
Apr 25, 2013, 07:33 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,486
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Originally Posted by needy89
I went to my Primary Doctor because I had pain going down my arm and had 2 fingers numb. He thought it was inflamation that was pinching on a nerve. He gave me a 12 day prednisone pack. By day 3 it hit me. I was aggitated, angry, nervous, not sleeping. I went 3 days with only about 2 hours of sleep per night. I ended up in a Mental Health Hospital. This is going on 32 days, and I am still trying to get stabilized. I felt like there was nothing I could do, there were no triggers or stresses to take away or deal with. I was a mess. I'm still a mess. Thank God for my parents. Has anyone else had any other medication set them off like this?
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Yes, I took a 5-day taper of prednisone once and had a week of hypomania. It didn't go into full-blown mania, thankfully, maybe because it was only 5 days of meds. I'm so sorry it's taking so long to get out of this episode, it sounds awful. I learned the hard way -as you have- that I just can't take steroids. I wish you the best, I hope you can stabilize soon!
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