I bet it is. Pred makes me feel like I'm jumping out of my skin - but at least if you know it's the med, you don't worry about it being something else.

Sounds like the meds to me!! I think I am still a bit crazy!! But...I think you somehow tolerate it a bit more when you are on them for a while.
However, emotionally labile and irritable are totally part of the steroids. Google steroid psychosis for fun! I hope you can tolerate them! Just alert your family so they can be understanding!! Good luck
Nicole

yea it most likely is. Most likely it will get better.
Ann

I was started on Pred right before I went in the hosp in crisis. by the time I was DCed I was on 60mgs and weighing 125 because I couldn't swallow well. I weigh more because everything is working for me except breathing maybe but I am not anxious but that never has been my issue. I gather it is a problem for some but not everyone.

Mary

I'm going to be contrarian here and say that if you are or were worried about the side effects, there's a possibility that at least some of what you are feeling is due to that anxiety. I suffer from anxiety myself, and one of my greatest fears is mental illness. About seven years ago, I suffered from a few panic attacks which would cause me to worry about when my next panic attack would be, or where it would take me, thus inciting more anxiety and symptoms. It was a mess for a few months.

What got me out of it? It was pretty much noting that there were some things that would make it go away, where I'd be absorbed enough about something other than my anxiety that it would dissolve and I'd feel safe again.

I think you owe it to yourself to consider the possibility that what you're feeling might respond to getting your mind off of it - which is hard, but rewarding if you do in fact find that it can be alleviated that way.

A couple of weeks ago I actually wrote a post where I was worried if I could deal with the aide effects of prednisone, and can honestly sat that I felt worse (more anxious) about it before I started taking it than when I actually did start!

Something you might try is taking half of your dose early in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. Don't take it too late or the prednisone can keep you awake at night.

Hello, I have been upping my prednisone for a few months now. I have been on this med for almost 2 years. I tried to come off the prednisone but I was unable to do anything. Could not even walk across the house with out sitting down. I am taking 20 to 25 MG a day not counting the other meds I'm taking. I hate taking this prednisone it make he feel on edge and I get very hot. I don't do good in the heat. It seems I get worse in the heat. Now I am having problems with my mouth. I get very tired when I talk. I have been like this for few months now. I think I will be having a ivig. I just don't do well during the treatment.

I know what you mean cassynchris I don't like Hot weather either and it seems like so many things are going on. I am not going to fuss today though I have decided I can't fight this just accept it and relax what ever happens next will happen. I say that now though give me 15 minutes. And thank you all for the advice and you too copperzincbear good one take one day a a time right.

I have been on pred. for 3 years now. Initially, during a crisis, as high as 100 mg daily, now only 10 mgs and tapering. I have had my dose increased twice, both during crisis, so I am pretty familiar with how it effects me. As mentioned in an earlier post, there is an actual condition called prednisone phycosis (sp?). When I was initially put on pred., my dr. didn't give me any heads up about the possible side effects. I was recovering from a thymectomy and had a lot going on. I was feeling extremely anxious, depressed, and could not sleep. I was ready to check myself into a mental hospital for treatment because i even had suicidal thoughts. This was all so opposite of my normal disposition. I never once related it to pred. ( unfortunately i hadn't found DS yet. At the time I ws on 80 mg daily and I only weight 125 lbs. Luckily , my friend mentioned it to her husband, who is a pharmasist and he came over and spoke with me about predisone. At least then I knew why I was feeling this way.
For me, if I'm under 20 mg. I'm fine. Everyone is different, but I would google effects of pred. just to be familiar with it.

good luck