Hello, am new to the group. Have been reading this thread in particular as I am trying to wean off of prednisone and still maintain a decent quality of life. I was diagnosed by my GP in early 2017 and started on 5mg, Had bumped to 10mg due to a flare up, and have been slowly weaning off with intermittent bumps due to increased pain. I had been having symptoms for at least 4 months prior to diagnosis, thinking I had injured my back, neck, and shoulders at work (former nurse, could have happened). I took way too much ibuprophen trying to work and keep up with other obligations. I damaged my kidneys and can no longer take NSAIDS. It took 6 months to get an appointment with a rheumatologist ( rural area, 1 practice with 2 docs in a 150 mile radius). He has told me the last 3mg are the very hardest to wean off. My brother also had PMR, is off meds with no flares in several years. He told me i would have pain the rest of my life and needed to decide how much pain I could tolerate to get off prednisone. There are days I can hardly move, needing help to dress, get things off shelfs. My doc wants me to wean down to 1mg, which I've put off until after the holidays. Stress definitely affects me physically. He told me I could play around with the dose, take 1.5 one day, 1 the next. Has anybody come across a weaning strategy that seems effective?