Hi @sherylp, Welcome to Connect. Sorry to hear you joined the PMR club. You asked a great question and I think the answer is it depends. For me, I could definitely tell when I overdid the activity. My pain would be a little greater the next morning when I first got up. You might want to scan through the following discussion to learn what others have shared.
--- Can PMR be induced by Exercise: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/can-pmr-be-induced-by-exercise/

I never had nausea as a symptom of my PMR but maybe others will jump in and share their experience. I've had two occurrences of PMR and was started on 20 mg prednisone for both. I kept a daily log to help with the tapering off of prednisone and logged my level of pain when I woke up along with my dose for that day.

Does the 10 mg daily dose of prednisone control the pain through the night into the next morning? Do you keep a daily log?

I felt very nauseous …rather like a hangover or flu even before I started prednisone so I believe it is from the PMR…I did daily yoga and biked a lot until it became to difficult to do …so I think keep going as long as you can

Hi Sheryl, sorry you have joined the "club". I was worried about the effect of exercise at first too. I found that gentle and consistent exercise and MOTION of any kind are vital.

I garden a bit, and then rest. I do Yoga daily, then rest. Pool exercises are great and so is walking. Moving consistently and gently through the day has kept me mobile.

This clip was a life saver a few months ago when I could barely move. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjk27oGh2aQ

Prednisone hasn't caused any gastric problems for me, I usually eat a banana when I take it.

Glad you've found this support group, it helps a lot.

Hi Sherylp -- I find that overdoing it with gardening and yardwork will make me feel stiffer and sorer in the days following. I started on 15 mg of pred last summer after being diagnosed with PMR, and am currently on 10 mg. I was going to try tapering down to 9 mg this weekend, but am holding off a bit until I have all my spring gardening done. I find that repeated bending, kneeling and lifting is a lot more difficult with PMR. I have also been dismayed at how much weaker my legs and arms seem to be. Last year at this time, I was able to squat/kneel and stand up again with no trouble. Now it's a struggle. It's depressing, because like you, I love to garden...but now feel like I'm in my 70s instead of my 60s.

I was diagnosed 2 years ago and struggle with prednisone taper generally experience nausea fatigue headaches low moodwhen reduce does and take antinausea medication and pace myself sometimes an increase in joint pain and use heatpad have learned my pattern and try to pace myself and be patient I had wished there was an alternative to prednisone but not everyone has had the side effects of prednisone I had it seems to vary a lot but this site is extremely helpful all the best to you