My doctor diagnosed me with PMR in December. He only started me on 4 mg of prednisone which immediately relieved my discomfort. I had no pain at all. I’m just wondering if PMR is the actual cause of my pain. I’ve read so many things about PMR and how everyone starts at such a high dose of prednisone. I have started tapering by 1 mg every couple of weeks and I started about three weeks ago. I’m down to a dose of 2 mg and I have no pain at all. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I can keep going and completely wean off of the prednisone. I just have my doubts that that was the actual cause of all my pain. I never had to go above 4 mg. And I’ve only been on it since mid December. Could it be possible that my PMR has burned itself out already in such a short amount of time? I go for blood work next week so I’m anxious to see what my inflammation numbers are. I’ll be really glad once I’m done with this medication. Has anyone with PMR ever started at such a low dose and never had to increase? Has anyone with PMR ever had their symptoms going to remission in just a few months? When I was diagnosed, I was told it could take up to two years for it to go into remission. It’s been barely 4 months. Just curious if anyone’s had the same experience as me.