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This is not related (although I do take 1-1/2 mg. of Melatonin at night -- half of a 3 mg. pill), but does anyone wake up in the morning WITHOUT pain and stiffness?? I do, and so wonder if PMR is really what I have. I also have GCA.
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Hi @valb68 I have PMR and GCA. Morning pain and stiffness is one of the key symptoms of PMR "The musculoskeletal hallmark of PMR is proximal, severe, and symmetrical morning and even day long stiffness, soreness and pain in the shoulder, neck and pelvic girdle. Fifty percent of patients with GCA share this characteristic proximal pain syndrome." (Reference - Cecil and Goldman's Textbook of Medicine).
If you do not have pain, are you taking prednisone? On the right dosage, the stiffness and other symptoms would lessen or disappear. By the way PMR and GCA are autoimmune diseases and melatonin comes with a warning not to take it if you have an autoimmune disorder.
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I take prednisone with my supper about 6:30 (used to split the dose when I had a larger dose). Wake up without stiffness or pain. Some stiffness in the late evening, but gone in the morning.