I do have a medical background in OT. I have not been diagnosed yet. Still waiting to rule in or out RA. After reading posts on another website I am pretty convinced I may have pmr but don’t want to rule anything else out yet. Making an appt with rheumatologist is on my mind, but in my area they are rare and long appt waits. Dosage of prednisone was to help with the inflammation initially. It appears to me that my symptoms subsided with larger dose and increased when I was taking less. I will know more when I am done with this round of 20 days. I’m sure if he suspects pmr, we will look at the dosage more closely. Just to add, it appears my symptoms started after I had flu shot. I’m not saying it caused it to flare, but I have seen other posters with similar symptoms. Any thoughts?