Continuing mental fog

Posted by brerabbit @brerabbit, 1 day ago

I’m going down to 10mg next week. Since day one of this recurrence, in August, I’ve had a difficult experience with mental fog. It has decreased a little but not enough so that I can drive or manage some apps on my computer. I have about an hour of clarity in the morning after I take my dose and then nothing but zombie land til evening. Is anyone else dealing with this and have any suggestions?

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rashida | @rashida | 11 hours ago

@brerabbit what 10mg of medication do you take?

tuckerp | @tuckerp | 8 hours ago

assuming your taking prednisone the fatigue and mental fog is real issue. Even after you have stopped prednisone. Your adrenal system goes into a sort of worn out state. However, 10mg is still a pretty healthy dose for PMR treatment. You dont say how long you have been on prednisone but your taper from here will be trying to keep the PMR under control and restarting cortisol.