can't sleep on Prednisone

I ALWAYS took ALL of my dose in morning. Never in evening. More effective earlier too. Maybe change timing if you are doing a later dose?

I always took pred in the morning but I was unable to sleep regardless. I had to use Ambien or another sleep aid to get any rest. Staying on prednisone longterm has very bad effects on your body. I definitely wouldn't even consider it an option. There are a lot of other medications that are much safer for longterm use.

There is a post on the top of the main page of the forum here called "Resources". There's a post in there that goes through a lot of the treatment options. You should take a look to get an idea of what's out there.

Welcome to HW. I hope you're feeling better soon.

The eariler in the am you take all your pred, the better chance you will have sleeping at night. Good luck!!

I am on 40 mg of Pred right now and feel great, other than sleep deprivation. I am not suffering the night sweats that I did a year ago with Pred though. I am going on night 3 of no real sleep, just 15 min cat naps. I shut my eyes only to be wide awake 15 min later. I am taking my entire dose first thing in the morning also, I just think this is how it affects me. I have been taking a .25 Xanax but I dont think its strong enough to keep me sleeping so tonight, it's a warm bath an a full .5.

Wish me luck!

Klonipan helped me. Also a supplement known as ZMA -- google ZMA and sleep. Maybe it can help you, but I did nto take it on pred.

Trying to bring back this thread. I took 40 mg of pred in the am and I am wide awake and it's midnight! I can't stop moving and can't relax. I even took two bebedryl and nothing. I have to be up in 5 hours and it's going to be a long day without any sleep. Suggestions? It's one horrible situation of living in the bathroom or another horrible situation of living without sleep. Right now I don't want to take my morning pred dose. If I only took it one day do I still need to taper? I'm miserable either way.

I'm on 40 my right now, I take little xanax before bed, and. Lavender oil on my skin and sleep fine, I'm on day five , finally my bleeding has stopped, my fissure it healing , no gut spasms.

I called the doc and they told me it's just a side effect and unfortunately I'll have to deal. If I want a deep aid, I'll have to call my primary. I don't mind calling my primary and I'm sure she'd scribe something, but what's bothering me now is that the doc prob thinks I'm being annoying. Last time I was on flagyl I called for stuff to help with nausea - it was horrible. He was fine with that and he always seems nice. But this time he had the nurse practitioner call and she was like - I talked to him and he said no.

Last night I took a trazadone I had from a while back and it worked beautifully but I don't wanna take that without asking first. Should I call my primary?

Also, doc said on Mon he would have his staff schedule a scope for me soon so we can see what's going on. And it's now Thursday and I haven't heard. Again, I hate to call back, but I'd rather do the procedure sooner than later so he can get in there and see what's going on before it heals over. He says he's going to be able to stage where I'm at no matter when he looks. Do I call back and annoy them again tomorrow, maybe, if I don't hear anything ?

I'm 30 mg a day I take in morning. I sleep good enough. Makes me wake up to pee but I usually go right back to sleep.