Thanks for the replies Anna and Sarah!
Y'all probably think I'm a total nutcase right about now; but when I'm not going through all this stress, I'm pretty quite normal! (but I do have generalized anxiety disorder and panic attacks if you hadn't picked up on that already! Lol) It's just that the constant vertigo/anxiety and fear of the MRI to look for tumors has me in a tailspin. (But Sarah, you have helped ease my mind about the MRI, thank you!) I'm going to pretreat and post-treat with prednisone, 20 mg tomorrow, Sunday, Monday (the day of MRI) and the day after along with an extra Zyrtec a day and Benadryl prior to MRI and day after. I'm just so scared of having a reaction to the ganolidium (contrast dye) This may sound silly, but I cannot wear earrings because of the skin reaction I get to all metals. Does this say anything about how I'm going to react to the dye since it is a metal
I'm just looking for some reassurance I guess. And praying that they don't find anything scary with the MRI. I'm looking forward to putting this behind me. 2 more days!
*** Sunday - took 10 mg prednisone at 7:45 this morning then 10 mg more at 8:45. Felt ok at first, but now, 4 hours after first dose, I'm feeling very shaky, heart is racing, spun out, pacing around. I feel like I'm losing it. My allergist told me to stop taking it if I couldn't tolerate it. I'm not sure I can tolerate this feeling. I'm not taking anymore today. Do you think 10 mg tomorrow and 10 mg morning of MRI would help? or is this too small of a dose? So sorry to keep bothering you all with this
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***spoke to on call ENT and he said that prednisone can make you feel weird, especially if you already have anxiety. He said to stop taking it and to just take Benadryl prior to MRI. He said if need be, they can always give me prednisone in an emergency. Does this sound reasonable?
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