hi folks! Well, I've just done what I've Always been afraid of doing and I'm turning to this forum to hopefully give me some quick and accurate advice! a few hours ago, I fell back asleep (it's 12:12pm right now). that wouldn't be a problem except.....I can't remember if I took my 15mg prednisone or not! typically, I wouldn't have taken it til about now, but when I just went to take it....a little alarm went off.....did I already take this??? my question is, is it better to just skip today all together (and possibly suffer as the day goes on?), OR, should I take (perhaps) another dose, and how badly will this (or not) screw up my system??? I could really use some Quick advice! thanks so much for your input!
I’m not sure I can give the right advice but if I were in your situation I would take a smaller dose - say a 5mg - or depending on what mgs doses you have and catch up to full dose again tomorrow or reduce tomorrows slightly…cuz if I miss a day my pain comes back fairly swiftly…so it’s not too much of a gap without any and if you have already taken your usual dose then an extra 5 mg wont be too catastrophic…at least will keep you topped up!
Let us know what you decide and how it went…good luck but I wouldn’t miss out on a whole day…
Hope this doesn’t get moderated like my last post or you wont get any quick responses…x
this wont help your current situation but the minute i take a dose, i write it on a calendar. every single time.
and..every morning i lay out my next dose in a little glass dish. if the dish is empty, i knew i took it.
can you count your remaining pills to see how many you have left?
best wishes…youll get it all figured out.
I put OH’s up in a pack of daily compartments - these are labelled with the day’s initial and can be lifted out as individual boxes so useful for a night or two away.
Usefull for graduated tapering.
hi Twopies…normally I’ve got my day’s meds in one of those daily plastic containers…however things have been kinda crazy lately and I’ve just not sorted them out this week…lesson learned!!
for now, I’m just gonna wait and see how much advice I can get, then I’ll take it from there!
I am noticing alot of stiffness and pain in my fingers and forearms, so I’m getting a bit antsy at my own Stupidity!
I’ll keep you posted…
I know…please see my post to Twopies a minute ago…
I am sure this is probably the wrong thing to do but I would take a double dose rather than go without, as it was such agony when I did forget to take my pred.
no missmagwumps…this didn’t get moderated…thank you for the quick advice!
it’s now 2:28pm and I’m starting to have pain/stiffness, (or is it just my imagination😕?)
I’m contemplating taking 7.5mg (half my reg dose), but am going to hold off for a bit longer and see what the general consensus is!
stay tuned…
REALLY Ptolemy??? that would mean if I’ve already taken it, I’d be taking 30mg today!!! Isn’t that kinda playing w/FIRE??
although I must confess, I’m starting to feel lots of pain/stiffness right now…or is that just all in my HEAD???
I was saying what I would do having been through the agony of forgetting. People often forget to take them and other people take the dose twice by mistake, just a once off should not be the end of the world as I see it.
Hi Lynda,
I’m no expert, here, but i have erred with all my meds, at one time or another.
I tend to agree with Ptolemy.
your body is not going to remember the next day, that you had too much (especially, if youv’e been taking 15mg. for a little while) but if you don’t take anything, your body may take a bit, to catch up, painwise.
The downside might be that your sleep might be more impacted, tonight, if youve taken twice the dose.
will be waiting to hear your final decision.
It will all be OK
Barb
Hi Lynda, think you missed a dose and starting to feel uncomfortable, Take the dose! Then go back to using a contender! 
Why not compromise and take 10mg just in case. You really don’t need any more pain.
gotcha…and as I’m really starting to have lots of pain ALL over…I’m about 1hr away from taking the 15mg! just want to get as much advice as possible for the next hr!
ok…hec with it. I’m just gonna bite the bullet and take the 15mg now! I just HATE messing with this drug as it seems I’m SUPER sensitive to it (one way or another).
guess I’ll find out tomorrow if I’ve done any damage, but for now my teeth are even starting to ache!
thx michdonn…taking it now!!!
Good luck, let us know how you feel tomorrow.
YIKES…too late! just took the 15! was starting to have jaw pain, tooth pain and a sore throat on top of everything else! not sure if it was all “brain induced”, but I’m not taking chances…may pay for this tomorrow! loading my plastic pill case NOW!!
Good Lynda, always be aware of flares!
A single day of 30mg is hardly playing with fire - you’ll just have a really good day! Many people are on way above 30mg for months and survive. You may have a “wired” day - but it will fade the next day.
If you forget a dose you should take it as soon as you remember unless you forget until the next day when it is due again - then you only take one dose, not double to “catch up”. This is the importance of having a dosette box that you load regularly - and don’t put it off of become distracted. You can get them for a month at a time - you just need a single half hour with the door locked and the phone off the hook to do it. It is also helpful when tapering,
But you cannot rely on the forum for urgent medical advice of any sort - hard as it may sound you have to step up and take responsibility for yourself. You have been lucky that several people were around but under the current circumstances - there might well not have been.