I'm on 40 mg of prednisone and am starting the taper today by 5mg. I haven't felt any hungrier but get VERY jittery and nauseous when something isn't in my stomach, then I have to force myself to eat and it makes me sick. I DO feel much better than before and feel like the steroids helped a lot, but is there anything to counteract the jitters? I work 50 hours a week and am having a hard time functioning!