Video Glossary: What is prednisone?
June 14, 2010Question: What side effects have you had because of prednisone? Share your responses with us!
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I was on prednisone alot recently. I had several hospital stays, and each time they started me on high doses of prednisone. Each time just before the hospital stays I was almost tapered off and had to go through it again. Because of this I gained a lot of weight. I thought of food almost 24/7. Not snacks but always thinking of my next big meal. And I mean big. With crohn’s big meals are not a good thing so it was quite a battle. Now I finally tapered off. I have been off for 3 weeks and I have no energy. I struggle to do everything. I sleep alot. So, even when I am done with it, it is still causing problems.
Since prednisone has been one of the only medications that has given me any relief, I have been on and off of it a lot during the past ten years. My doctor would have me on 60 mg a day, so my moon face was HUGE! Plus, it gave me a lot of acne and extra hair growth, so middle school and high school were not very happy for me at times. It didn’t do much for my confidence. Weight gain was a big issue too. I seriously could not stop thinking about food. I was always hungry and I never felt full even after large meals. There was a constant nagging in the back of my head that said “you’re hungry, you’re hungry, you’re hungry,” and that gets hard to ignore. Right now I am on 20 mg a day, and it is causing some insomnia issues, but soon I am having my surgery so I will be able to taper off. I just hope my body remembers how to function without it!