I am having great difficulty tapering below 3mg. I am currently on 3mg and haven't any energy. Occasionally, I feel well enough to do a little work around the house for a few hours and it seems that depletes all the energy I have for the day. I am a cardiac patient and have worked out every day for the pasty 23 years and suddenly if I do get on the treadmill for 30 minutes, my energy level is completely depleted for the rest of the day. I need to cardio daily, if I can plow through cardio, will that have any effect on my PMR tapering?
Thank you
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To be honest I’d concentrate on the cardio and forget about reducing Pred for the time being…
Would say your adrenals are stuttering, and remaining at 3mg will give them a fighting chance to catch up… as for housework, a little at a time - and plenty of rest in between…. A little bit of dust matters not , neither does staying at 3mg Pred , but the state of your heart does!
Your current dose of pred is very much in the adrenal insufficiency realm - as you reduce the pred, the adrenal glands must start to produce a top-up batch of cortisol for you to be able to function normally. This doesn't happen overnight, the older you are, the longer it takes.
If I did 3 hours of housework, I'd be in a heap. I'm on more pred and am somewhat younger than you!
As DL says - priorities! And dust should be at the bottom of the list ...
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