Hi, I'm just about where you are except a couple of months ago, I tapered down from 3 mg to 2 mg and had a flare up. Went back to 3 and then to 4. I then tapered down by 1/2 mg every 3 weeks and just reduced a week ago to 2 mg with good results. I find that taking two Tylenol with my Prednisone in the morning helps a lot. I plan to stay with 2 mg for at least a month and then try 1 1/2 mg. No one wants to stay on Prednisone long term, but where would we be without it? My advice is to try 1/2 mg at a time.