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I'm going on a long car trip tomorrow with a really bad back, so the doctor prescribed a round of methyprednisone (Medrol DosPak). I hate to do any drugs, especially when it comes to hormones!!! But the trip is almost 11 hours according to MapQuest, and I sometimes have to stop and stretch on my morning commute, which is 1 hour. I started the stuff yesterday so I'm feeling pretty good today! Aside from my permanent hot flash and the weight I know I will pick up from it.
It will taper off until Tuesday, after the return trip on Monday.
Does anyone know what cravings issues or ketosis mess-ups I will have from this? I'd like to take a "break" from Atkins but I know I won't feel my best (to say the least) and I have a Tuesday work deadline for an important project that I need the full use of my brain for. Not to mention that I gain like gangbusters even when I cheat for a few days.
And the fact that I tend to just be off plan "one more day" (for weeks at a time) for various excuses. So I don't trust myself to go off.
If I reduce my caffeine intake help with the whole hormone thing? I won't have to wake up early so I probably could take these four days to reduce it. Will that leave me open to migraine? Or will the cortisone help/hurt that?
I'm starting to be sorry I agreed to go on this trip, but it's my MIL's birthday and it's sort of a family reunion thing, which is important for DH who didn't want to leave me behind. I'm determined to enjoy this trip even though I have to bring work to do.
Any one who has input on this, please tell me what you know. I haven't had this prescription for quite some time, and never on this WOE. I'm trying to say "no" to drugs and have done quite well in the past few months.
It will taper off until Tuesday, after the return trip on Monday. Does anyone know what cravings issues or ketosis mess-ups I will have from this? I'd like to take a "break" from Atkins but I know I won't feel my best (to say the least) and I have a Tuesday work deadline for an important project that I need the full use of my brain for. Not to mention that I gain like gangbusters even when I cheat for a few days.
And the fact that I tend to just be off plan "one more day" (for weeks at a time) for various excuses. So I don't trust myself to go off. If I reduce my caffeine intake help with the whole hormone thing? I won't have to wake up early so I probably could take these four days to reduce it. Will that leave me open to migraine? Or will the cortisone help/hurt that?
I'm starting to be sorry I agreed to go on this trip, but it's my MIL's birthday and it's sort of a family reunion thing, which is important for DH who didn't want to leave me behind. I'm determined to enjoy this trip even though I have to bring work to do.
Any one who has input on this, please tell me what you know. I haven't had this prescription for quite some time, and never on this WOE. I'm trying to say "no" to drugs and have done quite well in the past few months.
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