Hi Rob- Can I jump in here with my experience? I was put on 60 mg for more than 2 months then I was tapered. I'm petite, and boy was I flying for a while on it. I didn't sleep much, either.

I had a very bad reaction to radiation treatment for lung cancer and should have gone to the doctor a month earlier than I did, but circumstances had my mind in a different place. I did take Melatonin to help me sleep. I know that some places and doctors say not to, but mine said to go ahead. It didn't seem to calm the prednisone down, but I could sleep a bit more. This is not something that I'm advocating doing. I'm just relating what I did. I also took prednisone doses in the AM. I'm off of it now.

It's a very tough medication and I hate to say this but you'll just have to grin and bear it. Your body will adapt and you'll get used to it. This is what I felt. I hated every minute of it, but it worked like a charm in reducing inflammation in my lungs. My lungs were so bad that I had to be put on oxygen. My oxygen level went down to 87%.

This was not good! But, after I was off prednisone for a month my O2 level was back up to 95% after a walk.

I know that for right now things might seem ugly. What was it like for you when you had to have it before? Does it feel different? More ugly?

Merry