I am no doctor, but you may have reduced your Prednisone by too much. 5mg down to 2.5 is a 50% cut. That's a big amount. Try going down to 4mg for three months, see how you feel, then 3mg for three months and so on. After 3mg for myself, I have been going down 1/4mg every six weeks. Maybe other members can chime in and give their thoughts. Hope you feel better and best of luck.

I had trouble going from 4mg to 3. I am now rotating days 4-3-4-3-, etc. My Rheumy recommended Extra Strenght Tylenol to help me arrive at the lower dose. I normally have to wake up around 3 or 4am to relieve myself. At that time I started taking my 2 pills of extra strength Tylenol and I am having much better results - far less PMR symptoms in the AM hours and descreasing to almost no symptoms during the day.

My skin seems very thin since starting prednisone. I’m currently on 5 mg I was on four but the pain was too much now. I take Tylenol every morning. I’m also on methotrexate 20 mg once a week. I’m very stiff in the hip area and sore around my neck but once I take the Tylenol. I’m able to try and play pickle ball and move around in the day

Wound care suggestion
I had a nasty laceration with 12 stitches that did not heal well. Went to a hospital wound care center. They dressed it with Xeroform. You need a prescription for it. Worked wonders for me. Do a little research on 'Xeroform and skin tears'. They used rolled guaze, no tape/adhesive on my skin. Keeping the skin tear moist promotes healing. You may be able to find similar over the counter dressings.