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Old Wed Feb 17, 2016, 06:47 PM
rar rar is offline
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I was on 120 mg. prednosine. I was getting very little sleep. I took the half the dose at night. I switched all the pred in the morning. A half hour before sleep time I took 1.5 mg melatonin and 1.5 mg generic lunesta. That greatly helped the sleep problem. On the few occasions when I couldn't get to sleep 5 mg oxycodone put me out.

I never get hungry, I went for 3 months without eating solid food and did not get hungry and lost 40 pounds. The last 6 weeks I was on TPN. The pred caused me to loose weight, about 15 pounds in a month. I started eating 5 full meals a day and in a month was able to put the weight back on. A lot of food tasted bad, even chocolate. I had a lot of eggs, yogurt and ice cream. Waist gained 3 inches even as the weight went down. Face got real puffy.

Don't despair. I am down to 5 mg pred and most of the symptoms have improved. I will likely be on it forever.

Ray
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