"Seems like my starting dose is pretty low and I'm wondering if those who have success feel normal in the sense like they did pre diagnosis?"
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I once told my doctor that I felt "more normal" when I took prednisone. I will always remember how she responded. She said, "normal people don't need prednisone." For emphasis she added, "people who take prednisone to feel normal are not normal."

A sense of normality is what we wish for. However ... for the time we need prednisone ... things will not be completely normal.