The withdrawal of prednisolone results in many issues that we deal with in RA with pain, insomnia, breathing difficulties, fatigue and anxiety.
I had been stuck on 2.5-5mg for about 15 yrs. Though I'd have periods in that time with higher doses.

I finally pushed through and resisted the urge to take the Pred that i pretty much knew would reduce the pain/ ache and inflammation and stayed off for a month. (i had a neck injury so I could't go anywhere anyway)

I am finally off with the exception of 5mg on rare occasions if I HAVE to keep going when my body says no. I've found since I've been off I have less severe flares. I think it could be that I'm not pushing myself as hard as I used to when I was on Pred.
GoodLuck

I did not realise that breathing problems could be part of RA until I watched a reality medical show...

I'm to the point with pred that I now need it daily because I have adrenal insufficiency after all the years of you. I keep remembering what chief of rheumatology at Northwestern University Hospital in Chicago told me. There is no cure as of yet. Therefore we will try with meds to give you quality of life... Agreed the drug won't give you quantity. So I said you work on the quality and I'll work on the quantity 😉

I have been onmethatraxate and prednisone 25yrs.my bones are fragile (prednisone)I HAVE Tryed to get taller off it was to painful

I've been on prednisone since 2009 on and off but no other medications have helped me. I've taken humira, planequil, sulfa, methotrexate, nothing really has helped until now, humira WITH methotrexate. My inflammation levels are down by more than half, I'm still on prednisone but haven't taken it until yesterday since it snowed. But before that I hadn't taken prednisone since I started my enbrel+methotrexate 3 weeks ago. I was so scared because nothing worked for me at all. I feared and cried when my doctor said she was not going to give me any more prednisone, I told her she didn't now what it feels to not be able to move at being such a young age. I feared being in pain without my prednisone, so I had to start going to the ER and Urgent care then they got sick of me. Now I'm actually happy I can go without the prednisone, I lost my camel hump and my moon face comes and goes but has slimmed down. The hardest is my belly, that hasn't gone. The prednisone also elevated my sugar and blood pressure so now I am prediabetic hoping to get off the prednisone completely but that's far fetched. As a vegetarian and always had low blood pressure now both are high: sorry this is long but hope it helps a little ((hugs))