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Prednisone tapering is challenging. What does remission feel like?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Sep 3, 2023 | Replies (209)Comment receiving replies
Not really sure. I was a little anxious each time I went down 1 mg. I think what will and probably is happening is that my back and neck issues will be less masked by the prednisone as I taper. So I think that the discomfort I feel is coming from my back and neck but not necessarily from the PMR.
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Hi Loyal, I was wondering if you had back and neck pain before PMR?. When I was.in the throws of it before diagnosis my hands were.beyond painful and
useless....it was so bad I was not fully aware of the other pain much as my hands. I realized I had pain in my.hips, back, thighs.....and my neck was."tired" so I would need to use a pillow. I have fibromyalgia, severe OA, RA, sjogrens....since the 90's so pain is always there...as well as fatigue and some fogginess. So the one issue I didn't have was back.pain. Now I do. I am asking because I am learning about pred managent...I have been on quite the ride. I am on 16 mg and have been for weeks. I spend my day trying to figure out what hurts or doesn't....and which type of fatigue.I am experiencing. The back pain pops up every day...and other things
I.had one day where I thought.things might be calming down but then the next day my back was spasms. It's hard to know if it's PMR or.....but I didn't have it before so I think it must be m PMR.....see where I am with this? I don't know what feel better.really is. Then I think m should I go back up on the pred.... what's a girl to do.