Aggression and steroids

I know Pred is giving me bad aggression. Now I'm on Uceris and while it keeps my colon in check I'm experiencing a bad episode of aggression again. Man I could punch myself for being like this.

Anyone else here having this issue on Budesonid?

It's definitely a side effect....one reason I'll never take pred.

How much pred are you still on?

It's good you're recognising that you're having those symptoms....but for now, mayybe the doc can give you something like Ativan to help level out some of the aggression?

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No no guys I'm on Uceris not on Pred anymore. My question was it Budesonide does it to you too?

I haven't been bleeding lately and stool was formed so no.

omg, I was on 6 months of prednisone, and I tapered off. months after, I could feel so aggressive and paranoid, I felt ppl were out to get me, I yelled at my sister in law so badly ....the first time ever I wld never do that despite how bad she is.

I've never been on Pred nor Uceris, but any type of steroid can induce the "'roid" rage. I was was on hydrocortisone enemas for about a year and I had to refrain, literally FORCE myself, not to kill people for being idiots.

When the aggression hits, take a deep breath...count to 10 and see if it helps.

aguywithuc said...

I actually hit the guy. I was on pred Feb/Mar this year and despite anemic and in no condition to fight ( heck my left hand lacked blood supply from head on crash due to other driver ) I lost it with a guy in front of me on a country road. He got to the stop sign and we both needed to go right, pretty easy huh ? He kept looking right while creeping then would slow and look left, over and over again and the last time I thought surely the wimp will go now....he slowed again and I banged him through - that freaked me out because I was not expecting contact. He sped of so I acted like nothing happened and following him at a safe distance.

Thousands of instances similar and the rental while my truck was in repair was a rocket sled and I passed everybody on the interstate into denver - fueled by PREDNISONE. Some biker dude peed his pants and got angry so he caught up to me at 80 mph hour hollering for me to pull over and fight - I hollered back to 'take the bus if your afraid to drive' - LOL.

You should probably avoid driving when on pred if it affects you that much. Bikers usually only get that angry if you nearly kill them and being responsible for taking someones life just because you could not control your own feelings would not be fun to live with.

Road rage is in your head. Steroids don't take a level headed person and make them aggressive.

I know what I speak of as well. If your attackin people maybe you need to practice more self control.

He has some clue. If you look at studies on anabolic steroids those who become aggressive/overly emotional are usually those that don't have that much of a fuse to start with. Those that see themselves as alfa males will become even more so while others might not be affected as much.

But I think the main point is that you are responsible for your actions and just as someone with UC scouts for the closest toilets, prepares special diets etc. they also need to train and prepare for side effects from medication if they cannot handle it.

It is not reasonable to almost kill people in traffic or attack them. If you are at risk then you need to talk to a psychologist/therapist that can give you tools to handle your emotions.

I'm not saying that you are not affected by pred. I'm saying that you should train and get the tools you need to control it.

beatUC said...
apparently some of our meds cause judgmental, moronic posts to appear!

Why do you feel the need to insult me?

It is not reasonable to almost kill people in traffic or attack people and you can get help with that if that happens to you. Going to a therapists is not shameful and aggression is towards other people is not something you should just ignore.

And in what way am I judging? I'm not saying it is not happening, I'm just saying that it is your responsibility to at least try to do something to prevent you hurting other people.

Of course some people are badly affected by pred through no fault of their own. A small percentage will become psychotic. Yes, once you have been on it and understand, you should take steps but you may be unlucky enough to have to discover all this for yourself and it is not until you are down from the hypomania that you realise what happened.

I deeply resent medics for never warning me about the mental health side effects of pred. I have acted so out of character on it and lost friends, and as a youngster in my early 20s with no such thing as the net, I had no idea why. Scarily, I now work in primary care mental health and most of my colleagues outside of psychiatry don't know about the mental health effects.

On my most recent pred round, which was happily a few years back, I took the decision to not drive as I knew it put me and others at risk because I would drive around like a thing from Grandtheftauto. Even when I drove when tapering on a low dose I felt irritated and angry and wanted to drive fast - I am the calmest driver in the world usually, let everyone in etc..