Why does pred make some us feel so strange and others feel ok
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As most of you will know I have taken pred at 15 mg and am now down to 11 .5 mg over 5 months . I feel very lucky that when this started for me it was what seems like hundred of years ago , and in my right neck shoulder and arm , although I had very painfull symptoms in my face and head since I was 24 . I never had the pain that some of you have suffered so badly . The underlying pain is there occasionally but controlled with painkillers. But the shaking and tiredness has come on since taking the the pred.I feel confidence slipping away . As I have said to Margeret who is certainly having a rough time at the moment ,to go with the flow ,and float ! but what in this tablet makes me feel as though I have gained 20 years We go away next week to stay with friend for a few days and I'm not really looking forward to it any more Incase I can't keep up .
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snapperblue carol16456
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Fatigue was not a major issue until I reduced to 20 mg- so I think the prednisone was covering the PMR symptoms at the high dose.
In addition to the variation between people, I have found lots of variation over time. Some of this is dose related, some of it seems not to be.
At first, even on 20 mg, I had incredible insomnia, just awful, but it passed. I had intense, specific food cravings, then none, then a period of acute munchies for anything of animal or vegetable origin. My face swelled up so much that the fat pad on my cheek was pushed up when I smiled and I could feel the pressure from it against my eye. (My brother said it gave me a "more youthful look," a new high in tact for him.) This may be decreasing (or I am getting used to it).
Sometimes I have a high heart rate and bad tremor after taking the prednisone, but that seems to be going away too.
So I am trying not to get too worried about my side-effects- if I don't like them, I can hope they'll change soon!