Anyone ever felt "down" after getting off Prednisone?

Weird question but I was wondering if anyone here has ever felt sad or anything while getting off prednisone.  I haven't been on it for long--maybe a little over a month--and it seems like everytime I have tapered the dose, I feel tired and a little bit sad. 

However, the past couple of weeks I have felt really sad and I even started crying at work today--embarassing huh!

Anyhow, just wondering if this part of tapering or maybe just a "rut" in my life right now.

Thanks!

ABsolutely from prednisone most likely. It is a powerful drug and makes for a rollercoaster ride. Taper very gradulally and hang on tight and you will get through it.

I know what you mean. I have been so busy with my family and everything else. And one day I was like gosh why am I so tired and sluggish in mood. and then it hit me! And I actually was happy to realize that it was because I had stopped the predinsone about 3 weeks prior. I usually feel ok after about 6-8 weeks. Hang in there and hopefully you are feeling well! I am usually on pred. for 6 months and although I taper really slow I never really feel like myself until about 2 months of being off of it.

I felt the same when i took preds.it wreaks havoc with your emotions,laughed a lot, cried a lot,ate a lot . Especially when tapering found my emotions to be totally out of control at times.I suppose that's the price we pay for using such dangerous meds to get us to remission,we wouldn't be using them if they were not effective,I suppose.I'm lucky in the sense that preds have always brought my problems into remission, it's the maintenance therapy that's not very effective for me. My disease always seems to be bubbling just below the surface and a bad day is always just waiting to happen,i think that is common for a lot of us.
Sorry I digressed a bit,hope you will start feeling better soon

The first time I took prednisone I thought I was going insane. I would just rock back and forth crying hysterically for hours while my mind was spinning through everything that might possibly go wrong in my life.

My doctor quickly prescripted Zoloft to counteract the effects of it, so if the feelings don't go away, you might ask your doc about that. I didn't stay on the Zoloft long, probably only a month or two, but it was enough time to let my body adjust to that wave of prednisone coming and going.

It's the Pred. It will stop.

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Thanks everyone! 

I took my last dose of Pred on Saturday morning.  

I did see my Internist today and she said Prednisone can have all kinds of side effects.  She also said if my Scleritis flares up again I should be on an immunosuppressive (she said the name but I cannot remember it) and she said it is a scary drug.  Now THAT scares me!