Just want to vent. Prednisone and entocort are doing a number on me. My skin feels tight from either fluid retention or swelling all over my body. I have wierd pains and numbness, dry skin, headaches, muscle spasms, mood swings, moon face, etc. Don't know if its the swelling or what. I hate this and it sucks. I have a horrendous headache and feel like I'm 100 years old tonight. I am tapering off the pred and it seems like my symptoms have gotten worse: fluid retention and at night I have palpitations and feel like I can't breathe. Still having symptoms from crohns so I know these meds aren't working. Stress at work does not help. Sorry. I just needed to vent. I am soooo tired of people telling me my face is swollen; like I don't know it already. I am feeling really down although I keep trying to remember that it could always be worse.
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Sick of prednisone
- Thread starter Vonnie
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Hang in there! I hate it to so I'm not even going to say "it gets better" because that doesn't help the situation. I've been on it for almost a year. If it helps any, yesterday a acquantence of mine asked why my face hasn't gone down since my wisdom teeth surgery last year. I haven't had wisdom teeth surgery. I guess he didn't know Prednisone causes moon face 
! I've also gotten "You look like a fatty from neck up but from neck chest down you look anorexic."
Drink lots of water and take folic acid, B12 & zinc supplements. It has helped my hair loss/prednisone belly so much!
! I've also gotten "You look like a fatty from neck up but from neck chest down you look anorexic." Drink lots of water and take folic acid, B12 & zinc supplements. It has helped my hair loss/prednisone belly so much!