When I have to deal with steroids I try and take them as early in the day as possible, it helps me to get some sleep. If I wake up to go potty at 4 or 5, I take em and go back to bed. They do cause insomnia, you just have to work around it. Trish

Pred makes you "speed" no matter what time you take them. It's why we all feel so good on steroids, no matter which kind. Unfortunately, they can also kill us by suppressing the bone marrow.

So enjoy the extra energy while you have it!

Hugs........Jen

I take sleeping pills to go to sleep. I've been on prednisone for a year now,, and I really need to get my sleep. At this point, I have abandoned all pretense of being a normal person.

So prednisone is an upper which means taking a downer to sleep.

By the way, how long have you been on prednisone? Is your rheumatologist giving you a DMARD or biologic? Prednisone is a drug you should not use long term, unless nothing else works for you.

I was taking a small dose of prednisone in the am and still could not go to sleep at night. I take valium to go to sleep. It is all that helps.

Thx to all for the input.

Marlene J.I have a very good rheumy but I've been on literraly every med on the market except eljanz which I can't afford.Unfortunaly prednisone is the only thing that sort of controls the RA but it's caused so many other problems,Kathy

I'm on prednisone, and I take Trazadone to sleep. It's technically an antidepressant, but they found it didn't work very well, but it did make people really sleepy. It works well for me and doesn't make me too sleepy the next day. I adjust the dosage depending on how much prednisone I took that day. Lots of people take it for sleep.

i take ativan to sleep. when I first started the pred , it was more problematic , I am used to it now.
cut down on caffeine, or that is what /how I do.
I take more than ativan that is calming....but not typical things.
even with pred, I swear my chamomile tea puts me out ,too.
don't discount the power of herbal tea, etc.+