Good thread, Lizzie! I was never put on Pred, but another corticosteroid, Dexamethasone. It put me in the hospital in a crisis. During the week I was in the hospital, I developed every side effect possible, I think. I was unrecognizable. My face swelled up like a full moon, my ankles swelled, and I've had pitting edema ever since, though I had never had edema before the steroids. Plus I never recovered my pre-steroid level of fatigue. It was as if the steroids had 'burned out' some of the receptors, and left me with greater fatigue, especially of the breathing muscles. I would never, ever, ever take steroids again. The next time they would probably finish me off.
Hugs,