Please watch out for the NSAIDS. They damage the stomach, and even the heart if you are on certain ones. I am allergic to them all, so can't take them. I was on prednisone for four months this winter and gained 30 pounds but at least did not go crazy. I was just talking to a woman with RA who was given a 60 sustained release pill of a type of cortisone and now she understands mental illness.

Hugs to you, and feel free to vent away. When you have one terrible disease impacting another, it is really hard on the mental state. I know that from experience. God bless.