Hi Liz,

Well, I was told that too. There was a period of time in my life whenI couldn’t afford them so I stopped taking them. I went without medication for 3 years. Eventually my husband got a job with a good HMO and I saw an Endocrinologist and she started me back on Dex (I had been taking Prednisone prior). There were some problems though. I became very tan colored, my voiced deeped, I had wicked acne, lost my periods, and grew hair on my face. After I started taking my meds again, everything except the excessive hair growth went back to normal. I’m not recommending that anyone skip their meds though...I probably just got really lucky.