Hi everyone,
This is my first time posting here but I’ve had CFS for about 5 years. I’m writing because something very disturbing happened the other day and was wondering if anyone might have some idea of what caused it? I had a hearing/balance issue and was prescribed prednisone by an urgent care doctor. I felt very wary taking the prednisone as I believe that my chronic fatigue was triggered by taking steroids 4.5 years ago but I really wanted to save my hearing and was assured by my long-time doctor that it was safe. After only taking maybe 2mg of prednisone (again I was very nervous!!) I felt within minutes that my entire body was made of cement and I couldn’t move at all. It was very similar to the crashes I’ve had with CFS but occurred within minutes. I had basically felt that the CFS wasn’t an issue anymore prior to this but now I’m back to my lowest point. Does anyone know much about prednisone or how the heck this could have happened? I’m surprised that anything could cause a full crash within minutes. Maybe it immediately threw out the HPA axis? Or directed my adrenals to produce a heck of a lot of cortisol all at once? Thanks in advance to everyone and really glad to be here.
This is my first time posting here but I’ve had CFS for about 5 years. I’m writing because something very disturbing happened the other day and was wondering if anyone might have some idea of what caused it? I had a hearing/balance issue and was prescribed prednisone by an urgent care doctor. I felt very wary taking the prednisone as I believe that my chronic fatigue was triggered by taking steroids 4.5 years ago but I really wanted to save my hearing and was assured by my long-time doctor that it was safe. After only taking maybe 2mg of prednisone (again I was very nervous!!) I felt within minutes that my entire body was made of cement and I couldn’t move at all. It was very similar to the crashes I’ve had with CFS but occurred within minutes. I had basically felt that the CFS wasn’t an issue anymore prior to this but now I’m back to my lowest point. Does anyone know much about prednisone or how the heck this could have happened? I’m surprised that anything could cause a full crash within minutes. Maybe it immediately threw out the HPA axis? Or directed my adrenals to produce a heck of a lot of cortisol all at once? Thanks in advance to everyone and really glad to be here.