I'm experimenting with trying to take Pred at different times to see if I can lessen the effects of insomnia. Thanks to a recommendation from PMRCanada, I recently bought some gel capsules from a company in the USA called Capsuline and have tried taking the Pred in them before I go to bed around midnight to have a delayed release effect.
I don't think they are working brilliantly for me, I think the Pred is still kicking in around 2 hours later at 3am and I'm still struggling to sleep - it does say the effect varies from person to person. But thought they might be worth a try for others. On the other hand, I wake up feeling much better than if I take the Pred at 9am when I wake up, presumably because the timing concides with the inflammation that hits our bodies about 4am. I shall persevere. They were quite pricey about £35 and I had to pay about £30 air freight on top so about £65 altogether but that's for 1000 which works out about 6.5p each and might be worth a try especially for those of you in the USA where postage will be less. You can get ordinary gel capsules in the UK on Amazon etc but the enteric ones work out much more expensive per unit. Presumably being enteric you don't need to worry about taking them with a stomach-sparer but I still take with a bit of food to be on the safe side.
The link is :
capsuline.com/products/caps...
I got size 0 which are slightly smaller but still hold 6 tablets easily