I too take gabapentin at night. Really has helped with tendon arm pain and relaxes me so I can sleep. Prednisone 15 mg is being tapered from 15 mg to 12.5 mg for 1 week (my request instead of going straight to 10 mg) and then I will go to 10 mg for a number of weeks. Dr is also increasing my methotrexate to 6 tabs and then further increasing to 9 tabs 2.5 mg once a week. He also prescribes 1mg of folic acid daily to prevent side effects of methotrexate. I’ve been very nervous about these changes but so far so good. I think my strict low sodium and sugar diet, drinking lots of water and walking 2 miles a day has helped tremendously.