Hi!! I am a 20YO diagnosed with Crohn's when I was 17. I am a D1 swimmer at USC. My freshman year I qualified for NCAA's. I have been in remission once for 6 months the summer leading into my freshman year at USC. An unknown allergy to amoxicillin completed destroyed my remission and gave me a rash for weeks. Since then, I have had on and off symptoms (bleeding, cramping, overall not feeling well). I had mono from September 2015-March 2016. Colonoscopy this summer showed that the Uceris was not doing it's job so my GI switched me to Imuran (and prednisone). I was on 40mg of prednisone for 6 weeks to raise the Imuran levels and have been tapering off prednisone since September. My body is very sensitive to prednisone and i have never been on more than 20 mg before. I am currently on 7.5mg and have been dropping 2.5 every week. Currently experiencing severe joint pain in my knees and severe headaches. I have experienced nausea, lightheadedness, and severe mood swings with this prednisone taper. The joint pain and headaches have been interfering with my training and I desperately need to train so i can be the swimmer i was freshman year. The mono last year screwed me pretty badly, and i want to prove myself this year, but it's hard when everything hurts all of the time. I have an allergy to ibuprofen as well, so i take tylenol when i can, but i try not to so i dont destroy my liver. I suffer from gastritis as well. Tylenol doesn't help with the joint pain. I have tried icing after practices and compression as well, but neither have helped much. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get through a prednisone taper with minimal pain and suffering?