sleepy on prednesone?

I had been on Uceris (and rowasa)for a year. i thought it was great since my poops went down to about 4 times in the morning, though never solid. My doctor said I am still flairing. He told me to get off uceris and to take a short regimine of prednesone. I started on 40mgs in the morning last monday and this past monday went down to 30mgs as prescribed. So far I am about the same as far as the U.C.(and no solid poops), but I am so fatigued and napping about 3 hours after taking the pred... I know this is weird since most people can't sleep well on pred. Two questions please.....should I have seen any improvement (i.e. solid poops) after a week on pred? Did anybody have to take pred. at night to avoid the fatigue and sleeping during the day?

thank you for getting back to me. I do go to a gastreonterologist. I was much worse before the uceris, which i been taking with the rowasa and llialda. Trouble is whenever i would taper off the uceris, my u.c. came back with a vengence. I was working full time, and long commute, both not too doable with UC. Now I still take rowasa and llialda with the prenisone. luckily I just retired, but i am knocked out from taking the prednisone! Maybe take half dose in a.m. and half in pm? Who gets fatigued on Prednisone? Well at least it's not making the UC worse, just not better so far. Again, I appreciate your reponse.

Yes, I did feel fatigued when on Prednisone. I attributed it to my age (69), and the fact that the Prednisone made my legs feel so weak and heavy. So I would just rest in the afternoons or sit and put my legs up when I could. However, Islso had problems sleeping at night too but even now that I'm off Prednisone I still have problems sleeping. I think it's an individual thing but that's just my opinion.