Shar
Hi Marilyn, I hope you are feeling better now, with the slight increase to 7.5 mg. It's such a tough thing, tapering the Prednisone! I was doing fine last Fall and Winter on 7.5 mg, but when I was tapered to 5 mg for almost 2 months, things started to getting worse. I had a new kind of pain, in my right arm and it made it pretty hard for me to do anything with it. Also, my fatigue was getting worse all along, so then my rheumy had me increase a little, and that didn't do it, so he had me double up to 15 mg for a few days, and then to 10 mg for 4 weeks. That worked for a while, then it's been up and down a few times since then. I'm now on 12.5 mg and I'm to taper in a few days to 10 mg. My blood tests keep coming back very good. Maybe it's just my body trying to adjust to a lower level of cortisone. Although the doctor said something else could be going on, and the Prednisone is masking it. I have to be off of the Prednisone, and then, if I still feel poorly, blood tests should show what's amiss. That could take a long time, though. Good grief! This is getting old fast! I just would like to feel better than I do! I came down with PMR around the same time as you! Do you live in the north east? I live in Ohio. My rheumy said that it's just bad luck! Some research leans toward a genetic predisposition with an environmental trigger. I wish there was a cure! Are you very tired in the mornings? That's what I dislike the most! How is your pain? Oh, my sed rate was above 50, when I first was diagnosed, and that's typical of PMR. Take care and I hope you are doing much better! Shar