ulcerative colitis
"I'm 49 - diagnosed at 13 with Ulcerative Colitis.   I've had 2 flares over the past 20 years.  Both times prednisone worked for me.  The most recent flare was last year...my doc was very hesitant to prescribe prednisone due to potential side effect (even though I told him I never had side effects in the past).  He tried a lot of things that did nothing for me....Apriso, Uceris, were medicines I remember. After suffering for 3 months he put me on prednisone.  It worked like magic within a week and a half!  Like someone flicked a switch, all of my terrible symptoms disappeared. Extra energy was the only side effect!"