#my current doc just had me do a week of low dose glucocorticoids to see if it helps

[tj-crochets]

Hey y'all, weird question time again! This one is glucocorticoid related, specifically about the side effects of short courses of steroids

Do y'all have steroid withdrawal symptoms even after short courses of glucocorticoids? I've had multiple doctors say it shouldn't be possible, but I've had pretty bad withdrawal symptoms every single time I've been on non-taper short course (like, a week or less) corticosteroids, and even with tapering I still get symptoms. Without tapering, even after only a five day course, I had a resting heart rate in the high 160s and could barely move I was so exhausted. Nowadays, I just tell all my doctors that I know it's weird but I have to taper, yes, even off of that low a dose for that short a time, I have to. So far they've all believed me and changed the prescription for a taper dose. Is that an issue you've had? Did they end up figuring out why? Initially my doctors thought it might be indicative of adrenal issues, but now my latest doc thinks it's not adrenals, and I don't know what other reason I could be this ridiculously sensitive to steroids.

#the person behind the yarn #medical mention #medication mention #steroid mention #I mean glucocorticoids not anabolic steroids but still warning just in case #my current doc just had me do a week of low dose glucocorticoids to see if it helps #as an addition to the mineralocorticoids I've been on for years #and it did help! and he called in a three month prescription which is cool but also weird #because he did not do any tests or ask any qualitative questions about my symptoms when on the meds #but like...I'm not unhappy about it? just confused #but anyway it got me thinking about steroid withdrawal again because I was tapering off of the short course he had me on #and was like wait! is this weird? this is weird right? #there's got to be a reason literally every single doctor I've mentioned it to has said that shouldn't be possible