Panda pans prednisone and panic attacks

[puppydog]

Does anyone know why prednisone would cause panic attacks but ant-inflammatories would calm symptoms?

 

Thanks

[emst]

10% people can not tolerate prednisone at all, screams, injury etc

[mommybee]

Steroids depresses the immune system. When there is an underlying active infection (strep or Lyme), prednisone can cause symptoms to emerge which the immune system is ordinarily able to keep at bay.

[jan251]

I too would be considering an underlying infection(s).

 

We have the same experience, bad with steroids but good experience with anti-inflammatories in that sometimes the anti-inflammatories will help take the edge off, ever-so-slightly. We are dealing with strep, mycoplasma, lyme, bartonella, babesia. Steroids are contraindicated in the case of lyme.

[mommybee]

Prescription anti inflammatory medications were the only medication that provided symptom relief. Antibiotics seem to prevent reinfection.

[Sirena]

Hi puppy dog,

The quantity of prednisone and whether ther is a good taper seems to make a difference from my experience. Our ds was on pred this summer and it helped a bit, but ibuprophen seemed to regulate more. I wonder if medrol (predisolone) might be different. I've read it has better activity for neurological inflammation.

[puppydog]

Your responses have been so interesting to to read. I hadn't thought about the differences between an anti-inflammatory and an immune suppressant. Thanks