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Old Wed Feb 17, 2016, 03:26 PM
Ashleigh K. Ashleigh K. is offline
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Thumbs down Prednisone side effects??

Hi! I'm currently on prednisone (30mg once a day, halving the dose tomorrow)
And i find its giving me some really annoying side effects

The most prominent is weight gain, I've been constantly hungry over the past few days (currently craving yogurt lol) however the prednisone makes food taste really funny so I try not to eat too much because it just doesn't taste nice
I'm also getting really bad acne and a "moon face" yikes

I also find that i have trouble sleeping, which with AA is never helpful. Even if i do get to sleep its for max 4 hours maybe??
I also reckon its affecting my mood because last night i woke up about 4am in a fit of uncontrollable crying which is something thats never happened before

What would be the best way to tackle the sleeplessness and weight gain apart from the slow taper??
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Diagnosed AA in 2009;treated rabbit ATG+Cyclosporin the same year, taken off Cyclosporin in 2011; Relapsed AA in 2015 and had horse ATG as of 08/02/16. I have copy neutral loss of heterozygosity in chromosome 6p, affecting the HLA region.
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