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So I've been on Bactrim for a month and if i had to give a one word summary it would be 'underwhelming'.
That being said I havnt been on the full dose as prescibed for the whole month because i started slowly, just in case I had an allergy to Bactrim, by taking half a pill for a couple of days then a full pill for about a week before moving to the full dose of 2 pills a day. That makes it only around three weeks on the full dose.
So why has it been underwhelming? Well i wasnt expecting miracles, hoping but not expecting, and though I do feel like my skin is marginally better I havnt seen anything happening for me to get excited about. Even though my breakouts are a little less and pimples dont seem to last as long I'm still breaking out quite regularly, not to mention the PIH from pretty much every single pimple i get. Quantitatively I'd say a 10% improvement from when i started.
The only side effect I'm getting is minor stomach issues which means an extra visit to the toilet each day which is more of an inconvenience than anything else. I been trying to take a probiotic aswell but I have missed a couple of days, dont feel any different from them though.
I've got just over 11 weeks left on my course and right now it all just feels like a final hoop i have to jump through, partially my decision, before i take the plunge on accutane. We'll see though, I'll stay optimistic.
Edit: Another thing i wanted to write about is that being on an antibiotic has made me a touch slack with my routines. Nothing extreme as i usually have a great diet but I'm a little less fussed if I eat white bread instead of wholemeal and I've probably eaten a little less home cooked food, not meaning I've been eating junk and fast food, but I'll eat other 'take-out' like roast chicken or a pasta. Other little bits of slackness is having slightly warmer showers and water when washing my face, waiting an extra day to change my pillowcase. Like i said nothing crazy but minor changes from when I wasnt on Bactrim.
That being said I havnt been on the full dose as prescibed for the whole month because i started slowly, just in case I had an allergy to Bactrim, by taking half a pill for a couple of days then a full pill for about a week before moving to the full dose of 2 pills a day. That makes it only around three weeks on the full dose.
So why has it been underwhelming? Well i wasnt expecting miracles, hoping but not expecting, and though I do feel like my skin is marginally better I havnt seen anything happening for me to get excited about. Even though my breakouts are a little less and pimples dont seem to last as long I'm still breaking out quite regularly, not to mention the PIH from pretty much every single pimple i get. Quantitatively I'd say a 10% improvement from when i started.
The only side effect I'm getting is minor stomach issues which means an extra visit to the toilet each day which is more of an inconvenience than anything else. I been trying to take a probiotic aswell but I have missed a couple of days, dont feel any different from them though.
I've got just over 11 weeks left on my course and right now it all just feels like a final hoop i have to jump through, partially my decision, before i take the plunge on accutane. We'll see though, I'll stay optimistic.
Edit: Another thing i wanted to write about is that being on an antibiotic has made me a touch slack with my routines. Nothing extreme as i usually have a great diet but I'm a little less fussed if I eat white bread instead of wholemeal and I've probably eaten a little less home cooked food, not meaning I've been eating junk and fast food, but I'll eat other 'take-out' like roast chicken or a pasta. Other little bits of slackness is having slightly warmer showers and water when washing my face, waiting an extra day to change my pillowcase. Like i said nothing crazy but minor changes from when I wasnt on Bactrim.
