prednisone anxiety

[tinapastina]

last tuesday my dr prescribed me prednisone for what he thought was mono( turned out to be tonsilitis) and the prednisone was not needed. after 3 days of 20mg i thought i was going to die. panic attacks, shakes, sweating and unable to focus i called the dr who had the PA call me back amnd say taper to 10 mg then 5 mg. After fri night taking the 10mg i went into hysterics. i couldnt talk, i couldnt move and i could not focus on my son who is 2. i called the dr once again and another dr called to say that i can stop because i wasnt on it lomg enough to cause damage to my adrenal glands.  he said that this stuff can cause steroid psychosis.  i have been tking .5mg of lorazapam with the panic attacks. im good during the day aside from a little nausea, but at night, i wake with a start like im being zapped by a cattleprod. i opem my eyes and try to calm down,. but once i shut my eyes and try to rest i get that zapped feeling again.
has anyome gone thru this? ive read that it can take 2 weeks for the rpednisone to fully leavce your system

[Cloak291]

Can someone please tell me how long it took for the side effects to go away? It has almost been 7 weeks for me. I am better but on 0.375 of Klonopin... Please help! I did not have any anxiety or panic symptoms before this. Thanks!

[OrchidNC]

I was given Prednisone at Urgent Care and i've been gaving a nightmare of s time for a week now. It all started from a simple children's 12 hour alegra. Pollen count was high so I grabbed one with my breakfast bar in car on way to do errands. Mouth got super dry fast and I didnt have water, stopped to get some and felt heart   rate increasing, started feeling tingling in head so pulled into Urgent Care to get checked BP 167/100 and heart rate 120 very high for me. (iJust had physical all no's were excellent and BP 120/70's )
PA treated as allergic reaction and gave a Steroid injection and one histamine block as well. There for several hours. (Drank six or so bottles h2o while there ) Shaky when i left, went home to bed and husband picked up prescriptions. I began taking right away as they were clear the "protocol" was to avoid a rebound affect and said it was necessary . I take 10 mg prednisone 4x day for four days, then 3x day for three days, then 2x day for two days then 1x and with that 50 mg of Hydroxycine (an antihistamine?!?) every 6 hours for ten days. Felt terrible taking, shaky, anxious, revved up, tight chest, called doctor Monday morning and she said to stop all meds. That i had only been in them for @ three days and I should be safe to stop the entire course of treatment because she doubts I had an "allergic reaction" at all, just had a reaction. That was over a week ago and I have been so sick! with bp that takes off, tightness in chest, nausea, shakes and tremmors, anxiety, inability to drive or sleep. Things have tapered off over the past two days and symptoms arent extreme but and last two nights I've had to take .5 mg of Klonopin an anxiety med to calm system down. I seem to get nauseous and shaky and anxious after eating ( which I can barely do but make myself eat a few bites of of protein and healthy carbs like a diabetic because I thought maybe this was affecting my blood sugar levels) and at bed time. I don't know if the Prednisone has been a lone culprit in this or the added med did me in, but I NEVER have felt this ill and I don't get sick, anciety, or normally take any meds so I have concern over this anxiety piece and whether I will regret taking the Klonopin or not? I m concerned about what's going on with my system and have been back to the doctor twice and hospitol once...
No one seems to have answers or can advise me. Just told to deal with it till it stops? When that will be no one can say. Meds should be nearly out of system by now do why the lingering symptoms?
Anyone have similair experience and can you give me a clue if the anxiety goes away on its own or does it require meds? Any experience with Klonopin and is that safe?
Thanks,
AnxiousNC

[limomel98]

The exact thing happen to me, even down to the sleep issue! Ive been looking for answers since september this year and I found some, but this here does not get any better! I was given prednisone 5mg per tablet,. Take 6 pills the first day (which is 30mg!!!) then taper off. I was taking it because the PA thought my vertigo was from fluid being in my ears. Anyway, by day 3??!!! Septem 10, 2011, I was SICK AS A DAMN DOG!!! Weak, hot flashes (and im 31) my nerves were on the edge, i was emotional wreck!! The 3rd night I went to sleep and was awaken several times during the night with that brain zapping feeling. Everytime I close my eyes and doze off, my body heated up, night sweats, brain zapps, my body felt weak all over! This would only happen while trying to sleep. I had my man take me to the ER. They couldnt find anything and when I mentioned the Prednisone, they played dumb! ( which they always do when it come to pointing the fingers at meds) while awake during the day, i felt weak, and anxiety out the butt! Not to mention I was dizzy from the vertigo. OMG!! I will never take this meds as long as live, if I can help it. 3months later and my nerves are still a little frazzled. It really messed with my anxiety. The more I read about prednisone, the more bad stories I hear about these side effects. It is not the med for everybody. USE WITH CAUTION!

[tinapastina]

thank you! for a while i thought i was going nuts!!!!! apparently this prednisone makes people go thru crazy stuff

[TimQuick]

i have had the same reaction to the prednisone.  it made me very anxious for about a week...maybe drink alota water to help flush it out...don't mix medicines with it!!!