I can second that. Coming off of prednisone was awful, I just led in bad and shook, skin so sore I couldnt wear underwear! I have always had chromic sinus infections and coughs leading to mechanical laryngitis. I have found acupuncture to work incredibly well for the life long reflexive sniff habit I had formed as a result. After two sessions, I suddenly realised I’d stopped every few seconds. I still go regularly for my idiopathic neuropathy but the sniff usually stays gone apart from really hot, polluted days like today. I know which Id prefer, but sadly like most medical things, acupuncture doesn't work for everyone, and had no effect on my husbands hay fever.

Obviously I spoke with my doctor, she prescribed it for my back. The unexpected benefit was, here I am day 15 off the prednisone, and still haven't coughed. I'm not saying it's a solution, prednisone has horrible side effects. I'm simply saying that, in lieu of the horrible 'treatments' used for this condition; steroid neck shots, epileptic drugs, anti-depression meds (none of which help) it is a godsend to not have to cough for so many days. Maybe, just maybe, some researcher somewhere, somehow, may start to wonder how/why prednisone stopped the cough and come up with a better treatment. Lord knows there's very little research for this condition. And at my age, it's a little bit more than an 'annoying' condition.