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Cheryl, Yep Pred tapers work great, but the problem is our bodies can't stay on Pred due to the wake of destruction it does to us. If you're still in cycle, once you come off the pred, sadly the CH comes back. Normally Pred isn't used alone due to CH returning after the dose pack is done. It's often prescribed with verapamil to temporarily stop our CH while the verapamil builds up in your system. (for those that verapamil works) J

CHF, Thanks for the correction. I corrected my post. You're spot on. J

sorry to hear brother. i know your situation all too well. i actually just went back to work after 5 weeks of nothing. the thought of being away from home terrified me. i missed out on a lot, but after 22 years of this i dont mess with the beast. im in my 7th week now and they have subsided dramatically. 4 to 7 a day with 5 being kip 10+, im now down to 1 a day (middle of week 7, kip 2 and just annoying). stay strong and try all alternatives mentioned above. i have an unbelievable amount of respect for all clusterheads. only thing i can add is try to stay as positive as possible while going through them. i take them 1 cluster at a time and always tell myself im that much closer to being out of cycle after each one. its the toughest head game, but i know you can do it. you are in my prayers, God bless.

Cheryl, Just for clarity sake, I'm pretty sure THMH meant to write verapamil in the two places where it says prednisone there. And going back to your post, Cheryl, for the reasons THMH gives it probably was not wise for your neuro to "skip the verapamil step." Here's hoping the prednisone alone was sufficient, but again as THMH wrote, it rarely is unless your cycle in ending anyway. At least, I hope you're also doing something with the D3 regimen.