I have been on prednisone for weeks at a time due to asthma. In ...

I have been on prednisone for weeks at a time due to asthma. In 2002-2003 I had been on it for a total of 3-4 months (shortest being 10 days and longest being 6 weeks) I gained 10 lbs in 5 days laying in the hospital bed...from 154 to 164 and then up to 172 within the next week. I was swollen in the face and belly and I could not sleep. I was not even tired so it wouldn't have been so bad except I was so hungry that no sleep meant that I was up longer and had more hours to eat and eat and eat. I became disoriented and would start little projects and only finish half before I moved to another...very strange and emotionally unstable. It took a long time to loose the weight because I broke my foot . I am sure that the prednisone was responsible for weakening my bones...I just stood up and my foot broke. I didn't fall or bang into anything nor drop any object on it. My dog is now on prednisone for the second time. The first time she was on it she became extremely hungry and ignored all of her normal restrictions...she would eat the trash, get into any wrappers and even ate an entire dish of candy. She was 10 at the time and well trained not to behave like that. She is now on it again for a brain tumor...her belly is so swollen that it is scaring me. She is disoriented, very thirst and always hungry. She is urinating constantly and she seems depressed. I am going to call the vet in the morning about these symptoms. We worked hard to get her weight down because she has arthrits and it helps her to be in shape. I feel that this drug is going to fatten her up beyond control. I know she is truely hungry because of my own experience and it was difficult to control my appetite I do not want her to feel starving all the time on top of the mood disorder. Does anyone have any suggestions. Thanks, Jenn P.s. she will not eat carrots or any thing like that, I already tried