Hey guys,

Just wanted to post this as I know that a lot of us are aware of prednisone causing psychosis/emotional problems, but it can also impair executive function to the point of dementia. Thank God it goes away, once the 'roids are stopped, though!

http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/64/4/707

I definately found myself many a time so impaired that I couldn't even drive; didn't seem to know how to...I'd also find myself drowning in paper, and making lists of every painful little detail like no one's business because I didn't seem to know how to organize myself.

Example:

(1) wake up
(2) eat breakfast
(3) look around room
(4) Adjust list
(5) Eat a bag of chips!!!
(5)b Check blood sugar
(6) Find list.
(7) Where are my glasses?
(7)b Found glasses. On head.
(7)c ?I don't where glasses?
(8) Look up 'where' in dictionary. It's 'wear.'
(4)b Make another list to accompany current list. 'Sub-list'?
(7)d Determine whose glasses are on said head.

My lists were pretty much that detailed, minus the content...Playing around a bit...But the prednisone made it really difficult for me to focus, and remember much...