36 platelet count

i was confined 5days in the hospital,my latelet was fell from 40 to 2,and now im home but my platelet was still low at 36only after 3 weeks of taking prednisone,i dont know why its hard for me to be back in normal this time,im taking 40mg of prednisone a day,i need some advice and opinion,i feel so hopeless now!!!

Do you mean by "this time," that you've responded more quickly to prednisone before? Could you give us a little more of your ITP history?

when i was 16 its all started,i was diagnosed itp,its my 4th times this time,i am now 26 and have a family already with only daughter,before i, was hospitalize before, but after 1 week from being discharge from the hosp and taking steroid my platelet back to normal,now its almost 3 weeks after my hospitalization and taking medicine but its still at verry low,im taking 40mg of prednisone a day,vit c and vit b complex,that was my hematologist gave to me,next friday is my 4th week and hopefully my platelet will be back to normal,im always praying and hoping that it will be normal soon,well im glad that although its verry low i feel better,i still can do households and i can still take cre og my husband and daughter,im just a little worried,could you gave me some advice how to raise my platelet count??hehehe,ty

I, too, ended up in the hospital last Thanksgiving weekend with a count of 6,000 which went down to 2,000 by the time I got to hospital from home. Received transfusion of platelets, plus 60 mg. of Prednisone for that weekend. I have Sjogren's Syndrome and have had a low count (119,000) for many years. I ignored the symptoms of ITP (which I shouldn't have)for over a month. Have been on prednisone since then -- different strengths according to the count. When the prednisone gets lowered, the platelets go down, too. It's frustrating. It is helping, too, but I only hope I can get off the drug and level out to where I was. There are other drugs to take for this condition but I'm scared of them.
But now I'm questioning if it was the flu/swine vaccination I received in October that started the platelets plummeting. I wrote to the CDC but haven't heard from them yet.
Can I assume you're seeing a hematolgist?

yes i have my haematologist and i have an weekly appointment wth her