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I personally didn't think increments less than 1 mg was helpful. Many people will disagree. It is a good question but I don't think my body could discern that small of an amount of Prednisone. I feel like the makers of Prednisone would make .5 mg tablets if that was the case. However, those 1 mg tablets are scored so I guess it is fine to split them in half. I was too lazy to do that though.

I was skeptical when an endocrinologist told me 3 mg was such a small dose that I wouldn't need to taper. She said I could simply stop taking Prednisone. That hinged on me having an adequate cortisol level. Even then I wasn't totally convinced that I should do that.

I’m a skeptic by nature. I don’t completely agree with anything I say. People can say anything to me and I try to be agreeable.

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I too am skeptical. Having worked in health care for many years I know when doctors have a complicated patient, chronic illness, or symptoms that aren’t text book or that are not responding to prescribed treatment, they tend to get frustrated and lean towards it must be “ psychosomatic”
I’m not one to want to take medication and I don’t want to just mask symptoms. I want to get to the root of the problem and find a real solution.