I now have Adrenal Insufficiency from being on Prednisone for a year. My Endocrinologist says there is no proven safe way to taper or to avoid an adrenal crisis and is really all over the place with the instructions she gives me to taper. Now she says I can try staying on 5 mg and 2.5 mg every other day for 3 months then see her again, or try 4 mg for 3 months and see her again, she left it up to me! Neither of these make any sense to me. She also says there is no lab test for adrenal insufficiency that is really accurate. I feel very defeated because I can’t go anywhere else for a second opinion and I desperately want off of prednisone but I’m also now terrified of an adrenal crises because of the severity of the symptoms I have when I try to go below 5 mg. Has anyone been in this situation?