mine are normally 1-3 days max, I have adrenal fatigue alot because I have had to take predisone for years and my adrenal no longer functions on it's own so if I try to lower my dose of predisone I end up to Exausted to lift my head

I use just my reg doc for now, because she is right across the street and most of the time I am too sick to got very far......... ya even to go to the docs it is hard and I need so many specialists it gets to be just to much.......... the predisone I have been on works like a charm. I take it for lupus and need about 10-40 mg per day the higher the dose the better I feel......... but I really want to get off since it has caused me to develop Cushings syndrome 100 lbs weight gain,

moon face,looking 9 mo pregnant all not cool so I try to lower the dose nice and easy I get anywhere below 10mgs and boom I am in Adrenal Exaustion and the doc bumps me back up to higher doses

I think I should see a endro and will someday I am sure.........when I feel up to it

Let me know how what they say when you call tomorrow

Hugs

Bella

I guess we can only do what our bodies will allow...right now I am not able to completely wean off the prednisone either. If I get below the 10 mg a day ( I use alternate day dosing though and that helps a little w/ the side effects) I end up stiff and in terrible pain and so exhausted I can hardly lift my head off the pillow let alone get out of bed!

Post edited by: hipmama42, at: 04/04/2008 00:31