Prednisone and Brain Powers!
Hello beautiful warriors! :rolleyes1:
Just wondering how doses of prednisone can affect our cognitive state. When I was first put on it I felt as if it affected me hunger, and sleep mostly, along with the other physical symptoms (skin, face, tremor. etc) Other, following years when I had to climb up on steroids,however, it felt as if it affected my cognition and mental state too much as well. I had pred induced anxiety and auditory hallucinations, hearing music from my AC (at least it was some kind of classical music I've never heard before...pleasant actually):biggrin1:. But the most bothersome was the inability to construct sentences, speaking or writing, didn't matter, I had problems recalling and using words properly and grammar. I had to slow down and speak more slowly, taking breaks to recall a simple word, at times. Thinking about more complex problems would give me insane tension headaches, due to poor concentration...As the doses decreased it got better, but not 100%...
I heard people with Cushing's Syndrome suffer similar symptoms to people who are on a lot of steroids due to cortisol and they are recommended to exercise their brain.
I know we do recover from some prednisone side effects and less from others :unsure:...I wonder if any of you have any experience with this issue.