TN Pain out of Control During Prednisone Pulse

Hi! First of all I'm new here, so Hi to everyone. I've had TN since 2006 and was only just recently diagnosed with MS. I just went though my first prednisone pulse. Is it me, or was it real? Was there a total change in my body chemistry and my pain was a lot worse while on prednisone? I had to increase my narcotic by almost 1/3 towards the end. When I met with my pain managment doc and mentioned it to him he sorta just looked at me with raised eyebrows. Would love your input. This is really not good if there's no way around it. If the only way to get out of a flare is the prednisone, and that causes major pain, what is a girl to do??

Thanks!

Barrie