why am I awake :(

Ok when I said I could not wait for the energy to clean my house, being up and doing it at 3 am is not what I had in mind LOL! So just how early do I need to take this darn Pred. so I can actually sleep at night! I must say though I think I am starting to feel a little better, kind of hard to tell though because I had a CT yesterday and all that barrium drink made me deathly ill I swear I still smell and taste it every time I breathe UGGGGG!

I had to get a prescription sleeping pill from my doctor for a short while while I was on really high dose pred - I was bouncing off the walls...and started getting really cranky! It improved once I began to taper, and then the pills were not needed. My doctor was somewhat hesitant to prescribe a sleep aid, but figured it wouldn't do any harm for a short duration. It was very helpful.
I hope things improve soon for you!

Bev

monkeychic -

When I am on this less-than-wonderful medication, I too was up most of the night. I ended up taking it at 5:00 in the morning to allow me to get to bed at a decent time. I guess I need to also confess something here. I was supposed to start out on eight of those darn things... could not take more than four! They completely gork my system waaaaaaay out. So four at 5 a.m it was, then three, then two, then one. I also ended up asking doctor for sleep aide for the time I was on it. That helped immensely.

Good luck!