Having been on Prednisone for a year now, I too am trying to get off of it. I’m down from 80 mg. to 12.5 mg. per day. Got a laugh out of your husbands not caring for your personality while on it. My wife feels the same about me some days. On the steroid insomnia, I used to struggle with getting up in the middle of the night looking for things to do. Since I started taking melatonin 3 mg. a night, I have no problems sleeping. Being diabetic (brought on by the steroid), I have to get up several times at night, but I always go right back to sleep. I haven’t experienced any after effects of the melatonin, as with prescription sleep aids. No sluggishness the next day. Just a good nights sleep every night. Hope this helps some.