Posted by Jackie on September 17, 1998 at 15:14:41:
In Reply to: Coping? posted by Nancy Kosko on September 17, 1998 at 08:15:14:
Nancy, were you taking Prednisone AND lithium? I'm asking
because if you were taking both, and getting
undesirable side-effects, maybe you could try just
taking one of these medications--or was I taking
your post too literally? I've found Prednisone to
be the only drug that actually prevented most of
the horrid pain of my cluster episode. I had only
a few "break-through" headaches, but these were
of only mild to moderate pain. I took 5 20 mg
pills of Prednisone for 2 days, then 4 for 2 days,
etc., down to 1; then I repeated the taper once
more. For many people, Prednisone does have bad
side-effects. I'm only suggesting you might want
to give it another shot if you were using it in
conjunction with something else (like lithium).
Jackie