Steroid dementia syndrome.

[Stroppymoo]

Sorry cannot cut and paste, but found this on Wikipedia. Says memory loss isn't always fully reversible after taking steroids. Upset. Sorry to be harbinger of negativity.

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Dr Google isn't always the best source of information!

I have Post Chemo Cognitive Impairment anyway 🙄 so not much chance for me!

[PMRpro Ambassador]

If you read the entire thing you will see it says it seems to start soon after taking pred - and is dose dependent. The elderly man with PMR mentioned in the article took 100mg/day over a period of 3 months. I'm really not surprised he had problems! The child is a case report - there may have been another reason.

Now MY memory problems were as much due to PMR as pred - they existed during the 5 years of PMR without pred. They have disappeared over the years of being on pred - only resurfacing if I'm having a flare.

While Wiki is very useful - it is not peer-reviewed or monitored in any way and is not entirely reliable. As MrsN says - Dr Google isn't ALWAYS the best source of information.

[Stroppymoo in reply to PMRpro]

That's a relief. I was having trouble pronouncing words when I was on 10mg and 15mg. Still felt foggy though till I got to 6mg. 6mg and the pains came back. So 10mg for 3 days and then back to 7mg, will try reduction later.