tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749687802138692392.post3411467994328165836..comments2023-05-31T01:45:02.663-07:00Comments on Sick Momma: The Monster In The RoomAvivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411667763810131618noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749687802138692392.post-48532573986424166882007-12-18T10:55:00.000-08:002007-12-18T10:55:00.000-08:00Thanks, Laurie. My husband is pretty darn good abo...Thanks, Laurie. My husband is pretty darn good about placating/comforting me, but it's my daughter and the cat who just don't understand what the heck is wrong with me. Ugh. <BR/><BR/>When I was in the hospital in July, I was getting those IV infusions of 125 mg of solumedrol three times a day. No wonder they had to give me major anti-anxiety meds! <BR/><BR/>Makes the dose I'm on now seem tiny, but apparently big enough to give me the mood swings. I'm slowly cutting back, starting today, going back to my doc's original plan of lowering the dose every 7 days. She had told me last week to go back to the full dose and stay there, but I don't think it bodes well for my family life if I do.Avivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16411667763810131618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749687802138692392.post-61585766187924558882007-12-18T07:07:00.000-08:002007-12-18T07:07:00.000-08:00Def. sounds like the prednisone. After 23 years of...Def. sounds like the prednisone. After 23 years of almost continuous use, I am all too familiar with the less than stellar side effects of prednisone. Whatever you do, be sure you come down off that dose carefully.<BR/><BR/>When I was getting very high IV infusions of solumderol, another steroid, every six weeks to help my adrenal failure (ironically caused by such massive Prednisone use), my then-fiance learned to just tune me out, placate me, and not engage me in any way for a good 48 hrs after the infusion. I would be so revved up I would feel like exploding right of my skin. I was so irritable and short-tempered. It would go away, but it took a few cycles for us to realize just how much those infusions temporarily changed me.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10392908564921877962noreply@blogger.com