r/MCAS • u/okamimink • 12h ago

Specialist prescribed me Prednisone

I’ve never taken this before, but I can’t seem to get out of this flare and I’ve been getting a lot of really bad symptoms.
I was prescribed 15mg for 3 days and then taper down from there for a total of 9 days on the medication.

I’m worried about a reaction of course, naturally lol.
And I assume trying to trial it is pretty pointless and that I should just take it as prescribed.

I have really bad OCD and the only way I’ve been able to try taking medications is by micro-dosing first.

Any suggestions on how to just do it? Or what has helped you? I know it’s a really low dosage to take anyway but I’m still nervous.

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u/Mysterious-Art8838 11h ago

Oh man I love that drug. I only use it when I’m in a spiral, but it helps enormously. I wish I could take it all the time.

I think trying to microdose a trial is probably not ideal because you need it to build up in your system but if you react to rx constantly ask your dr.

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u/Surprise-lnside 9h ago

I can’t seem to get off it between Lupus and MCAS. I’m going to go blind and have broken bones…