I got down to 2 mg methylpredisolone and then mild muscle pains returned.
Can cortisol deficiency present itself with exactly the same pain as PMR? How can you tell the difference?
To handle I have been upping to 4 mg and trying again to reduce. But keep getting stuck at 2 mg.
I went to endocrinologist a year ago due to extreme fatigue when I was at around 5mg. She would not do a blood test because I was on steroids. She wanted me to switch to hydrocortisone to help with taper but I was nervous to try as I didn’t want to mess with the progress I made on tapering so far. I found out my fatigue was due to a protein absorption problem which I corrected.
I wonder if I should go back to endocrinologist. I have been in steroids since Jan 2022. I wonder if low cortisol can feel like PMR. When I google it, I don’t have those symptoms.