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prednisone wushy head

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noninoni
noninoni

Hi, My primary just upped my pred dose from the initial 5mg to 7.5mg, and my head once again feels strange-I feel a little wushy or maybe a little high- it  is hard to describe-different anyway .  Is this a special time to take it easy?  Does this go away with time and you awake feeling normal?  My initial response is to lie down.

Prednisone is turning me into a morning person.  I was never ever a morning person, but now I can't sleep.  So I get up for awhile, lie down for awhile (especially when the wushy head strikes), and repeat. 

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  • EileenH
    EileenH noninoni

    Posted

    Do I understand you correctly? Your doctor has decided you have PMR but started you at 5mg pred? That is a very low a dose to start with. The usual idea is to start at 15mg which deals with the symptoms quickly and then reduce to a maintenance dose. Studies have shown that 75% of patients will respond in a month to 12.5mg - people rarely respond well to low dose pred.

    But yes, those are typical feelings with pred until you get used to it. And you are going about things quite well - if you can't sleep, learn to rest when you can.

    • noninoni
      noninoni EileenH

      Posted

      Yes Eilene, Thanks for telling me these are that my funny head is part of the typical reactions to prednisone when first starting.  I have hopes of adapting soon.  

      I began initially on  5mg which doesn't seem to be recommended anywhere, but my initial diagnoser was by my cardiologist, not his speciaty.  Since then I have thought it was a rather good idea to start low- one can always go up, but from what I read, it is really hard to cut down.  And  5 mg did help somewhat.  Oddly, it helped most with my knees- shoulders still hurt, but not as much.  That was why I said I felt like the tinwoman of Oz after being partially oiled.  smile

  • vawils
    vawils noninoni

    Posted

    yes i would say "wushy" head would be a good way to describe a very weird feeling that i have never had before prednIsone. Never heard that word before in the US where i am from  but think it descrtibes it.   I have been on prednisone for aboutt 8 months and started at 20 mg after 15 not being enough.  The wushy feeling does  get better i think and also you just get used to feeling different and your new normal.  I hope you get the  prednisone dosage bettter  adjusted so you will have less pain.

     

  • vawils
    vawils noninoni

    Posted

    yes i would say "wushy" head would be a good way to describe a very weird feeling that i have never had before prednIsone. Never heard that word before in the US where i am from  but think it descrtibes it.   I have been on prednisone for aboutt 8 months and started at 20 mg after 15 not being enough.  The wushy feeling does  get better i think and also you just get used to feeling different and your new normal.  I hope you get the  prednisone dosage bettter  adjusted so you will have less pain.

     

  • noninoni
    noninoni

    Posted

    Wushy isn't really a proper word. I just made it up; it seemed appropriate when  describing the indescribable.  A wishy wooshy head  or something like that.  smile
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