and lack of sleep is driving me out of my mind.


That's all.

Although, the hallucinations are fun.

I'm not sure if they're from sleep deprivation or from steroid-induced psychosis but either way they're fun.

Mark, please.
If no one posts on your thread, please post a new one and not comments on the same old one. Keep on it.

Excuse me?

What medication is it?

I have problems with insomnia (not caused by medication) myself. A couple of things help me manage it:

*vigorous exercise (cycling in my case)
*couple of bong hits about 30 mins before bedtime - people have very different reactions to pot so this may not be good for you but it makes me relaxed and sleepy.
*The above two almost always work for me but when insomnia is really bad, I take a Hydroxizine - this is actually an antihistamine rather than a sleep pill but it makes me very drowsy and is non-addictive. Downside is I wake up groggy.

HTH, insomnia sucks.

Even I'm under medication.

I lose sleep at night only because I stay on my computer until I nod away to sleep. And that is why my doc insists on me to keep a schedule. It helps.

Prednisone, primarily, which I think is the culprit.

Aside from that, Levaquin, Colazal, Actonel, calcium supplements, fish oil supplements, ginseng-coated multivitamins...

I'm sure I'm leaving something out.

Since I'm allergic to damn near everything, I don't think experimentation with marijuana is in my future. :)

A beer will usually help me sleep but I don't like mixing beer with my meds.

Demerol will help, too, but I don't like doing that for the same reason.

Yes, Prednisone does that to everyone. How long have you been on it? I *believe* medical professionals recommend that you're only on it for a few days at a time.

I've been on it for 15 months and counting.

Yes, the doctor knows.

Yes, it has to be this way for a variety of reasons.

On the plus side, my asthma has hardly bothered me.

:P

When prednisone is used to control chronic inflammation the treatment can last for weeks or months. Although doctors try to taper down the dose to the lowest possible, if you stop taking it altogether the inflammation that it was controlling is likely to come back.