Newly diagnosed with PMR - two months ago. Was so bad I could not get out of bed or dress myself. All my joint are painful and swollen. Dr started me no prednisone - 20mg. Kept falling back into the pain. Dr. changed me to methylprednisolone - 16mg - still kept getting painful. Added methotrexate by injection 2 weeks ago and increased the methylprednisolone to 1 1/2 daily. For 2 weeks I felt great. Dr tried to drop my methylprednisolone back to once daily. Started going downhill almost immediately and d today was awful again. Took 2 methylprednisolone today and am starting to feel a little better. Will go back to 1 1/2 tomorrow while waiting to hear from Dr.