Posted by DanielJ on April 3, 2006, at 10:46:31
A few months ago one of our neighbors told us her
40 year old son had a "breakdown". He was talking
constantly and didn't recognize any one. He was first
taken to a hospital and a day later to a
sanitarium where he was already recovering. Pdoc
had determined he was given Prednizone for a condition
and it was the cause of the breakdown.It hit a little closer to home when my 95 year old
mother started having similar symptoms 3 days ago.
She is 1200 miles from where I live, so I got the
info from her care person. A doctor had precribed
an oral Cortisone drug for her itching. I called the
care person and told her to discontinue the Cortisone
and give her lots of water to flush her
system. After 2 days of raving all night, after
discontinuing the Steroid she was fine and normal
again. Beware of sudden psychotic symptoms cause by
oral steroid intake.
poster:DanielJ
thread:628200
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