I was having similar issue with 1
20 mg Prednisone and that’s why I took it at dinner time but my doctor said that’s wrong. But switching to the AM my symptoms got worse at night again. so he switched me to Methylpredisolone instead of Prednisone and it works like a charm. I am like a 0 to 1 pain level on 16mg. he said I am a very rare type that does not do as well on Prednisone so this may not be an approach for everyone. It will be a bit challenging tapering though because Methylpredisolone does not come in the small 1mg doses.