Originally Posted by
sbeach78
Alittle about me..when I got out of the hospital back in may they dropped my pred. to 80 mg. Since then I have dropped 10 mg a month till I got to 20 mg then my rheumy slowed the decrease to 2.5 mg at a time. I am currently on 12.5 mg and feel horrible. Joint pain, tired keep hoping it gets better, but these last two weeks have been horrible. Is this normal for pred. Withdraw or after two weeks should it have ironed itself out?
I agree with everyone else. My final taper was pure agony. Although the withdrawal symptoms are gone, I'm now dealing with the weakness in my legs due to the muscle loss of being on the pred for almost three years. It is very frustrating for me because my legs were always the strongest part of my anatomy. So not being able to do the things I used to do is very, very, very agonizingly frustrating.
MikeG-2012
"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have"
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