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Living with someone on high-dose long-term prednisone
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: May 10 10:01am | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
I sure hope things get better for you and your husband, Isabelle. What a nightmare. As an individual who suffers from severe anxiety disorder, I can't imagine taking any prednisone of any other drug that causes anxiety, yet here I am a few wks away from an ultrasound, after which I will prob hear I have PMR. Then to have to deal with the possibility of GCA. I'll be 75 soon. Not sure I want to fight with the arsenal available. Can't imagine the high doses of steroids that have to be administered for GCA and also taken afterwards. I'd probably have to be hospitalized for the anxiety alone.
At any rate, this is life and we do our best.
Again, hoping for the best for both of you.
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Getting PMR doesn’t mean you’ll get GCA. Most people don’t. Unfortunately my husband did. Have you had your inflammation levels checked? Those were the labs they first did to diagnose him with PMR. Hopefully you won’t have it. I don’t know if his reaction to prednisone is common. For him it seems to rev up his metabolism and causes weight loss where for most people it causes some weight gain. I wish you the best.