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Originally Posted by ~Christina
2:23 am and prednisone has the reins. My normally racing minds is going even faster. I smell smoke.
Sleep seems impossible , I took my Xanax, a neurontin and I added a Doxipen.
I’ll eventually just stare at my wall and hope I accidentally doze off or just zone out a bit. But I must force myself to be horizontal to rest my body at least.
Unfortunately this is how my body reacts to prednisone. I only take it when I have no other choice. This Asthma flare is now in its 4th week so push came to shove.
I have 10 days worth, I doubt I can do full 10 days and my Doctor knows it screws up my Bipolar so I’m going to push hard to do at least 7 days. But I can’t do more than 5 days of zero sleep.. that would certainly put me IP
Fingers crossed this finally settles things down.
Oh yeah and I have the lovely side effect of always being hungry too ! Boo hiss !
Everything will taste like metal by day 5 ...... yet I’ll still want to eat like I’m on high dose zyprexa. 
Woohoo go me ! |
No, stop you! Lol!
I am not sure of how this goes for you. I used to have to use sedating meds with pulses of high predisone doses/trials.
When I'd had access to an excellent herbalist, she'd made me two different extracts, one for daytime and one for sleep. (For when I was on high doses of prednisone.) It really helped. Nothing has helped since. courses of steroids for asthma are usually very high. Even though I take 15 mg/day (chronically), I often become psychotic at 20 mg.
Please be very careful. I am very concerned about you.
