serious school year ahead..would you start accutane?

hey guys...im a pre-med and have a pretty hard year ahead of me which includes prepping for the mcat. Im thinking about going on a 2nd micro dose of accutane maybe 20 mg per day because i seem to be breaking out again. I really dont want this to affect me mentally and i really think alot of the "mental" side effects are from people assuming its the accutane. Has anyone else on here had a serious courseload and been on accutane and it didnt make them "dumber"?? sorry if this is a stupid post.

thanks so much guys.

how long before BC clears up acne?

hey guys i was wondering how long before you started to see improvements in your skin with birth control. I cam off a course of accutane which cleared up my skin but then my acne came back and i was diagnosed with PCOS which definitely means my acne is hormonal. I started yasmin 3 days ago and so far my skin is looking the same if not worse (probably because of picking!!!).....how much time should i give it before i see if it is effective? Also will the BCP alone help my skin or do i need topicals...i really realy want to avoid extra crap on my face.

Thanks so much guys. Hopefully Yasmin will help me:)

can i finish left over accutane pills?

hey guys i finished accutance about a year ago and after 7 months or so my hormonal acne came back. I have about a months worth of accutane left and was wondering if it would be okay to take this months worth because I really dont want to go on a second course of accutane. I have also been diagnosed with PCOS (which now i can finally know why i get acne) so i will be starting a birth control which could hopefully clear up my acne. I am scared to get an IB from the BC so i want to take the low 20 mg of accutane for about a month. Is this a bad idea. I am starting to be so so self consioucs about my acne again. *sigh*

facials??

hey guys, im looking to get a facial for some whitehead purging ive been experiencing but i do not want to make things worse!!! have people gotten any positive results with basic facials from an esthetician? or will they just put a punch of crap on my face to break me out even more and go there more often? Also, my skin is pretty sensitive so im afraid the extractions will leave red marks!

Thanks so much!!

lower dosage less chance of depression??

so im considering a 2nd round of accutane...but i am so scared of becoming depressed! i already had my first round of accutane on 40 mg a month back in Jan-May of 08....since then i have experienced depression, but i cant 100% attribute it to accutane.

Ive had depression in the past and I have had a lot of stressful things occur since then which from any normal person would feel depressed! If i take 20mg per day would this minimize my chance for an even deeper form of depression? I think a lot of these mental conditions which are attributed to accutane are dependant upon the individual and how he/she approaches the drug. If a person goes into the situation thinking he/she will be depressed and is fearful, that person will have a greater chance of blaming accutane for any incurred depression/anxiety while on the drug. Am I correct in thinking this?

I dont wanna have to take accutane again because I feel that i really do not know the main cause of my acne and I think im scared to try everything again in order to find out. I know there may be some other treatment that may prove to be effective for me but I dont think I have the money or time to try....

Life sucks and people get depressed...is accutane really the main culprit? I think i might become more depressed if I let my acne get bad again...i really need some help people!