I have lowered prednisalone from 4 to 3mg. Have severe depression. Any connection?
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Lowering prednisalone
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You may have gone too far down and the PMR is resurfacing. You aren't heading relentlessly to zero - you are looking for the lowest dose that manages the symptoms well.
Did you drop from 4 to 3 "overnight"? If so, that is a 25% reduction in the dose your body was used to - it has to learn to cope with a LOT less than it is used to.
Took a 1mg pred this afternoon and the depression lifted. Maybe in future 3mg in morning and 1mg in afternoon for a while.
Try this approach since it does look as if the sudden change was too much:
LO. Dubliner1. when i got down to 5mg i reduced by 1/2mg useing the reduction plan reccomened by PMRpro,with good results.But as been said many times we are all differant.Good Luck
HI
A consultant told me that prednisolone can cause depression.
My rheumi asked if I was depressed. I told her "No, only when I'm in pain." Waking up every morning feeling as though I've been beaten with basellball bats IS going to affect anyone's mood!
I had to give up on pred because of depression
I would say it is connected. I became very emotional and depressed with each drop I made under 15mg, and it took about 2 months to re-stabilise my emotions after stopping at 8mg.