I was exactly where you're at, having started on prednisolone in April. I felt the urgency of getting off it as quickly as possible and single-mindedly followed the directive to reduce to the lowest effective dose in the shortest possible time.

That didn't go so well. I got down to 9mg in half the time generally taken and that seemed to be going well...till 8mg. The morning pain increased noticeably, not too bad, but enough that I knew I had to stop reducing so fast or a flare was coming.

I now see the folly of pushing the ailment itself beyond it's own time course. Going faster with the taper doesn't make it go away faster. It just invites a flare which means an increase in dose to get pain and inflammation under control again. Then the reduction has to be done again, more time. In the end, rushing can mean we'll be on the 'roids longer.