Posted 3/4/2018 1:18 AM (GMT 0)
During my hospital visit where I had a colonoscopy and was then admitted there for about a week, they had me on iv prednisone and Iv blood transfusions. Basically that had my energy levels super high and the prednisone gave me testosterone boost which increased my energy, sexual drive, and basically my mood was just great. But during my taper at around 5 mg I started experiencing energy loss, change in mood and no sexual drive and I feel very tired & fatigued. I also have had a flare up since, but hopefully that will change with a new medication plan that will start soon. Anyways it’s been about 3 and a half weeks since I’ve tapered and I have felt super depressed and even anxious since. I saw my gp and he gave me a requisition to get my testosterone levels checked, &also suggested that I take iron supplements but I doubt the iron supplements will help because my hemoglobin levels are the same as they were while on the prednisone. I believe around 126 which is technically anemic but doubled since my hospital visit (hemoglobin was 64) which was severely low. Anyways not fully sure if these factors have any relations but it’s still something I’m super concerned about. Let me know what you think..