Now now - prednisone doesn't do the energy-kick thing to everyone. It is quite the miracle to be able to breathe again once the prednisone kicks in, and that may also be contributing to the bursts of energy - because he CAN! Basically the side effect I have had to deal with the times I have been on Prednisone is being HUNGRY - feeling like I could eat three Thanksgiving dinners and not be full. Of course, your stomach isn't any bigger, so it's completely illusory, but try telling that to a brain that is going FOOD NOW FOOD NOW FOOD NOW!!! So Missy, just bear with it - this, too shall pass!