... anywhere. I never did gain any significant amount of weight after that first HUGE jump. Finally after trying for a long time without success to taper down on the prednisone I was able to get down to 10 mg. a day. I stayed on that dose for years and eventually went down to 5 mg. a day which I am still at now. ... (5 replies)

... Well, just an update I guess. I've been on 40 gm prednisone for the past 6 days and I think I"m slowly noticing some improvements. ... (4 replies)

... Greetings all; I am a new member in my mid-40’s; I was diagnosed in late 2000. Original complaints included major fatigue (can you say “chronic fatigue syndrome”?) and joint and muscle problems. I am (was?) a runner, and my feet would go to “sleep” and be numb while I was running. Since then I’ve had some cognitive involvement which has severely interrupted my... (15 replies)

... cell count and am taking 60 mg of prednisone, 3 pills a day of 20mg after every meal. right now as an effect of that i cant sleep, and i just read somewhere that prednisone makes it hard to sleep unless you take it in the morning so ill be talking to one of my 5 doctors about that. ... (6 replies)

... x's a week. I'm now on a lower dose of prednisone but am on a couple other meds now too. My doctor told me that at 10 mgs the appetite should get back to normal. ... (4 replies)