Prednisone withdrawal..anxiety..

Hello All,

As of a few days ago, i have completely stopped taking prednisone after 2 and a half months of being on it and feeling great. Some of my UC symptoms have returned, and i'm also having withdrawal symptoms. Right now i'm having this weird anxiety thing where i can't eat food, at least not a lot of it. I will feel hungry and start eating, then think about my anxiety or the things that cause it and get the urge to gag and stop eating. It's so difficult for me to get a full meal down, which is terrible because i'm already very thin as it is and can't afford to lose weight. It's like a feeling in the back of my throat that i get, and then my body may tingle or feel some sensation, it's weird and hard to describe. I haven't felt normal for weeks now, and i feel like i'm letting my anxiety get the best of me. Sometimes i don't know wether it's nausea or my mind playing games with me. Certain smells or foods will make me want to gag and others i want. Or i'll want to eat food and my mouth will water looking at it but when i go to eat it i just can barely get any of it down. I usually love food, and so this is really putting a damper on my life overall. My therapist has recommended meditation to me but i haven't gotten the hold of it yet. I feel like i'm trapped in my own mind or like i'm in a mental prison. It's one thing after the other with me. I just want to feel like my normal self.

Just venting!
But if anyone has any tips i'm all ears.

I did taper, very slowly. My last dose was a few days ago and it was after a week of 2.5 mg.

symptoms can return after a taper because pred does not treat. it can only give time for other meds to get a foothold.

but this does sound like anxiety more than withdrawal. Possibly you need stronger meds or some probiotic or supplement to target a key symptom or two. But the meditation does not sound like a bad idea either.

I just came off of uceris 6 days ago. I started feeling nauseous today, and have been having gag stuff since yesterday. I had an increase in my gag reflex and sensitivity to smell leading up to my diagnosis, so I suspect I am just experiencing symptoms for me. Did you have these issues before you were diagnosed?

Congrats on getting off of the steroids!