up in the middle of the night. Seems perfect for people on pred!
Anhaga EileenH
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iellen32 Anhaga
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Adjusting, adjusting to our new circunstances...
cindy63197 kathy67492
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EileenH cindy63197
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Then I was switched to methyl prednisolone and immediately, within a few months, put on a lot more weight, all over. About 10 months later I was switched to a form of prednisone and I also changed to a low carb diet.
Over the following 2 years I lost 38lbs in weight - all the pred-related weight and a bit more. It went first from my waist but all the "Cushingoid" fat has gone. I'm still on pred, currently back at 15mg due to a flare, and haven't put on any weight in the 3 months I've been on 15mg.
There are several people on the forums who put weight on with PMR - for the same reason I did. Others have lost weight while taking pred without trying. Yet others have lost considerable amounts of weight while on pred but because, like me, they have been trying quite hard.
It is all possible - including losing weight while still on pred. You just have to go about it the right way and be patient - because it does tend to be a bit slow!
cindy63197 EileenH
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constance.de kathy67492
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Regards fr Constance.
Handbrake kathy67492
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EileenH kathy67492
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Everyone is different...
kathy67492 EileenH
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thank you!