I love how you write! I too had the exact same experience with prednisone in terms of my PMR diagnosis. I felt like I was on speed and had no pain or stiffness. I cleaned my house top to bottom and could not get to sleep. Just wanted to enjoy the moment of freedom from disability and pain. Like a blind man seeing the beautiful countryside after being blind all their life. Then hell broke loose when my prednisone was decreased down to 20 mg a day. Stiffness and pain returned in both legs and hips, fatigue and depression returned. My doctor threw his hands up and said he could do nothing more. I now have a compression fracture plus five (5) bulging discs so I am really in pain. Cortisone thins the bone so wondering if I am just paying the price for those two months of bliss.