I've had IV solumedrol twice. The first time was in response to the attack that led to my diagnosis. The treatment was followed by an oral prednisone taper. It helped to clear up the optic neuritis that I had at the time though my vision remained heat sensitive for about a year afterwards. I found that I had to take cooler showers than I was used to and also had to stay out of the heat which was kind of difficult since I was living in an area that experienced 110-115°F summers. The second time I had IV solumedrol was in response to some new symptoms that I was experiencing. These were outpatient and weren't followed up by a prednisone taper. There was a delay in the scheduling for the treatment and I didn't get treated until about 3 or 4 weeks after my symptoms had occurred. It might have been too late as I felt that my immune system was a ping pong ball going back and forth and so on. For example, I got an opportunistic infection in the cuticle of one of my fingers which was oozing pus. I almost never get infections of this type so I felt that it was in response to the IV solumedrol. I had to go on antibiotics and that cleared it up but left my stomach a bit for the worse. I also had a brief panic attack during this second treatment. I was on the phone and my mind was racing with a number of somewhat random thoughts that I just wanted to blurt out at the same speed which they were occurring in my head. It was all I could do to just keep my mouth shut and listen to the person on the phone and not verbally assault them with the rapid fire circus that was going on between my ears.Punchy wrote:I am getting the drip for three more days. The nurse told me about some side effects but they didn't seem to match some other ones I've read about, so I'm curious to know what your experiences on it were.
