Accutane - My Anxious Journey

So yesterday I hit my 3 Month mark...and as a little gift my face decided to break out like crazy. I have broken out on my forehead, my cheek and on my upper lip. I look terrible and want to put a bag over my head. I've been feeling pretty good up until this point...my face has cleared up and my doctor said I was coming along nicely. I'm on 40mg...

So week # 8...granted, I was PMS-ing and it's normal for me to break out while PMS-ing...but it was over the top worse than usual. I broke out in strange places...the top of my nose, around my eyebrows. I wanted to spend the week with a bag over my head. Will I continue to break out during my PMS week even after my full course of Accutane? Or does...

Week # 4:

So as I explained in my previous post, I decided to use a cotton ball with apple cider vinegar & seasalt to assist in helping a very large and painful cystic pimple go down. That was 2 weeks ago...the process basically burned my skin open and I have had an open burn/cut in the shape of a small circle on my cheek by the bridge of my...

Week # 3...no new side effects...so that's good! HOWEVER...I decided Friday that I was not going to wait any longer for that large cystic bump of a pimple to go away on its own..so I used my handy home remidy of apple cider vinegar & sea salt on a cotton ball...held it on the bump for 15 min like I normally do...and it is now Tuesday and I am...

Mid-way thru my 2nd week and I woke up with a bunch of small white heads along my chin and forehead and in the corners of where my nose meets my face...I still have a large cystic bump on my cheek...hoping that goes down soon because it is super painful!!! I'm assuming these whiteheads are the medicine getting the bacteria to...

So it's week #2...my face is actually more oily than it was before...and I have some very swollen, new cystic bumps on my face...very painful and swollen and I look TERRIBLE. But I keep reminding myself that it will get better...

I was expecting...

So I woke up at 3:00am last night to extreme cottonmouth and itchy dry eyes. I have seasonal allergies and my eyes have been irritated lately as it is...but this was something totally different...my allergies cause my eyes to run and tear non-stop...this was dry and itchy. The eyes I could deal with...it was the dry mouth and throat that...

Well, the day is finally here...I've passed my blood tests and my online questions and I've just picked up my Claravis perscription from the pharmacy...

I'm a little nervous with the size of the pill...I HATE swallowing pills, and was told...

I am 31 years old...why am I still struggling with acne? It is a constant battle...one filled with frustration, sadness, embarressment and anger. I have PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome ) and my doctors all believe that is the root of my ongoing acne issue. Proactiv, Antibiotics...nothing has helped to clear up...