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No good at all.
That's a quick drop from 20mg down to 5mg in only five months. I started prednisolone two months earlier than you and am only down to 6.5mg so far, following the recommended reduction schedule. From what I see on this forum, the thing most likely to bring on a flare is reducing too quickly or by too much at a time. Reduce by no more than 10% of the dose each time is a warning often given. Were you just reducing too quickly do you think?

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Oh my - I started at 50mg a day for a week - and was instructed by my doctor to drop 10mg a week - so in 5 weeks I am at 10 and am feeling a resurgence in pain in all the usual spots and even in my toes which I never had before! My doctor is away for the holidays - so I think I will increase to 15mg - as is the pain is manageable- but I don’t want to go back to a crippling situation waiting for my doctor to return in January.