Droped to 20 on pred and symptoms returing?

My moonface is terrible. Kind of like the "Supermoon" that was in the news the other day. Now 13% larger than your average full moon.

So are baked beans ok. They are navy beans

I use aquaphor always on tattoos. I have found it works best

Well, let's hope for the best, both in the extra week at a higher dose, and your slower taper attempt this time. As, if you cannot taper off of pred then that likely means you are "steroid dependent" (cannot stay where you are symptom wise without the presence of pred). And if that is indeed the case then you must adjust your other meds (must either add more meds, or increase dosages or frequencies of your current meds) before it is even possible to get off of the pred.

I am currently on my second attempt at getting off of pred. I failed to get off of it in April of this year, added more 6mp was at 50mgs a day and now at 75 mgs a day. Gave it a couple months to build up in my system. This Monday I started a 5mg taper (from 30mgs down to 25mgs a day). My body was angry for three days straight (the day I dropped the dose and two days after that). I went from 1-2 predicable, non-urgent bms first thing in the morning, to an urgent 6 time a day thing, pretty much scattered bms throughout the entire day. Luckily, today things are finally back to normal symptom wise. I am staying here for a total of 14 days until I drop another 5mgs. Taking it real slow. Then slower still from the 20mg point forward (2.5 mg drops at a time). Doc says Remi for me if I cannot get off pred this time... fun stuff. If I can get off pred this time (6 months and counting) then I think I am going to celebrate, dance around a burning pile of my leftover pred pills and bottles, and get wasted or something

scum1 said...
So are baked beans ok. They are navy beans

Probably.

I used to be concerned about pred zero but when I started the 2nd attempt with a whole lotta navy it was easy to take 10 to 15mg whacks every 5 days.

Started 60 or 70 this time, was down to 25 within a week but got a little sleepy and tough week so went 30 for two days, can get to 20 over weekend will wfh fri and mon so 4 days of no commuting plus the mega project is done. Then every 5 days drop 10 but linger at 5 PLUS 2 pills of Raw Adrenals every single day through 2 weeks past pred zero.

No concerns the adrenals will wake up, key is to only lightly load them until they get back to full strength and become very elastic again. Normally the can go from 10mg per day to producing 100mg cortisol but that can take months so its ok even after pred zero to take some weeks later if injured or just getting killed at work. Key is dont get adrenal fatigue going again. RS heals, reduces the inflammation and therefore the load on them.

Dude35 said...
I'm tapering down too and am at 25 mg. The tapering makes me constantly tired. I could sleep 12 hours straight right now if I didn't have to work. I went from sleepless to always sleepy when I went from 30mg to 25mg. I have a slight moon face but not too bad.

ok the cure for the tired is Yohimbine.

Just started my day with coffee and almond muffins with 2 Raw Adrenals ( vitamin A and crushed bovine ).

No pred first 30 minutes after rising as that is when your body needs to squirt out its one cortisol. Now I will take pred 10mg hit weightroom before liver converts it and it makes my arteries stiff.

Breakfast with beans then 10mg more as I settle into work, but wfh today so maybe just 5 more after that, 5 less tomorrow. Then ride the weekend at 20mg.

Yohimibine HCI - Vasodilating not constricting and hits your CNS keeps you going like 40mg pred used to.

I must say the Raw Adrenals plus coffee makes me feel like someone just plugged me in and switched me ON. Slept great and now ready to crank out some Performance Tuning work and call it a day by noon.

Post Edited (aguywithuc) : 6/28/2013 6:48:24 AM (GMT-6)

scum1 said...
canadagal I wish it was this weekend but it is July 29th. That will have been 8 weeks from my last dose. I still have high hopes but it's gonna be a long 4 weeks. You are already down to 10 mg! Great for you.

aguywithuc I think I'll move my pred from first thing in the am till noon time. I take meds 4 times a day and usually I split the Pred into 2 morning doses. Raw Adrenals? Tell me more

Yes I read allow the adrenals to wake up each morning, first 30 minutes after rising they need to 'try' to do their job.

I felt good for hours but remembered headaches and such will come if you stop too long so a few hours later I took 20mg, take my last 5 in a bit as I want to be rev'd up first half of day then start chilling out early since its friday and I have worked a 3rd MAXIMUM EFFORT week in a row.

Raw adrenals has good stuff in it :
- Vitamin A, recent study from Irish team shows it controls cytokines in gut, toggling of inflammatory ones and toggling on healing ones
- Raw bovine crushed adrenals that were all organic healthy no mad-cow, supposed to help the adrenals repair
- Must have a little cortisol in there, I feel it, and probably the cortisol stimulating hormone pituitary sends to the adrenals to make them work.
- I used it when I am beginning the taper and it works great, allowing pred to go to zero but keeping the Raw Adrenals going for 2 weeks after that.

Cheap - like 7 bucks Vitamin Shoppe. First time I took them I felt like someone plugged me in and switched me ON.

Well I hope I can make it. I have a New Orleans vacation in mid July! I am going to enjoy myself no matter what!

Dropping to 20 mg today. I can't take anymore of the Prednisone crazy.

Dropped from 20 to 10 today, was as high as 60 and 70 4 weeks ago. Sure do sleep a lot while dropping pred, naps yesterday and today. Got yohimbine going and will ride the mountain bike and lift before dinner.

hope your 20 goes well...
I dropped to 5 today - yahoo!!! another week to go! getting about 6hrs per night now.. but i also drop for naps left right and center... Feeling a little narcoleptic, lol!

No sleep for me last night. Got that pounding heart going feeling like it's gonna jump out of my chest. At least it feels like that but mp BP is fine and my pulse rate in fine. darn Pred     On the plus side spent the day with my daughter at a lake where she was learning scuba diving. No restrooms even close and a good 60 mile drive to get there. I made it safely there and back with no issues. My colon is far from being right but no urgency and only 3 or 4 bms per day.

Post Edited (scum1) : 7/8/2013 6:28:21 AM (GMT-6)