Hey! First of all i will apologize for my grammar beacuse i don’t speak english very well. I am here for some support, to tell everyone who is interested in what is going on with me, while i am drinking Accutane. I am fighting with Acne for a 6 years.. Diagnose is Acne conglobata. I am scared because i drink accutane, i heard bad things about this drug. but, my opinion ist that every drug (medicine) helps, but at the same time it makes damages to the body. This is 15 day since i have started drinking accutane. First few days i was nervous, crying a lot, little bit agressive. 4th day stareted with dry lips and skin. I had less infected left cheek then right, and i see a big improvement on the left cheek. I have just scares and redness. Write you more soon!
Tags: Week 2
Hello there
Hope you are doing well!
Sounds as though what you are feeling is normal for anyone taking the drug but again affects everyone differently.
At first i got the dry lips/red dry skin and headaches that would last for days at a time however thankfully these stopped about week 6 or so. Now just feeling quite depressed and dis-orientated and also cannot sleep very well and sore nose and really sore back/knees and fingers!
However seems as though some people can take for weeks and weeks and experience very little however for myself just now i am struggling somewhat BUT hoping this is just short term and hoping will clear in the next week or 2 as do not want to stop as i am currently at week 12/13 on 60 mg. I have stopped since Monday and will be seeing the Derm on Monday to see what their opinion is on going forward.
The POSITIVES are that my skin feels and looks so much clearer and smoother. I am still getting the odd spot here and there but seem to dry up very quickly and my skin is no longer oily and my hair does not get greasy which is fantastic
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Heres hoping you will be ok on your course as i would say it looks as though it will be worth it at the end :0)
Layney
- layney on January 11, 2013 at 12:12 pm
Hey Layney, thank you for the support! I found strenght and I keep smile on my face every day.. I don’t think, I know that my face will be better.. I feel so different now, then first days.. I am not depressed anymore, but maybe it’s just a phase. I will write more about my problems in the next post. Thank you again, the text you wrote means a lot for me
- thoughtlessss on January 18, 2013 at 2:09 pm