I had my most energy in the morning. I had a terrible time sleeping. My arms and shoulders were so sore that I could not find a good spot. I had to pull myself out of bed. Of course once I started on steroids then I was fine. My life was normal. I still had the most energy in the morning and afternoons and evenings I was worn out. I tapered down to my lowest possible dose of pain tolerance. I then stayed there for 6 months and went to zero prednisone in two weeks. my lowest possible dose was 10mg while the PMR was acting up.