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Topic: Prednisone is the devil.
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She11ybeanz
♀ 27457
Member # 27457 |  Posted: 1:35 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013 |     |
So, my doctor put me on a weeks worth of prednisone compiled with an antibiotic to help kick my bronchitis/laryngitis... and I suppose its working.....HOWEVER....
I have gained 6 pounds in a week. (I am not happy)
I have constant headhaches.
I'm not sleeping well AT ALL.
And, I feel like I've drank a case of red bulls Every. Single. Day.
Thank GAWD today is the last dose.
I am not amused! 
"Sometimes your knight in shining armor ...is just a douchebag in tin foil!!"
ME - BW - 35
HIM - XWH - 39
D day: November 15th, 2009
Married: 5 Years, together 8
Divorced: December 13th, 2010
New Beginning: Piper/8-3-12
Posts: 2749 | Registered: Feb 2010 | From: Virginia |
tushnurse
♀ 21101
Member # 21101 |  Posted: 1:40 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013 | |
((((She11y))))
Having been an RN for 20+ years, I had always heard of all the terrible things that it does to you. However until I had to do back to back Steroid tapers this summer, I didn't fully appreciate how evil that shit is.
I had the no sleep thing, but I didn't want to eat, really didn't see the weight gain, but oh sweet jiminy the reflux was awful, and now I have a full understanding of Roid Rage that you hear about with athletes that juice.
I was seriously one angry Biatch for 2 weeks. Oh and the tremmors were fun too. 
Took me abit to figure out why I was suddenly insane. I hope they helped you get well, and rest assured the weight comes off when you get off of them.
Me: FBS
Him: FWS
Kids: 15 & 17
Married for 22 years now, was 16 at the time. .
D-Day Sept 26 2008
Fully R'd, and Happy Happy Happy
Posts: 9210 | Registered: Oct 2008 | From: St. Louis |
She11ybeanz
♀ 27457
Member # 27457 | | Posted: 2:11 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013 | |
Thank GAWD the weight comes off! I'm gonna try to run after work (cause I'm a runner) but I did a 10-mile race Saturday and STILL gained more weight over the weekend! And, its not like I'm pigging out!!! GEEZ!!! 
"Sometimes your knight in shining armor ...is just a douchebag in tin foil!!"
ME - BW - 35
HIM - XWH - 39
D day: November 15th, 2009
Married: 5 Years, together 8
Divorced: December 13th, 2010
New Beginning: Piper/8-3-12
Posts: 2749 | Registered: Feb 2010 | From: Virginia |
tushnurse
♀ 21101
Member # 21101 | | Posted: 6:36 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013 | |
Oh sweetie don't push so hard the more you exercise the more weight you are gonna hang onto. Your body hangs on tithe fluid. The muscles want water anyway when you run. So easy on the body, lots and lots of water and be nice to you. It will recover.
Me: FBS
Him: FWS
Kids: 15 & 17
Married for 22 years now, was 16 at the time. .
D-Day Sept 26 2008
Fully R'd, and Happy Happy Happy
Posts: 9210 | Registered: Oct 2008 | From: St. Louis |
metamorphisis
♀ 12041
Member # 12041 | | Posted: 8:09 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013 | |
My mom had to take some kind of steroid when she was doing chemo. She was doing heavy chemo and was sick as a dog, but believe it or not the steroid drug made everything worse. You know when someone gets off a steroid and is thankful to just be doing chemo that it's awful  .
“We don't see things as they are; we see them as we are.”... Anais Nin
Posts: 46628 | Registered: Sep 2006 |
travels
♀ 20334
Member # 20334 | | Posted: 8:32 PM, September 30th (Monday), 2013 | |
I've been on it before. I can't sleep at all when I'm on it. Then I get crazy energy bursts where I run around like a nut. I never actually finish anything because I dash from one task to another. 
When one door closes, another door opens. It's the journey through the hallway that sucks.
Posts: 3794 | Registered: Jul 2008 | From: PA |
MissesJai
♀ 24849
Member # 24849 | | Posted: 11:59 AM, October 1st (Tuesday), 2013 | |
I've been on it as a child and DS 11 used to take it when he was younger - awful can't even begin to describe this stuff.
FWW - 41
"Don't think first about the risks of speaking up. Think first about the risks of not speaking up." ~ Kerry Patterson
Posts: 6072 | Registered: Jul 2009 | From: So Cal..... |
She11ybeanz
♀ 27457
Member # 27457 | | Posted: 12:28 PM, October 1st (Tuesday), 2013 | |
Today is the 1st day I've been off of it and I feel like death...is this normal?
"Sometimes your knight in shining armor ...is just a douchebag in tin foil!!"
ME - BW - 35
HIM - XWH - 39
D day: November 15th, 2009
Married: 5 Years, together 8
Divorced: December 13th, 2010
New Beginning: Piper/8-3-12
Posts: 2749 | Registered: Feb 2010 | From: Virginia |
purplejacket4
♀ 34262
Member # 34262 | | Posted: 7:05 PM, October 1st (Tuesday), 2013 | |
The weight gain is just water weight and it will come off.
You feel bad because your body got used to the steroids and now has to remember to make its own. You should feel fine in a couple of days.
They give me insomnia too and make me flush and get anxious. Hate taking them but sometimes they are a necessary evil.
Me: BS 45
Her: fWS 48 (same sex partner)
Together: 18 years now (both MDs)
OW: meh so what 40s PhD
DD1: 10/30/11EA; DD2: 11/10/11 Had ONS; TT until 12/26/11; broke NC 6/12; NC again 7/12; R-ish
Posts: 2473 | Registered: Dec 2011 | From: Great Southwest |
Williesmom
♀ 22870
Member # 22870 | | Posted: 9:01 PM, October 1st (Tuesday), 2013 | |
I can never sleep when I'm on them. When I was married, I stayed up all night, and shopped on eBay for upgrades to my car. Wxh was not amused! 
You can stuff your sorries in a sack, mister. -George Costanza
There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women. - Madeleine Albright
Posts: 7995 | Registered: Feb 2009 | From: Western PA |
musiclovingmom
♀ 38207
Member # 38207 | | Posted: 10:13 PM, October 1st (Tuesday), 2013 | |
I don't remember any ill effects, but the last time I took prednisone was because of a major asthma attack. I was 7 months pregnant at the time and my oxygen sats were in the 70's. I had the shakes, but attributed that to the extra albuterol. I really felt like it saved my life. Sorry you had such an awful experience.
Posts: 1293 | Registered: Jan 2013 |
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