[PinUpGal]

Wow, so I was really having an allergic reaction to my antibiotics for my UTI. It was like one of my biggest phobias and it actually happened. Anyway, they put me on 60mg of prednisone for 5 days and I am wondering if I can stop it after today (day two). I am completely freaking out! Rapid heart, mood swings, hot flashes, shaking,. I am making myself panic even more because of my preexisting anxiety. I was so angry at my kids all day today which is so not like me at all. Everything they did drove me insane and I actually spanked my daughter which is something I never do. Not that I see a problem with it but it's just not the way I discipline. I feel like I am going absolutely insane! The doctor said most people feel "euphoric", what the heck was he talking about? I feel crazier than I did before I got on them, and that was pretty crazy. I started thinking that maybe I was actually losing my mind. My swelling and hives appear to be gone but he did say if I stopped taking them before the treatment was complete that the allergy could come back abruptly. My doc isn't even in his office until next week so calling him is out of the question and I feel ridiculous calling the "on call" doctor because he's just going to tell me that I have to stay on them or go see another doctor. I just need to calm down. Anyone ever experience anything similar and how did you get through it? I just took the antihistamine that he gave me, even though I don't need it. It's a sedative so I thought that 2 of those (recommended is 1-2) might help. If it does maybe I can just keep taking the sedatives to get through the treatment.

[sunflower55]

I *hate* prednisone.
I get angry and testy on it. I will not take it during school sessions. I'm a teacher, and I won't subject my kids to me while I'm on it.

Do call the on call doctor. It's not an unusual reaction that you are experiencing.

I wish you well.

Peace!

[PinUpGal]

Thanks, I called the ER doc who prescribed them for me and instead got this grumpy know it all doctor. He was like "why didn't you call your dr." So I explained that he was out of town and the ER doc said to call him if I had any problems. Then he said "well you should have told him you were prone to panic attacks". Ummm...duh, I've been dealing with this since I was five, it's something I mention in the first thirty seconds of meeting a doc. In fact I even joked about the reason I waited so long to come in was that I usually have panic and give myself symptoms even if I'm not having a reaction. Anyways, he told me I can start to taper off of them so hopefully that will help.