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Posted 6/27/2011 11:47 PM (GMT 0)
What kind if memory problems have you had using long term prednisone? I have found nothing except for prednisone to help with my pain. I started at 30 mg for 2 month's and weaned down to 5 mg a day which i will try to stay on and hope the pain does not return. So far it has been about a year that i have been on it. My memory and thought process suck! Please share some of your experiences.
Posted 6/28/2011 2:43 AM (GMT 0)
Some people say they have memory issues on it. I've had all kinds of memory issues over the years but never from pred thankfully.
Posted 6/28/2011 2:46 AM (GMT 0)
Or at least that I can notice. LOL! When I was on remicade my memory got messed up. Once I went to work where I had been working for several months. I got in the elevator and i could not remember for the life of me what floor I worked on I was so confused. I had to get out and look at the building directory to figure out what floor I needed
Posted 6/28/2011 4:04 AM (GMT 0)
Actually when I am on prednisone my memory seems sharper. It seems after I taper down I get bad memory problems. The time I tapered down from pred and went on remicade I had horrible memory problems. I was going to college at the time and considered quitting as I just couldn't do the work. I couldn't grasp new concepts well anymore. I also would be driving down the road and suddenly forget where I was going. I would have to pull over and think about it until I remembered. It resolved after I went off remicade. I do think the many courses of prednisone over the years have reduced my short term memory combined with menopause of course and now I am a real ditz. :-)
Posted 6/29/2011 9:02 PM (GMT 0)
I had problems when I was in highschool after being on prednisone for about 5 months. We had to learn poems then recite them in front of the class. I didn't have any problems until I was taking prednisone, but I was pretty sick at that point so the memory problems may have been caused by the sleepless nights and just general exhaustion that I was going through at that time.
Posted 6/29/2011 9:33 PM (GMT 0)
I've been having memory problems for several years, it just seems to be getting worse. I don't know if it's from prednisone use, pregnancy/mommy brain, or who knows what. I had an mri last year to check for MS since that runs in my family and I was having more memory problems my pcp wanted to rule it out. luckily my mri was all clear and my brain looked healthy.
Posted 6/30/2011 11:28 AM (GMT 0)

I always say I have cotton brain when I was on Pred.  It feels like my head is full of cotton and it takes a long time for any thought to complete.  I was never on Pred for a very long time, but it happened every time.  That on top of how moody I got would make me hate Pred, but it always got me out of the really bad flares quickly.

From talking to some friends, they have it too but to different extremes.

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