Coming off prednisone

I came down to 10 mg today and I feel awful. My thoughts are muddled, I hot and cold, I'm clammy, I'm nauseous. I told my doctor I was having increased frequency in movements and irritation of the anus but no D and he still insisted I go down to 10 mg today. But since I already called him about going down I'm scared to call and complain about these side effects. Usually when I start prednisone I feel these symptoms for a few days but it always goes away after a day or two. I guess I should just tough it out. It is just so hard not to think clearly.

Your body is starting to readjust. I always feel like C r a p when I taper, especially under 15 mg. My doc said that as long as D doesnt come back and the other colitis symptoms don't all come back at once, should be fine. Of course everyone is different, but feeling lousy is pretty well guaranteed. The trick for me is to stabilize before dropping again, no matter how long it takes.

Hmmmm I'm not so sure about doing a "radical drop" of steriods. I successfully came off of prednisone and the only reason I was able to I believe is by how slow I did so. Maybe back up to 15 for a while then 10, 7.5, 5, 2.5. Slow and steady is the trick.

Hes right about it being bad but if you taper fast youre more likely to fail and have to go back up again which in the long run is more time spent in it rather than doing it slow the first time.