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[sccali]

Hi. I am a 19 year old female. I have been on Spiro for 5 1/2 months now. The first three months I broke out pretty terribly, so I added 200 mg of minocycline to the routine and went from 100 mg spiro to 150 mg. That started to clear up my skin but I became even more fatigued and lethargic so I went back down to 100 mg spiro. My skin is finally clear and now I am just working on fading the red post-acne marks and keeping my skin clear.
HOWEVER, now that my skin is finally looking better and I am not so focused/worried about my appearance I am beginning to have anxiety about relying on a medication to balance my hormones and keep my skin clear. I will be traveling for the next year or two and will not have access to insurance, so I will either have to stop spiro when I run out of my current prescription in a few months or a find a way to buy the medicine abroad. At this point, it freaks me out to be dependent on a medication, so I am thinking of weaning off spiro and hoping/praying I will stay clear and that my hormones will be balance naturally. I am considering going down to 75 mg, then a month later 50, then a month later 25, and within the next 4 months being completely done.
Does anyone have any experience tapering off spiro?? I really need advice. I cannot handle the depression and low self-esteem that I had for a year and half when my acne was bad. But I am scared to be reliant on spiro as it makes me so tired & I feel like I have gained a bit of weight on it. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE share you stories of cutting back/stoping spiro.
THANK YOU!
-Adrienne