Tapering prednisone...when can I see results?!

Personally I think you heard wrong. While the symptoms you mentioned might get a little better usually you're not going to see anything noticeable until you are at an extremely low dosage (like 5mgs or less) or are completely off. Also, prednisone withdrawal symptoms (not the ones you mentioned) often get worse while tapering at the lower dosages.

I saw heart racing, insomnia, and night sweats go away first 30mgs+. Hunger started going away at 15mgs or so, gone by 7mgs or so. Acne started subsiding at maybe 7mgs, but didn't go away until I was off of it fully for a few weeks. Never got moonface.

heyitsmiriam - I've been on prednisone and tapered a number of times, and I can tell you based on my past experiences that I typically notice side effects show themselves completely after about the 3rd week (which is also the first week of tapering down 5mg for me).

Side effects normally last all the way until I finish taking prednisone completely, and then still continue to linger for anywhere from a few weeks to a month or so. I have noticed that they become less and less severe as the dosage decreases though. The most noticeable ones for me were feeling severely hungry, and being unable to sleep at night due to sweating profusely/racing heart. These didn't necessarily occur every single night, but maybe two or three times per week.

Again, based on my past experience, you should notice a difference (meaning less severity) at 10mg and below. If I was still experiencing side affects any longer than a month after being done them completely, I'd request to see my GI or doctor to make sure everything is okay, and keep them in the loop.

So to conclude, I believe that you still have another few weeks of tapering to go before noticing any substantial side effect change.

All the best to you!