Prednisone tapering = nausea?

I've been on the evil that is Prednisone since April. I am in the final stages of tapering and have been doing okay-ish with it until I dropped from 10mg to 5mg. Since then, I have been plagued with horrible nausea that is making it hard to function. I was also pretty flared yesterday and going way more than I should have been, but it seems to have settled down today. I do not feel sick otherwise (no fever, etc) so I don't think I have a virus or anything.

Has anyone else had issues with nausea when tapering off the pred? Did I drop too far? Maybe should do 7.5mg instead of the drop to 5mg? My doctor is not entirely supportive of me tapering off now, but I have been on it since the beginning of April and I need to get off it...it's making me crazy. :(

Help?

Oh great. I was afraid that's what it was. Thanks for the reply. *steels self for a rough few weeks*

When I got to 10 I tapered to 7.5, then 5, then 2.5. I had to go back up to 10 a couple of times because my body needed a bit more time to adjust. The trouble is that our natural level is about 10, so you have to taper slowly so that your adrenal gland kicks in and starts producing the steroid equivalent. It may take time to do this, so I would taper slower and see how you do. The effect of 10 is not so bad. A lot of people here are on 10 for years, not just months - awful though that seems.

Granted I haven't been able to completely taper off in the year and a half straight that I've been on it, but everytime we've tried, my rheumy has had me decrease 1 mg at a time, once I get below 10 mg.  Any more than that and I really notice a big difference.  Try tapering more slowly.