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Screwdriver

Coming down from Methylprednisolone

OK so I have had the MOST spectacular response to this corticosteroid imaginable. I am a different person (a much better one). It has been a dark and dim time these past few decades. Whatever the actual prognosis eventually transpires MS/Encephalitis/cerebro spinal vasculitis, all similar conditions(??) my fear is that coming down off this drug might throw me back to the other self. I suddenly appreciate what relapsing and remitting might mean if the downside is as extreme as the up. It is a shame the spectacular effect of this drug mirrors the storyline in "Limitless" because I am scared of being kicked out of my own body by that tired, depressed, mean tempered shadow of my real self. I say that because I now discover there is a very real psychotropic element to this particular drug and I most assuredly have experienced multiple instances of euphoria. The energy bump is also extraordinarily strong, I have been working flat out non stop for a week whereas previously I would wake up, breakfast, hit the sofa, sleep, wake up, goto bed. Can anyone who has had a six day course with a similar extreme positive reaction let me know what happened when you stopped. I have had my last dose and am worried about what happens next.
@Hayley-McD

I hope you are coming well now but I have finished 2 days ago and although everything was still a struggle the tiredness and pain was not. But right now I feel like death. My skin hurts to touch I am so tired it’s in true and my bones ache my head is fussy and my emotions are all over the place. This is the second time I have had such a high dose steroid and I know last time it settled off and got a bit better but I am really struggling this time. I can’t function. I really hope you are not having these effects and are still feeling a lot better x

@Screwdriver

I cannot tell you how important your comment is to me right now. It has been 24 hours since my last dose. Six days of unlimited energy and euphoria, my old self, a rollercoaster of emotion. Now suddenly I have the strangest feeling something is going wrong. I can't put my finger on it. The up was so crazy high I might just be coming back to a better normal but until I hit the bottom I won't know for sure. This is a wild ride. If you had known what would happen, how would you have prepared? Steve