Life was fine until prednisone reactivated something I had 10 years ago, now I'm scared I might never love my wife again. She feels like a stranger to me right now and it's terrifying me.
I will love her again, right?
After the episode dies down, the feelings come back, right?
I was dealing with some painful sinus inflammation about 2 weeks ago and was prescribed 20mg prednisone and some amoxicillin clav.
Day 1 of prednisone goes completely fine and I just feel a little jittery if anything.
Day 2, I spiral. My heart rate is beating out of my chest and I have to focus on breathing just to stay alive. I called the doctor that prescribed the medication and he advised me to not take the medication anymore.
It’s been about a week since that episode and since then I have not been myself. For a couple days after stopping the meds I still felt like myself, just a little anxious. Flash forward a couple days, I start feeling dissociative, which is only worsened by the inability to sleep from the prednisone withdrawal.
Right now, I feel like I’m going through some sort of DPDR or Psychosis. My surroundings feel unfamiliar, my mood is gone and loved ones feel distant. I’ve sought out professional help, even went to the ER, and was told multiple times that “the prednisone is already out of your system, it can’t be the prednisone”
Everyday feels slightly more detached, what’s going on with me?