Prendisilone

[ellie-smith-1948]

I've been taking prendisilone tablets for 2 days for a chest infection,I am taking them with an antibiotic called doxycycline and just can't seem to sleep,I still have another 3 days of the coarse left,any suggestions

[piglette]

I have been taking prednisolone for eighteen months and one of the side effects is insomnia. I listen to the BBC world service.

[Lupylass]

I take prednisilone first thing in the morning when I'm on it.

Depending on the size of the dose it either stops me sleeping or gives me whacky dreams. It's just part of the drug side effects unfortunately. 😒

[whitleybayfc in reply to Lupylass]

Ive been on pred for 2 years ,its the devils drug,helps with vasculitis though,its a trade off unfortunately.Im in 9mg now with weekly injections of 25mg of methotrexate,to be honest the mtx makes me feel worse than pred.

[orsen-trapp in reply to whitleybayfc]

Me too. My rheumy's just agreed I can try the MTX injections to see if that will help minimise the stomach side-effects. I actually liked being on high dose Pred - pity it's not a long-term option

[Lupylass in reply to orsen-trapp]

I prefer methotrexate to prednisilone. With methotrexate I can feel unwell the day after but the rest of the time I'm fortunate enough to feel great.

I'm lucky in that respect.

[ellie-smith-1948 in reply to Lupylass]

O well such is life

[ellie-smith-1948 in reply to orsen-trapp]

Yeh you do get a bit of a buzz,being a child of the sixties I could recommend better medication that really does give u a buzz,unfortunately they are illegal

[Kat13 in reply to orsen-trapp]

I've never heard anyone else say that but I also liked being on high dose steroids. Not a long term solution for sure but I did very well with it.

[ellie-smith-1948 in reply to whitleybayfc]

Sorry to hear that I hope things improve,what about taking a sleeping tablet,like mogodon,its sort of related to diazapines,Valium,so short term use only,there's another one called zopeclone,mite help maybe

[ellie-smith-1948 in reply to Lupylass]

Wacky dreams I think I'm wacky enough thanks for the info

[Hidden]

Do you take your pred early in the morning? If not, I should try it. I've been on Pred since September 2014. Started at 40mg. Now reduced down to 10mg. Have no problems sleeping, but I take them at 5am with breakfast. My Methotrexate injections have just been reduced from 25ml to 20ml because of elevated liver enzyme. I get the most awful mouth pain, sore lips, gums, tongue and inflamed cheeks inside. Also get deafness in my left ear. Injection Thursday evening, everything starts up on Saturday until Tuesday evening. Wednesday and Thursday, no problems.

[ellie-smith-1948 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for that I will start taking them earlier in the morning