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Prednisone & nightmares

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mary68968
mary68968

Been on pred for about a year now & down to 7.5.  Seems recently I am having some rather unpleasant nightmares & a bit addled brained.  Anyone else have this issue after prolonged use?  

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  • judytal
    judytal mary68968

    Posted

    Mary, at this point nothing surprises me.  There are days my head feels foggy and I'm not able to concentrate on reading any more.  Just kind of sit in front of the "idiot " box or try and take the dogs for a short walk.  

    Keep strong!

  • TIsser
    TIsser mary68968

    Posted

    Funny you should say you have unpleasant nightmares, I had some really weird ones some quite frightening.  I read on the pred info sheet this does sometimes occur.  Read a sloppy love story to go to bed on!!!!!
    • mary68968
      mary68968 TIsser

      Posted

      I have Midsomer Murders on Netflix which I watch before bed.  Perhaps not such a good idea, but I am becoming an excellent crime solver. :-)
    • ptolemy
      ptolemy mary68968

      Posted

      They were filming Midsomer Murders in my village last week. They had changed a shop into a funeral parlour! Perhaps that is not good news for bad dreams. 
    • mary68968
      mary68968 ptolemy

      Posted

      I live in the US & that's one of the things I love about it.  The scenery & the cottages.  These are older episodes so probably filmed some time ago.
    • judytal
      judytal mary68968

      Posted

      Mary did you say you live in the U.S.?  I do too.  
    • ptolemy
      ptolemy mary68968

      Posted

      This is the second time they have filmed, so you may have seen my village. If I remember the episode had torrential rain. 
  • ptolemy
    ptolemy mary68968

    Posted

    I used to have really fun, pleasant dreams before pred, I then had the most ghastly, frightening ones when I first starting taking pred. I now just have really boring ones!
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