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Posted 2/18/2013 11:19 PM (GMT 0)
I have been prednisone free for about a month now. Bms are mostly formed but I do get occasional blood...could be from hemmie a but I really dont know. Feel bloated at night and still gaining weight. Little over a week ago, my first external hemmie cropped up. No pain or itch, just a knot on my rectum.

Of course with the end of prednisone came the end of energy. Not only that, but haven't had a hot flash in quite sometime nor have I had a period.

Is it normal to miss prednisone? I miss that clear energy feeling. Guess it is called a drug for a reason.
Posted 2/18/2013 11:32 PM (GMT 0)
prednisone is evil.
Posted 2/19/2013 12:04 AM (GMT 0)

46&crashing said...

Is it normal to miss prednisone? I miss that clear energy feeling. Guess it is called a drug for a reason.

Thou shalt not coveth predinsone!
Posted 2/19/2013 12:10 AM (GMT 0)
covet

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Posted 2/19/2013 12:40 AM (GMT 0)
Are you opposed to rectal meds? Might help with the urgency.
Posted 2/19/2013 1:00 AM (GMT 0)
I've never heard of anyone missing prednisone. This is not normal.
Posted 2/19/2013 1:01 AM (GMT 0)

bananagirl said...
I've never heard of anyone missing prednisone. This is not normal.

she's possessed, throw some holy water on her.

lol
Posted 2/19/2013 1:05 AM (GMT 0)
I understand. I spent much of the Fall semester on high dose Prednisone and was bale to function very well on only 4 hours of sleep a night with my very busy 3 year old & running my business. Once I got donw to the 20 -15 mg point on my wean - the energy was gone & I was burnt out.

I've had two runs with Prednisone thus far... both produced varying side effects. Now - I'm supposed to start my 3rd run at my highest dose ever & not sure that I want to follow through with it...
Posted 2/19/2013 2:16 AM (GMT 0)
Sherbear46, I don't have urgency issues at the moment.

Musicmaker516, I had it going on when I was on Pred! My house was clean. Fabulous meals were cooked. I was productive at work. I could multitask like mad! Now I seem to always be behind and I never have enough sleep. I am not depressed or anything like that.

I know it is evil stuff, but my body is craving it! I need to be dunked in holy water!
Posted 2/19/2013 2:16 PM (GMT 0)
Seriously? As I'm hating the pred @ 40mg right now. I am starting a slow taper in 1.5 weeks and I am psyched, stoked, and all together excited to get off of it. I've been on it since early january and can't say I'm a fan of the insomnia, the low blood pressure, and other random junk it throws at me.

I never got an consistent burst of energy due to pred. It was more like I'll just get a little fidgety while sitting on the couch. Or I end up pacing around the house for a little bit till it wanes. haha can't say I suddenly had a burst of energy to do something grand tongue
Posted 2/19/2013 2:47 PM (GMT 0)
Sorry saw urgency instead of energy. Geez lack of sleep really messes with you.
Posted 2/19/2013 3:11 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah, the prednisone mania is actually pretty awesome at first. I wrote all of my grad school applications in like two days, WHILE having 20 BMs/day, and only getting like three hours of sleep per night... it was great. But I only feel that way above 40 mg/day and the other side effects are obviously not worth it. I'd rather have a strong cup of coffee :)
Posted 2/20/2013 9:33 PM (GMT 0)
I used to accomplish a lot around the house while on prednisone.
But the appetite, weight gain and moon face sucked.
Posted 2/20/2013 11:05 PM (GMT 0)
I miss Pred at times when I'm not on it.... For sure... But it always has to do with how much I get accomplished while on it vs. off it :)

I'm sure many others that had "the good side effects" think about it as well from time to time.
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