I was first diagnosed in 1974 at age 14. The doctor started me on Asulfadine, which never helped at all. Later that year I was put on Prenisone. I've been on and off Prednisone since 1974. (Probably more on than off.) And, after a year on Entocort, I had a recurrence where I was put back on 40mgs per day of Prednisone.
I have a love-hate relationship with the drug. It is the only thing that puts me into remission, while Humira keeps me there (for the most part). But, it screwed me up in many ways. People talk about the effects of Long term Prednisone use but rarely talk about psychological impacts.
On the positive side, the energy it give you helped me get through college and graduate school. Who needed to sleep? I could get up at 4am, study, go to classes, work full time, come back home and study until 2am, then go back to sleep for 2 hours. It's all I needed and it worked.
But, as a 52 year old male, I developed Osteopenia, the precursor to Osteoperosis from decalcification of my bones. My brain chemistry has been permanently altered, resulting in chronic depression, anxiety and OCD. These can be controlled to some degree by medications, but not completely. When I'm on Prednisone I'm moody and irritable, lash out at family and friends, and sometimes do things I know to be wrong, not seeing the ethical problems until someone bothers to point them out to me. Then, depression kicks in.
So, those are my Prednisone experiences. It is wonderful for putting Crohn's into remission. But, the downsides far outweigh the good when you consider long term use of the drug.
Get off of it as quickly as you are able. Don't let the euphoric feelings it gives you mislead the dangers.