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PMR and Depression

Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jun 6 2:54pm | Replies (66)

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Maybe it's not the prednisone tapering but the PMR itself causing you to feel this way. The tapering is just a reminder of what you have gone through, and still are.

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@kjoed53 , I don’t have PMR. I follow this group because it’s the one I found the most information on from people who use prednisone long term. I have asthma and chronic sinusitis which required steroids and then unfortunately after each burst becoming more and more difficult to come off of, I develop secondary adrenal insufficiency. Now every time I get sick or have major stress from an injury, surgery etc. I have to stress dose which repeats the cycle of trying to start a new wean. I’m currently at 8 mg and this wean is going very slowly. I’ve never had depression or been emotionally labile prior to being on prednisone.