Sorry to hear this. I too am very sensitive to medication so I know exactly what you are dealing with. I could tolerate only pediatric doses of pain medication after a major back surgery. I avoid all medications if at all possible. I think k my sensitivities is partially responsible for this nightmare I’m living with this Prednisone.

"In some ways, my inability to take steroids is a threat to my health but it is what it is."
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I could "tolerate" prednisone but that was because I have taken so much of it over many, many years. I didn't tolerate prednisone well when I first started taking it. Prednisone had such an immediate positive effect in terms of pain relief that I would overlook all the side effects. There was nothing positive about weight gain, insomnia and cataracts at the age of 40.

After many years, I decided not to take prednisone anymore. Then the pain was so incredible I was diagnosed with PMR and took moderately high prednisone doses daily for another 13 years!

I told someone who experienced an adrenal crisis that I felt "more normal" when I took prednisone. She tried to "reeducate" me and was concerned that I might have symptoms of adrenal insufficiency. We had so much in common that she convinced me that I was playing with fire with "liberal" dosing with Prednisone.

I never could comprehend people who insist that their "quality of life" is better being on Prednisone. At one stage, I agreed that Prednisone helped until I realized that my life probably "depended" on me taking prednisone. That was when I started to look at prednisone more critically. I already knew my quality of life wasn't very good being on Prednisone.

Now that I'm off Prednisone ... I'm better off.

I think we go through stages regardless of why we take Prednisone initially.