Halfway through Prednisone course and it's been a hell of a ride.
I've been working a very intense job the last few months. Very long hours. And the first day of the job happened to be the first day of a new flare up. I should have been treated immediately but I stupidly hoped it might go away as sometime it has done. But it didn't. Got worse and worse and ended with the colonoscopy revealing probably the worst flare I've had to date. I was put on 80mg of prednisone. I'm tapering and now on 40mg. Currently really suffering with migraine level headaches. Had to take time off work because of them. I've never taken such a strong course of prednisone before and it's been insane. The initial highs and lows in my brain were crazy. I thought I was going insane before I looked up the mood-swing symptoms. I wasn't actually warned by the doctor beforehand. I guess he thought I knew the drill. Moon face. Weight gain.
I'm happy to be improving and looking ahead to the future with high hopes and a real desire to get fit again and have a good summer.
Just wanted to post since I know we all go through the same thing and it's nice to feel heard sometimes by people who know what it's like :)
Hope you're all well or as well as can be :) x