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Reducing predisone side effects

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I am reducing ever so slowly and after one month of 5 mg started to take 4,5 mg a couple of days ago. Today I have been really not great. Headache, extremely fatigued and a slight increase in physical discomfort. This seems to happen for a week or two until my body adapts to the new dosage. I have watched this over the past months every time I reduce a little more. Started with 30 mg in August 2025. Maybe try to only go 0.5 mg at a time

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I started at 15 mg in December, 2025 and this week am at 4.5 mg. I am noticing some discomfort at this stage and may stay at this dosage for a while. I had been tapering 1 mg per month before mostly and reduced to tapering 1 mg every 2 weeks. I hate the weight gain (15 lbs) .