The dose that Monica takes, is the dose my endocrinologists wants me to take, ie. 5mg Prednisolone at night before bed and 2.5mg in the morning.

However, I am experimenting a bit to minimise my dose, to the lowest that I can feel good on. At present I am taking my doses during the night/early morning, 2.5mg at about 3am and 3.5mg at about 7am. I have only been doing this dose for a couple of months and I am going for bloods next Tuesday, so will see if 6mgs is enough to hold the androgens at bay. 

For me, 5mg is like taking nothing at all. Then, I tried 5.5mgs for 6months but developed quite a few symptoms and felt very unwell. So let’s hope the 6mg is where I can stay. It’s amazing what a difference half of a mg of Pred can do (equals 2mgs of Hydrocortisone).