Hi @johnnyman, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @loribmt and others. Your symptoms sound very much like my first experience with PMR. I was started on 20 mg of prednisone and it took away all of my pain for the day and night until the next day. My first occurrence of PMR lasted 3-1/2 years until I was finally able to taper off of prednisone. I believe the average length of time for an occurrence of PMR lasts from 1 to 5 years but each of us are different.

You might find the following discussion helpful:
-- PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-dosages/.

My rheumatologist recommended keeping a daily log of my dose of prednisone and my level of pain when I got up in the morning. He also recommended listening to my body when I started tapering down on prednisone and to taper according to how I feel. If my pain level was above a 2 when it was time to taper to the next lower level, I did a few more days before trying to go down. If the pain was worse, I bumped the dose up half of the previous taper to try and keep from going back all the way.

Do you keep a daily log?