Hi Cynthia @juju1, Welcome to Connect. You are not alone with not wishing PMR on anyone. You mentioned being diagnosed Sept 2022 and having pain coming back when you reduce to 6 mg prednisone. Depending on your starting dose, it may be that you are tapering too fast. I started at 20 mg prednisone and the first time it took me 3 and half years to taper off. The last 6 months going back and forth between 1 mg and 1/2 mg until I could finally stop taking prednisone and not have any pain in the morning. There is another discussion you might find helpful.

--- PMR Dosages and Managing Symptoms: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pmr-dosages/.

Do you keep a daily log with your level of pain when you wake up and the dosage of prednisone for that day?