Heart transplant: recovering but steroids are affecting behavior

@lupedelarosa12 , I was on prednisone at a reducing rate throughout my first six months after my heart transplant. I was told that it has two possible side effects on your emotions. You might cry at the slightest provocation, or you might lash out when you had previously been calm. I was quite nervous as I have some natural jerk tendencies when annoyed. For me it primarily made me cry. As I weened down those emotional outbursts lessened though I can say that I am still more emotional now even though I have been off prednisone for nearly six months.

I changed the day I started taking Prednisolone. I was started on 50mg and was uncontrollable, we then dropped to 25mg and I was still aggressive and confrontational. I am now taking 5mg and have a lid on it, but it has taken me almost 4 years of consciously monitoring myself which in itself can be tiring. I still have an occasional outburst, but there are some things in life that you have to deal with from time to time, thankfully this is becoming less common everyday.