Hi Susan, I also take my Cortef at 3am. I have been doing much better since taking Cortef than I ever did on any dose of Dex. I have taken Dex at night, in the morning, but what felt best was taking it at 3am. Gave me enough to wake up but wore down enough at night so I could sleep. When I took it at night I couldn’t sleep, when I took it in the morning I couldn’t get up. Also what I found was that I needed to be on less steroid when I took it at 3am.

I still get stressed sometimes when multi-tasking, even though I do it all the time.  I can get overly stressed when there are many things or people bombarding me at once or if I have a headache or I am sleepy. Speaking of headaches, today I had one for the first time in a long time. I think I just became dehydrated. I worked out this morning then went a long time without eating and drinking something substantial. Not good, today has not been a great day.

 I can do the rides, used to love them...but the last time I got sick to my stomach for the first time...and I couldn’t wait to get off.

 Since being on Cortef I get irritated much less, thank goodness. But I still can’t do anything stimulating before bed, talk on the phone, get mad, sometimes even if I laugh a lot......it will keep me up. When that happens I take a Zyrtec and it helps me go to sleep.