Watch it with the long-term prednisone. It'll damage your internal organs and leech the strength out of your bones. It's the classic medical double-edged sword: both a miracle and a nightmare, all at the same time.

Prednisone for treatment of CH should only be transitional - that is, it bridges the gap from the time you start taking a long-term preventative until that preventative becomes effective. 10-14 days max.

I very glad that you're getting relief, but I very much agree with the posts above - prednisone is a very much love/hate medication.  Fantastic short term - a week or two.  Awful effects on your body longer term.  Osteoporosis, diabetes, weight gain, mood swings, insomnia, etc etc.  Please please talk to your dr (if you haven't already) about a safe prophylactic medication...
God Bless and may you have many many more PF days!!!!

Great news that you have a doc experienced with CH. Saves the whole first 10 minutes of every appointment convincing someone it's NOT stress and it's NOT a migrain!

But yeah, what the others have said. For a small percentage of people, a short burst of prednisone will actually break a cycle. My guess is he's trying that route first to see if you're one of the lucky ones....here's to hoping you are.

If not, and they come right back when the pred runs out, then he will hopefully start you on a solid prevent med, like Verapamil, Topomax or Lithium. Please let us know how it goes.

Joe

PS: Keep the 02 close when the pred runs out. Most find when the prednisone runs out, if it hasn't broken the cycle, the beast really comes back with a vengeance, make sure the tank is full!

Bob,
just printed the article thanks for the info...there was alot of info that I knew (and some I didn't) but I will be going over it with newdoc and see where we stand!

Steve