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Temporal Arteritis

Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases | Last Active: Jan 2, 2021 | Replies (24)

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@sissie35

I would be very interested in hearing past or current patient's experiences. My disease was diagnosed and treatment begun within 2 days of the onset of symptoms. I am having severe weakness in my legs and extreme fatigue as well. The facial fat deposits I expected. Also knew to expect some weakness and fatigue. But the degree of both has me really debilitated. Would like to hear from others.

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This is not really a reply, but an addition to my original post. The symptoms I described are said to be side effects of prednisone. I just wonder if others have experienced this degree of weakness and fatigue.

This is what we call necessary evil it causes diabetes high blood pressure gain so much weight mood swings bone loss and for that last reason u should be taking calcium with vitamin d plus a medication called allendronate sodium 70 mg once a week if u r diabetic or prediabetic u need to watch ur sugar level so closely u might need to take insulin u should Ask ur doctor about that wish u good luck

I just got your response to my posting about temporal arteritis one year ago. Don't know what happened, but I appreciate your response even though I am past needing it now. Still if there is someone else out there seeking help as I was a year ago, I would like to offer my experience. I was on Prednisone for almost a year, beginning with 60 mgm/day with gradually decreasing doses reduced as long as my sed rate (sedimentation rate) stayed in the normal range. I did find the prednisone to be very debilitating. I knew that I had to take the pred because , untreated, the disease could cause me to go blind. I still don't know what other effects the disease alone might have. I was extremely weak. Walking from the bedroom to the couch or kitchen wore me out. I would not take a shower when I was alone. I never had to have help, but but often did not know if I could stand up that long without help. As is probably to be expected, I had some depression. A part of that was because I could find out so little about what to expect and how long I would have to be on the prednisone. My doctors thought that my weakness and fatigue came more from the side effects of prednisone than from the disease itself. I went off the prednisone in 10 months, but my sed rate went up and I had to go back on a low dose for 3 weeks. I have been off since March 15 and am doing well. My legs are not all the way back yet, but, otherwise, I feel totally well. I was off my feet so long that the legs need exercise to build back up. I'm working on that. The good news is that this, too, does pass. I was diagnosed quickly, which is not always the case, and did not have the severe headaches that some have experienced. To be honest, I think I got off easy to what it could have been.

Thanks for sharing ur experience. I am a care giver to my mother who has been on prednisone for two years now she started with 60 but now she is on 2.5 yet her sed rate still high it's 45 she gained a lot of weight and lost lots of bone density and that affects her ability to walk as she used to and yes she feels so tired and it to mention her mood swings am glad u r off this medication and I wish u all the best