weight gain

Hello, this is the first time I've posted in this forum so I greatly appreciate any feedback or suggestions. I'm a 33 yo female diagnosed with UC 12/11 and pretty much have been in hell since then. I've been on prednisone since my diagnosis on varying doses in addition to asacol, remicade, imuran, allipurinol, enemas and humira. I've lost a ton of hair so had to chop it because of how thin it became. about 6 weeks ago I was hospitalized because my condition was so bad. Since my discharge from the hospital, my symptoms have actually improved but I've gained 14 pounds in 5 weeks which is clearly very concerning and upsetting. At my highest dose of prednisone (60 mg) I never gained this much; currently on my taper at 15 mg and weekly 40 mg humira intentions. My Dr says when I'm off the prednisone the weight will drop, but it doesn't make sense that I've gained so much in such a short time while tapering and continue to gain while eating normally and being active. This is SO miserable! I am very happy to finally have some symptom relief, but I'm 5 feet and this is insane. Thanks for any help.

I gained weight crazy fast on prednisone. Like 5 lbs a week. Obviously I wasn't consuming enough to gain that much, but I WAS hungrier than normal so that didn't help. I'm sitting here almost 6 months later and still haven't lost the weight. My flare is under control as of two months ago, and I'm eating normally again. I don't know why the weight isn't coming off. I was a size 8 before starting the prednisone and now I'm a 14. I'm almost thankful it didn't work for me because my doctor said there's no point in me trying it again (I had some pretty bad side effects from it, not just the weight gain). I figure it will come of sooner or later. I'm trying not to stress. But I AM refusing to buy clothes in this size. I have two pairs of jeans my mom gave me and I'm wearing my boyfriend's t-shirts. LOL