I have had PMR for several months. Started out on 20mg and am now at 12.5.....taking my time. Dr. wants me to get to 10mg and stay there for a while. As I started tapering I was having hot flashes too. They went away as I continue tapering but the shakiness persists. It's worse in the morning but I checked my fasting blood sugar and it was fine. Is anyone experiencing shakiness? Will it go away as I lower my dosage of prednisone? Does the shakiness have nothing to do with the prednisone? The nurse practitioner didn't seem to think it was the prednisone. Help!
Yes I do Sue,was blaming it on the red wine I have of an evening ,and if I might add your post has given me great comfort too,take care you have a fellow sufferer x
Yes, some people do experience that with pred. Honestly - why don't doctors and NPs read the list of side effects before saying "it isn't..." They say similar things all the time.
One lady had similar problems and her GP suggested trying taking her pred at night before bed. - she slept through the shakiness time and it was the answer for her.
Eu já tinha tremor nas mãos mesmo antes de ser diagnosticado. Nunca realmente passou, há momentos em que eu jogo coisas por toda parte. Estava apenas malabrando com um pote de requeijão. O carpete ganhou.
Don't you mean the carpet lost? Mochen...
I think Eileen is referring to me re taking pred. at night ( 9.30PM ). My GP said try it and, halft jokingly, he said perhaps I'd sleep through the shakines. It certainly worked for me. Hope it does for you, too.
Thanks Betty - apologies for taking your name in vain... 
My hands shake terribly and my heart rate raced at times. But this all stopped as I tapered down to a smaller dose. And oddly enough when I've had to go back up the shakes did not return. But hot flashes are horrible. They have never stopped.
Às vezes fico trêmulo, como no outro dia, meu braço e minha mão inteiros estavam tremendo quando eu estava entregando um pedaço de papel para alguém. Atribuí isso à perda de músculo nos meus braços. Quando faço alguma tarefa pequena que leva mais de 1/2 hora, estou suando como um porco e tremendo levemente por todo o lado. Novamente, atribuí isso à perda de músculo e ao fato de ficar sentado por 6 meses. Então... isso também é um efeito colateral da prednisona? Eu sabia sobre o suor na cabeça, mas não me lembro de ter lido sobre tremores nos efeitos colaterais. Claro, havia tantos listados, tenho certeza de que não me lembro de todos!
They are both possible side effects of pred yes, but they are also effects you may experience due to the underlying disease process, the autoimmune disorder that causes the symptoms we call PMR and GCA. Even though the pred is managing the inflammation and so the symptoms of pain and stiffness, that illness is still in the background unchanged except for what appear to be cycles in its activity. But overall it is there all the time. Until it burns out and goes into remission.
You are lucky it's only tasks over 1/2 an hour! I couldn't open a jar or sweep the floor for 2 or 3 minutes without feeling like that! And that was without pred too.
Yes I think you are right,as along with PMR I also suffer with menieres and diverticulitis which affect my day to day living.
At the moment I am feeling wretched and it has taken me ages to make my bed etc,my vision is blurred ,I have worn specs since I was seven,everyone I meet tells me how well I look,I often reply yes I have a good make-up bag....which I have ,the days are long ,just be glad when I can get outside on my patio,thanks one and all for your patience as I do tend to say it how it is ...
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Start telling them its the drugs... Makes them sit up and listen if nothing else!
Yes - I can still remember my first pair of specs at 7 - I didn't know trees had leaves!
PS - hadn't put 2 and 2 together
I also have a reputation for telling things as it is - and I'm unlikely to change now. I don't pussy-foot about the unpleasant truth I'm afraid. 
Thanks Eileen its being a Derbyshire lass 
I also have given up coffee and now have de-caff ,that has helped with the shakes worth a try 
Bem, isso é de grande ajuda... Eu sempre culpo minhas ondas de calor pela menopausa (tenho 63 anos!!). Parece que estou em um ciclo delas no momento.
Também me preocupei muito com as palpitações, que agora resultaram em alterações no meu ECG, mas elas diminuíram porque estou em uma dose menor.
Tenho também um tremor fino nas mãos, mas meu médico me garante que não é Parkinson.
Saber que tudo isso provavelmente faz parte do quadro é tranquilizador... obrigada!
Eu realmente queria aquele cream cheese! Eu perco.
Surely you had a spare tub? Or it was a message that you didn't NEED it...
Sim, Sue, alguns dias eu fico tremendo e suando muito antes que meu Pred seja devido, ou se eu ultrapassar o horário: só queria que o Dr. entendesse mais ou nos acreditasse 
Meu marido tinha isso, mas desapareceu quando ele foi trocado para outro esteroide. Ele também sentiu um estranho formigamento por todo o corpo. Ele disse que quase parecia insetos rastejando nele.