Hi Mary @mary4, You are doing great! If you have been OK with .5 for a month, you have been tapering slowly and stopping prednisone at .5 is a good test to see if you are still OK with the little to no pain when you wake up the next morning. I did that for six months my first time around with PMR bouncing between 1 and .5 until I could finally stop taking prednisone with little to no pain. It had lasted about 3 and half years by the time I was off prednsione the first time.