I didn't want to take Prednisone either. It wasn't as though I was given a choice. It was more like self preservation and I had to take Prednisone!

I don't take Prednisone anymore. Looking back on why I took Prednisone --- I still say I didn't have any choice. Perhaps, I wouldn't have taken so much Prednisone for as long as I did. There were times when better treatment options were available but it was easier to take more prednisone for everything.

There were other times, when the pain wasn't PMR. Prednisone wasn't prescribed for every kind of pain. Not all pain was the same but it all seemed like PMR.

Then there were people on the internet who didn't know my entire medical history. They identified themselves as being a Pro and had some kind of entitlement to know things my doctor didn't know. The internet people weren't able to prescribe Prednisone or to do any diagnostic tests. They would tell me to take more Prednisone too. Eventually I stopped listening to them and I was able to get off Prednisone in spite of their opinions that I should take more Prednisone.

The same internet people were also wrong when they thought the medication that enabled me to taper off prednisone was worse than prednisone. Had I listened, I would still be taking Prednisone.

I did have a choice some of the time but it was hard to know what to do at the time. Prednisone wasn't my best option all the time.