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Really goofed dosage

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gina30088
gina30088

Hi

I take my pred at 330-4:00 am

Tonight while cutting pill for my second day of 25 mg dose for my Fri morning dose ( decreases from 30) , at 9 pm, 

I just TOOK it..

Totally brain fog move.

So thinking it will be a long night, and who knows what tomorrow will hold

I am not sure now how to get back to my 4am time on sat? That time works well for me and I had just started to feel adjusted to the decrease

What a crazy thing to do....

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Gina

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  • dan38655
    dan38655 gina30088

    Posted

    I'd say that you might be able to go the 36 hours or so until your next scheduled dose, but if you don't quite make it through those last 12 hours without symptoms, you could take a portion of your daily dose early, then decide on the exact amount to take at the schedued time depending on how your symptoms feel.

    I've done roughly the same thing, took the wrong size tablets, so ended up with a 10mg dose instead of a 2mg dose.

    • gina30088
      gina30088 dan38655

      Posted

      Thanks  Will do that Always good to see not alone in this crazy brain fog. Although havent see all the side effects yet I am sure, right now this memory thing is most troubling

      Wishing you well

      Gina

  • EileenH
    EileenH gina30088

    Posted

    As Dan says - you could take a small amount proportional to the extra number of hours, same as you did last night but say a quarter or a third-ish, whatever is easy to cut. 
    • EileenH
      EileenH

      Posted

      PS - meant to say, it's only the same as travelling eat to west and a long day.

      Get a weekly dosette box and do every day's dose at once during the day a week ahead - you're less likely to just pop the pill in your mouth then.

    • gina30088
      gina30088 EileenH

      Posted

      Thanks Eileen

      Will do, Have dosette box right here bought from your previous advice , was at end of week so intent was to fill but was tired so just prepared 

      the one I needed for am And must have took instead of putting in the container. I say " must "have as in all honesty if under oath reaaly couldnt say for sure😱 but look all over  , and no half in bottle so didnt put back in.So going with took it.....

      So will take 5 mg this evening and 20 my early am time And just stop thinking about it.

      Wish you well

      Gina

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