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Posted 1/13/2009 1:06 AM (GMT 0)
I have been on Prednisone for almost 5 months starting at 60mg for the first 3 months, and weaning off for the past 2, I will be finished in about 2 weeks, and I was wondering if anyone knew how it takes for the 'moonface' and stuff to go away?
Posted 1/13/2009 1:12 AM (GMT 0)
The weight issues will go away quickly, my moon face was gone within 2 months after I stopped.

Muscle/tendon weakness takes a loonggg time to go away. 5 months may not have been long enough for any sort of damage to have been done, but I struggled with leg weakness for a while.  

Posted 1/13/2009 1:15 AM (GMT 0)
Hi I noticed a difference in a few days good for you getting off pred. hope things go good. lol gail
Posted 1/13/2009 2:30 AM (GMT 0)
I usually feel prednisone-free about two months after. I feel better as the days go on, but never really feel "rid" of it until about two months after the taper is completed.

You're on the home stretch!
Posted 1/13/2009 3:02 AM (GMT 0)
Like the others said, to really feel pred-free it takes a month or two. Ah, moonface...
Posted 1/13/2009 4:01 AM (GMT 0)
I've been off of it since August, I've still got the weight I put on unfortunately. For me it's been like losing any weight, quite difficult. Just didn't fall off of me or anything! The hunger, extra energy, and mood swings left quite quickly. I was lucky enough to not get the moon face.
Posted 1/13/2009 2:45 PM (GMT 0)
I have been off Pred since January 2nd, and I found the side effects went away fairly quickly. I know it takes a month or so for my skin and hair to go back to normal. Good luck!
Posted 1/13/2009 3:25 PM (GMT 0)
It depends on how long you have been on it. I have been on and off for years. If I am ever lucky enough to get off completely again, my doctor wants me to wear my medic alert bracelet for a full year after. Just to be safe in case of an emergency. But that is an extreme case since I have been on prednisone for the better part of 15 years. The weight gain and moon face go away a lot faster than the suppressed adrenal gland.
Posted 1/13/2009 5:27 PM (GMT 0)
i am going of the steroids in 3 weeks i have been on them since 10. nov sure hope i get my face back soon..

here is a pic of me taken last weekend (serious moon face)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7nYaaj2g_ew/SWzOJB37WYI/AAAAAAAAASc/VRwe3-ox1P8/s1600-h/Picture+026.jpg

and here i am in the end of October with my baby poodle :)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7nYaaj2g_ew/ST***m8PQkI/AAAAAAAAAN4/8wJhjOudBUU/s1600-h/disaogcharly.jpg

i sure hope i will get my face back i like it a lot :P
Posted 1/17/2009 2:52 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for your answers :)
This is my first time being on predisone, and so I wasn't really sure what to expect.

Isergodur: I am also wanting my face back, seriouly, looking in the mirror and not knowing who is looking back at me is getting old, and I also miss my face, im tired of being so swollen.
Posted 1/17/2009 3:06 AM (GMT 0)
awwww moon face gotta love it .... that is the worse part ... i think ...
Posted 1/17/2009 3:26 AM (GMT 0)
I still have my moon face and have been off Prednisone for about 6 months! I still feel a little "crazy" in my head too. Maybe this is the way it's going to be.
Posted 1/18/2009 12:45 AM (GMT 0)
I have been off pred for a little over two weeks. My face is beginning to lose the "moon cheeks", but like Cutie said, I still feel kind of crazy in my head. I have been somewhat depressed as well and I wonder if that may have something to do with it. I was on prednisone for almost a year, more on than off.
Posted 1/18/2009 2:31 AM (GMT 0)
daisyrambler: The moon face is bad, but for me it was the horrible stretch marks i now have on my upper arms and armpits and stomach that are the worst, the moon face is starting to go down a bit, but the stretch marks are forever :(

Cutie: 6 months and you still have a moon face?? wow! how long where you on it for?

indigosunrise: almost a year, i thought 6 months was long, I think I would go crazy if I had to be on it longer, from what I have been reading it takes a few months to get back to normal, goodluck!
Posted 1/18/2009 2:36 AM (GMT 0)
I was on it from November 07 to July 08---I guess something else is wrong
Posted 1/19/2009 3:57 AM (GMT 0)
o yeah sunshine .... you are right the stretch marks are the worst ... cause they are forever ... I have them on my upper arms and stomach too
dang ... love to hate pred ...
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