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Above all, for all readers: talk about these things with your doctors. There is a lot of anecdotal evidence online and it's just like negative reviews: the peop
by emerongi 5y ago
Above all, for all readers: talk about these things with your doctors. There is a lot of anecdotal evidence online and it's just like negative reviews: the people with positive experiences aren't really talking about it much.
As someone with a bowel disease, I can thank medicine for giving me my life back.
- MrBuddyCasino 5y agoAnother data point: I started Prednisolone 5mg a month ago, it has markedly boosted my energy levels. I hope this goes on forever.
- inter_netuser 5y ago5mg daily? Or once a month?
- nanidin 5y ago5mg is the level my SO refuses to go beyond for daily dosage. At 10mg she starts to cry every day.
- MrBuddyCasino 5y agoReasonable, you really want to stay below the Cushing limit.
- hnzix 5y agoBe careful to talk with your doc about Prednisolone's potential long term effects on bone density. It's great as a quick fix though.
- MrBuddyCasino 5y agoIs there a way to compensate?
- fredoliveira 5y agoI have a suspicion that this is exactly the type of question a doctor would be able to answer, which is why GP suggested you should reach out to one.
- MrBuddyCasino 5y agoIt is widely known that medical questions can only answered by MDs. Legal questions only by lawyers. Philosophical questions only by philosophers. Basically no questions should be asked or answered in a forum, as they will always be inferior to what The Experts™ say. Also every question can only be asked and answered once, so its either forum or expert.
- DantesKite 5y agoThat one nearly caused me to go blind. Had to go to a hospital.
- grumple 5y agoHow did that occur?
- DantesKite 5y agoI had to piece it together but it affected the way my body produces hormones, one of which controls cerebrospinal fluid. The fluid built up in pressure and affected my eyes.
- rajin444 5y agoAs someone with UC, medicine outside of prednisone has done nothing for me. Given that my disease is likely caused by something that modern science says is safe the least they could do is fix it. The pessimist in me says they make too much money. Controlling stress and smoking have been the best fixes (the latter works but smoking is still bad for you).
- amanaplanacanal 5y agoDo other nicotine delivery systems work? Could you get the same effect with gum, patches, or vaping?
- krageon 5y ago> talk about these things with your doctors Maybe, but at the end of the day it is your decision. You absolutely can read a pile of papers on your specific issue and invest hours into it. It will without a shadow of a doubt be more attention than the GP has for you (at ~10 minutes per appointment), or even a specialist who might invest an hour into you if you're lucky. Unless you're dying, in which case it's still not certain. For me, being prescribed increasingly higher doses of steroids in the beginning of the lockdown we had here because of my asthma was not nice. After about a year of this, I realised it got a lot worse after staying indoors for 1.5 years. It sounds obvious and in hindsight it was, but my doctor knew all of this and never ever addressed the fact that maybe I should spend more time outside (with absolutely 0 mention of testing for vitamin levels or prescribing something along those lines). Doctors come in widely varying qualities and some of them are really bad.