Being selfish it’s all about me

[Osteoqueen]

I am sorry to talk about me in these awful times. I am tapering and now at 4mg. My son has a chest infection. Long story short I took 4 of his 5mg tablets last night by mistake. I am so angry as I am so stupid!!! Can i go back to 4mg tomorrow?

[Blearyeyed]

5mg of what?

[Yellowbluebell in reply to Blearyeyed]

Assuming pred? YBB

[Hunter134]

I think thats fine.I ve gone up a mg and went back down.

[HeronNS]

You will probably feel fantastic tomorrow! hope your son still has enough tablets.

[Hidden]

As heronNS says....you will probably have a flying day and can drop straight down tomorrow. As long as there's enough for your son....you may have to replace some??

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Yes, no problem at all - just enjoy a very good day!!!

[jinasc]

It is not all about you and you are not selfish.

You had a genuine question and were looking for an answer and it needed to be asked so you regain peace of mind and avoid stress and anxiety.

Next time you have a question - do not post you are selfish..........you are not.

[Hidden]

Believe me...it was a nice change of pace to answer a non covid question!

[Sollymo]

Reading this actually made me chuckle ! It’s exactly the sort of thing I could see myself doing even while trying to be extra careful ! You probably carefully counted four and not three . It would SO easy to do . Obviously no harm done from all the expert replies . It made my day knowing I’m not the only one . Hope you had a good day anyway -or at least an ok one !😊

[Osteoqueen]

Can thank you all enough for your responses you really put my mind at rest.

My gp recently retired so a couple of surgeries have merged. When I asked for my usual tablets the doctor said he couldnt believe I am still on steroids for nearly 3 years. That is was terrible. I felt awful I have been trying to taper and came off them last November but I couldn’t cope as tapered too fast.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Osteoqueen]

You didn't taper "too fast", you tapered too far and too soon.

And that GP needs educating. Work from the Mayo and former top PMR/GCA rheumy found the average duration of pred management for PMR is just under 6 years:

medpagetoday.org/rheumatolo...

The link to the original paper is at the bottom.