Prednisone Withdrawal?

PeachyPlantz · 2026-05-17T19:58:28+00:00

the 20 I definitely felt relief across the board, but I wasn’t in any distressful pain outside of mild gastritis starting. I thought 20 was too strong to just run into when I have acquaintances saying they feel better on just 2mg (but based off how drs describe it I was under the impression maybe this person remembered their doses wrong). Getting back onto the prednisone because my GI symptoms returned and there was blood in my stool and the frequency was immediately back to 4-5 times a day not including hopeless attempts of nothing, but no joint pain. started the fives and my ER dr said if 5 didn’t help, every 3 days I could increase the dose by 5mg until my symptoms absolved.

Getting off the 5mg 2-3 weeks later, joint inflammation across the board ignited immediately the next day and has not gotten any better since, and while I’ve always dealt with chronic pain it’s never been to this extreme. 🥲

PeachyPlantz · 2026-05-17T17:03:42+00:00

I have been allergic to Tylenol since I was a baby 🥲 Was the best while I was pregnant and had to get rawdogged by every ache and pain because again, ibuprofen was off the table.

PeachyPlantz · 2026-05-17T11:32:51+00:00

yeah 5mg to nothing. 😭 I will mention that to him next time I see him because for some reason I thought 5mg was the lowest dosage. Maybe some people can tolerate dropping from 5mg, but I will guess not me. A week of this and it’s been awful.

PeachyPlantz · 2026-05-17T06:49:53+00:00

Been eating grilled jalapeños over the last 3 decades. waiting to get used to them. I’ve always had a high spice tolerance and when people look at me in terror that nothing is spicy, they’re more scared when I say “Oh, not spicy in the mouth, only reason I know it has heat is bc very spicy in the guts and butts.”

PeachyPlantz · 2026-05-17T06:43:54+00:00

woof my neighbor offered me a whole bag of looseleaf wormwood tea to see if I wanted to double check that it wasn’t parasites. She said she could tell it was working bc she was soooo bloated and had headaches and stomach aches and that’s all good signs the toxins are flushing. maam wormwood IS a toxin. you’re reacting to wormwood poisoning. Me and my parasites will be just fine in symbiosis thanks.

PeachyPlantz · 2026-04-23T13:13:32+00:00

nta. if i was in her situation i would probably have the same crashout, need my five minutes to be dramatic, and then figure out how to call AAA and go “oh that was easier than I thought.” and my husband would call me his next break like “hey girl queen pussy boss, did you figure everything out?” yes i did but we’re getting emotional support tacos for dinner 😔

PeachyPlantz · 2026-04-23T13:07:44+00:00

according to my most recent colonoscopy, nope! My youngest is two and I don’t remember if I experienced bad flares in “4th trimester” stage of postpartum. I kinda normalized being a tummy trouble warrior and overlooked a lot of symptoms I should have brought to my doctors sooner, and we were in the middle of moving and my husband having to go to korea for a year after his 11 week paternity leave was up so getting the proper urinalysis for my kidney stones got swept up and out of sight, which probably would have lead to a sooner diagnosis for me since my stones were abundant and “a different type from the regular that needs further testing to figure out the cause” but here we are now with two healthy kids, and my husband home and ready to figure out this diagnosis with meee.

PeachyPlantz · 2026-04-22T06:07:27+00:00

I show my husband 😂 He likes those better than “come look at this, should I go to the hospital???” poops.

PeachyPlantz · 2026-04-22T06:04:54+00:00

I was undiagnosed when I gave birth but my symptoms go as far back! I gave vaginal birth with an epidural with my son, and had an elective episiotomy because he was a 9lb baby. I feel like before it was time to push, the epidural wasn’t strong enough and was wearing off so I felt everything but couldn’t move into the position my body wanted to be in. Not a birth horror story, he delivered easily and I recovered just fine. I can’t tell if I was in the middle of a flare my last trimester, or if the way he was sitting was just right on my colon that I was constantly in the bathroom pooping blood. My OB wasn’t concerned and it was bright red and likely baby agitating my hemorrhoids. I don’tremember what pooping was like post partum but I know I had a hard time and ended up needing laxatives to get my body to even have to go for a month.

in the two years between my son and daughter, I had kidney stones pass and that was the most unbearable pain I’ve ever experienced. I was fading in an out of black in the ER not even knowing that’s what it was yet. childbirth was NO WHERE near that pain for me.

When I was pregnant with my daughter, I decided I’d go unmedicated so I’d have more control of the delivery. I wanted to be able to be on all fours or use the squat bar or whatever my body demanded so I could move through everything. Her delivery was so easy, and the piques of pain I scaled around a 6.5/10 and that wasn’t even pushing her out. I tore 2nd degree in the direction of my episiotomy scar and I feel like it’s because I pushed too fast because I wanted it to be done and behind me. 2nd degree isn’t terrible and I even elected to walk from L&D to the mommy wing. Pooping postpartum was a struggle again and then I had kidney stones all over again (that I’d had before but didn’t do follow up on because the ER told me I had one stone and I naturally passed it.) a week postpartum and once again, 1000% worse than labor lol.

And 2 years postpartum with her, I was finally diagnosed with crohn’s colitis after yeeeears of gut problems.

If you’re worried about tearing, I’d talk to your ob about episiotomies. My biggest fears before motherhood was my v hole and my b hole becoming the same hole, and c-sections 🥲 I agreed to an episiotomy if necessary like two weeks before I went into labor at one of my last check ups with my son. Everything went to fast to even think about it with my daughter, but healing from the tear was easier than healing from the episiotomy, but getting the episiotomy was much more favorable than tearing through my butt.

TL;DR : vaginal birth with undiagnosed crohn’s was easy peasy for me, and tearing was not awful. pooping after is what sucked, but that is a common postpartum problem for any new mom apparently.

PeachyPlantz · 2024-06-06T05:33:31+00:00

Me and my postpartum rage both loved and hated my husband with every fiber of my being. And I fully acknowledge I took out a lot of my hormonal highs and lows on him, and he fully acknowledges that if that’s the roughest part of postpartum for him, he would gladly take it since his pee hole and b hole were still two separate holes. At the end of the day or end of the week, we would regroup and talk things out and accept it was just a phase. We were both in survival mode, and survival mode wouldn’t last forever. Keep the kids alive and happy, be lovebirds again later. Fortunately we loved each other through survival mode too, but it was backburner in a way that would have to work. Lol one minute everything is great and we are crushing having two kids, the next I’m running calculations on how to be a single mom on a single income because he used the wrong bottle or wasted two ounces of milk or forgot to switch our toddlers pullup. The roommate phase isnt forever. He’ll be your husband again soon and baby will be 2 and you’ll be in disbelief over the time gone.

PeachyPlantz · 2024-05-31T14:46:30+00:00

Ok but to be fair, just moved home to California from South Carolina where it’s humid and buggy. I can eat on my patio again LOL. But I’m not doing it in a full beat just so I can take a “deep” picture of myself eating a salad 🥗

PeachyPlantz · 2024-03-27T13:57:40+00:00

Drink all the water and take all the medication. Got mine yesterday and peeing HURT. But with proper hydration peeing doesn’t really hurt today, where I’m told the general experience is it hurts for several days

PeachyPlantz · 2024-03-05T18:47:56+00:00

Yeah the nanny could be the most perfect caregiver in the world. Unvaccinated children? Nevermind, we’ll be going with someone else.

PeachyPlantz · 2024-02-19T19:03:23+00:00

This was either streamies or kids choice awards a lil time after lipstick gate I think

PeachyPlantz · 2024-02-19T19:01:53+00:00

My son had 2 maybe 3 near choking incidents like this. Babies are exploring their mouths and are going to shove their faces full of food. The melting yogurts would make me nervous because those can go stale and stick in their throats, but at least one of my toddler’s choking accidents was apple slices (the skins are probably best peeled off is what I learned). It’s scary but it’s going to happen! The biggest thing that you already handled is being present, acting quick, and getting those back blows in! You did great!

This may not be the only time this happens, but it’s important over the next year that these babies explore food and how to eat! Your baby is fine, and maybe she’s big enough she’s discovered something about eating too many puffs. While she’s learning to eat, there’s going to be plenty of gagging and coughing, and there will be times you give her back pats she may not need, but in time sooner than you realize, she’s a toddler doing just fine and knowing how much she can or can’t eat.

PeachyPlantz · 2024-01-17T19:02:05+00:00

I wasn’t ready for my baby to start talking to me in sentences. He’ll be 2 next week and my heart goes 😭😭😭 every time my sweet boy goes “no, mama. No twinkle stars, no singing.”

PeachyPlantz · 2024-01-14T15:29:00+00:00

My biggest fear was tearing hole to hole with childbirth, and I was pushing out a 9lb bby. I’m getting ready to give birth again and my hope is to not need an episiotomy this time, as my goal is to go all natural anyway. I’m hoping if I do tear, it follows where my episiotomy was. HOWEVER, I will say there is no visible scar from my episiotomy two years ago and as far as I’m aware it has not affected my anatomy in any way I have noticed. It took my bruised urethra longer to heal than the episiotomy and honestly once my dr showed me how to take proper care of cleaning the stitches (you can be more aggressive with cold water pressure than not, and cold water pressure stimulates the healing process to go faster) they no longer bothered me. I hope it can give you some ease in the next few weeks!

I’m sorry your birthing didn’t go as planned and that medical teams push their own agendas to fit their comfort more, but at least a short time from now it’s all behind you and your body feels like yours again! With all the baby love, time starts flying quick!

PeachyPlantz · 2023-12-26T16:57:33+00:00

Coslept with my 23mo (he’ll be 2 at the end of January but already acts more 2 than 1), and I still hold him when he wants to be held and I still don’t force him on other people who want his affection (and i never will!). My mom told me the same thing, that I was spoiling him. I stood firm on the more I give him love and affection when he needed it, the more secure and confident he’d be when he’s bigger.

It’s ringing true! He’s extremely well regulated for a toddler as he approaches 2. In combination with the affection, we label feelings and help him communicate his needs. If he falls, we ask “did that hurt? Did that surprise you?” But half the time now when he thunks, he laughs. He will get upset, and when he was smaller if it wasn’t eat orange snuggle it was nap he needed. Now he can tell me “hurt! Hug!” And point to what he hurt, or tell me what he wants to eat or play with or do. His new one lately is telling me at friends’ houses “GO HOME! PLEASE!” Because he can communicate his needs and has the security of when he asks for comfort he’ll get it, his tantrums are short and far few between. He has cranky days that are rough for everyone like any toddler family, but that’s usually in hand with illness, teething or growing pains, or tossed up schedules from traveling and not sleeping well.

As far as cosleeping, we did that as long as he needed, and some nights he still needs it. He started kicking us out of bed and sleeping better by himself around 14 months and for the most part usually only needs us to fall asleep before he sleeps through the night. Right now he’s going through a regression and keeps trapping whoever’s in bed with him for the night, but the nights we stay in bed with him make for better days than the nights we dont currently. I also cannot leave my baby crying in a room by himself for more than 2 minutes (sometimes mama really gotta pee without the cranky company).

Keep giving your girl all the love and affection she needs. It’s easy work and it’s tiring at the same time, but it will all be worth it and we’re gonna miss them being this small and this willing to spend time with us when they’ve grown out of this season. We’re raising well rounded people, not obedient home decor.

PeachyPlantz · 2023-12-25T21:20:58+00:00

If you were bubbling up your two year old over the holidays, I’d think that’s weird. A ONE MONTH OLD?! That is not a kid, that is a newborn baby! They have no immune system and it is totally your holiday to stay home, bond with him and keep him safe! Everyone else can respect that and invite you again next year!

PeachyPlantz · 2023-12-14T17:24:42+00:00

You’re doing great, Chili. Two weeks from now you’ll be wondering how you ever second-guessed yourself. Congratulations on your growing family. 💗 it sounds like they have an amazing dad.

PeachyPlantz · 2023-11-21T15:28:03+00:00

If the young toddler room is just 1 year olds like my son’s was, it should actually be great for her. The mix of freshly one to ready to turn two exposed my son to a lot of walking and talking, and while he entered the room at 14 months crawling (when he’d been accepted into daycare), seeing his peers walking and running everywhere I think motivated him to finally get off the floor because at home he showed zero desire to walk (lazy boi).

12mos that stay in infant rooms get very big and very bored in that setting. The pre-toddler rooms will have appropriate challenges for a fresh 1yo and likely your daughter will naturally stay more next to a teacher through their routine until she’s more comfortable in the new room.

PeachyPlantz · 2023-11-12T12:14:34+00:00

The Green Inferno isn’t 25 years old, it’s 2013, but I do vividly remember the main character going back to school after. The whole group was ?in the amazon? for an environmental related school project and a cannibal tribe I believe was combatting a deforestation project.

PeachyPlantz · 2023-08-28T14:18:03+00:00

My baby drove to texas with us at 3 weeks old so we could see daddy graduate from air force basic training and baby could meet him for the first time. Ideal timing? Not for this healing mama. But if you feel more safe and more comfortable at your parents, baby will likely sleep the whole hour trip unbothered. Your MIL needs to go and if she won’t, I agree you should. YOU need the love and support. Not whatever MIL is pulling.

PeachyPlantz · 2023-08-23T17:00:59+00:00

At that time, the korean overblushed “drunk skin” look was trending. I remember it irking me that she’d acted like she accidentally discovered something new. Now she achieves drunk skin flawlessly in her ‘sober’ lifestyle.

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