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Diagnosed with PMR October 2026, I was started on 20 mg of prednisone that I decreased to 10mg in 10 days because I wanted the lowest dosage possible without any symptom flares. All was well until my GCA diagnosis February 16th and the pred was increased to 40mg. That's when the am tremors started. They would diminish by noon. Now that my Rheumy has tapered the pred to 7.5mg and the addition of weekly self injections of Tyenne, the tremors have fully resolved. As we know, pred is a miracle drug with many, often major, side effects. I am thankful for it, but very grateful to be tapering off. If all goes well, I'll be off the pred by October! For decades, I perform a 40 minute am weight workout and pm yoga that had to be severely modified when PMR pain began. The pred allowed me to return to my original routines. Magnesium is in my multi vitamin. For decades I have drank 48oz of water daily and in my morning smoothie I include fruit, walnuts, cinnamon, turmeric, chia, collagen peptides, ground flax, protein powder, HTB tea and bee pollen. I think this has helped manage my symptoms, too.
I am sad for the severity of your symptoms and pray you find a remedy that helps you meet your goals. There are diet and recipe books for PMR that may offer helpful recommendations.
God speed to you and others on this forum!

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@kayept would love to hear about the smoothie recipes and other diet/recipe resources you found helpful.
I just started Kevzara. Over the last month and after the first shot, I tapered the pred to 13. After 4 days of increasing anxiety and pain I went back to 14 and all was improved. Next Kevzara shot is Monday. Will try again.
Also have occasional tremors and finger numbness and slight tremors that resolve a few hours after I take the prednisone.