Your welcome but its just my experience. We are all so different with so many other things going on that my one experience may be useless. I am a skeptic of the medical field. we look for treatment not cures. They are also faced with lots of patients and a one size doesnt fit all. Most of us spent quite a few months trying to get a diagnosis of PMR. I saw a GP, two orthopedic Dr, and went to emergency before my Rheumatologist diagnosed me. By then I had already diagnosed myself. When I saw him after taking the prednisone pack, he was less than impressed about my treatment plan. Yours may not be PMR. Many have found the PMR awakens other auto immunes. Always best to get checked out. Get well soon.