Hi wirhlwind123,
When I started Pred, I was hospitalized in a neurologic dpt… They gave me 10 mg to start with (every day), I was so weak, (much weaker than when I entered and although they gave me a round of IVIG at the same time,) that they hold me at 10 mg for 5 days until I recovered from that initial phase, and after they increased Pred by 5 mg every 2 days. When I left after 3 weeks, I was at 50 mg…(for 75 kg of weight). Later, I went up to 75 mg (1 mg/kg) and now after 18 months, I'm down to 10 mg and still tapering…
My advise: if you feel worse after starting Pred, call immediateley your doctor/neuro and keep usefull telephone numbers like ER, ICU…handy, you might (I hope not) use them…!
Maurice.