David

[davehydeuk]

Help dose everyone have problems when reducing prednisolone its not nice and im not sure of my emotions im not suicidal just all over the place and i like a beer i am reducing to 10mg today but its been hell every time i reduce by 5mg my wife says i act so strange

[knitter]

Prednisolone affects me emotionally too....on a high dose I can feel on top of the world, and sometimes bad tempered. When I go back to my normal 5mg my mood drops....sometimes significantly ,I can feel quite depressed.

Now I ask for a slowly decreasing dose which helps me manage both my lung condition and my emotional response.

Usually, I drop the steroids by 5mg a time......but my consultant suggested a 1mg decrease after I had been on a higher dose for a long time. I was given 1mg tablets on prescription .

Can you contact your health professional to ask their advice?

By the way, I can have problems if I drink alcohol on a higher dose of pred. Non alcoholic beer until this decrease time is over? Would that help, I wonder?

Best of luck....I know how it feels .

[davehydeuk in reply to knitter]

Thank you so much for your reply its good to know im not alone as i am newly confirmed with bronc I can see steroids being a regular feature

[Hacienda]

Yes, this is one of the side affects, it tells you in The Leaflet. I hate going on them but they do the "Job", Good that I generally only need them 2/3 times a Year, I am a Real Cry baby when weaning off them. Then I get Fat, cos they make you want to eat more. Stay Strong Hun, You can Control Them. Feel it for your Wife, She will understand. Best wishes to you Both.xxxx

[davehydeuk in reply to Hacienda]

thank you its really true they get the job done I have been on antibiotics since January and been hospitalized 3 times now I know its bronc and the steroids have got me out and back to life but coming off is hard

[SORRELHIPPO]

My husband had more of a problem with me on high doses, as I was like a cross between speedy gozales and zebedee, could not stop talking when I got home from work etc. yes fits of the munchies, weight balooned. He preferred me on the low doses, as I became blue and silent. I considered the side effects worth it, for the fact they kept my problem under controll.

[davehydeuk in reply to SORRELHIPPO]

hi thank you for your reply i cut down to 10mg yesterday so today will be a bad day also suffer hypo mania on the steroid it can be however I am underweight so the munchies bit is good i need a little bit of excess for when I end up in hospital

[ladydawny]

Oh yes, awful to wean. I am on them permanently at 5mg for Addison's disease so I also have the problem of that when weaning from having higher doses for my lung problems. I am very swollen as it redistributes fat and makes you retain water. It makes you snappy a lot of the time, bad tempered. Then if someone says boo you can jump out of your skin, that is the lack of steroid as you come down I suspect. I am very emotional too, I used to be a real toughy haha, not any more xx You will get there, just take it easy.

[goat-lady]

Devils tic-tacs indeed. Hate them, avoid them, but they

do the job. Weaning off slowly is essential. Best wishes.

[ostiad]

Hi, I've been on Predisnalone for a couple of years now for my Polymyalgia. When I reduce the dose I've been told to do at at 1mg a time, it does take a while though as I usually reduce maybe every two or three weeks. I'm on 2mg a day now, however, when my pain becomes unmanageable, I up it a couple of mg. I understand its not good to reduce at big amounts (I started on 25). Take it slowly.

Regards

[undine]

i have been told to reduce 1mg every three days hope that helps xx

[Chestyblocked in reply to undine]

Me too

[Hellodolly]

Steroid reaction and withdrawal symptoms are really common. I felt very emotional, then like superwoman and quite manic, then weird and depressed when I came off them. Try to come off them as slowly as possible by lowering the dose gradually. Good luck!

[Sharp5Flat13]

I was switched (after weaning me off the Pred.) to Daliresp. It has similar adverse reactions though.