I'm doing ok too - on 9mg tapering to 8.5. Some low days, and still a bit knackered, but generally not too bad. I used to have v watery eyes too. Still do, but that has definitely improved as the pred dose has decreased. Eye screening on Tues was encouraging. Fingers crossed!
Ron, be careful with your reduction! You said you're on "6 going to 5 soon" and now you're saying 4.5mg. If you drop too quickly and have a flare, you'll have to increase the dose to who knows how much. What does PMRpro say? "It's not slow if it works" and "It's not a race to Club Zero"
You're the one who needs to have a care!
See you at the meet-up in Ilkley, all being well. (With hat in December weather!)
I do come down by 0.5mg at a time, but rather than doing it by timing, I sort of 'fly by the seat of my pants'. Very slow and cautious.
I stay at a dose until I've felt ok on it for a while - less fatigue - and then I try coming down by more or less the Dead Slow Nearly Stop method, but 'playing it by ear' a bit. For example, if I've got anything on I'll stay at 9mg for an extra day or more: and if I'm having a quiet patch and feel ok, I'll go down to 8.5 for a day or two extra. Sometimes I try alternate days for a while. It takes weeks! Eventually I'll get to being on 8.5 all the time, and then will start the same process with 8.5 to 8mg.
If I feel really ill I might go up a mg for a few days.
It seems to work ok. The biggest problem is the fatigue, which I keep hoping will go away, but is taking its time and tends to get worse after a drop. Plan is to have another v quiet winter and then be noticeably fitter by next summer. As usual, fingers crossed.
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