So...my severe acne was cured by accutane in 2010 (after going on yasmin, lymecycline, zineryt, dalacin T, retin-A, erythromycin, duac, differin, panoxyl, and tetracycline... phew haha!)

and then very slowly my skin became less and less clear over the years until it was pretty moderate last year. I went on dianette in summer 2014 which worked amazingly until this month, when my skin just randomly broke out really really badly in the space of a few weeks (I'm talking about 40 non-cystic spots on my face) and each day the acne just keeps on coming!

This is the worst it's ever been post-accutane and I haven't left my apartment in three days. I'm just lying in bed in the dark, not going to classes at university or seeing anyone. I keep crying and feel like I'm living in a dark nightmare. I can't even think about going outside or talking to anyone. I don't want to be this person and hate when I turn into this miserable, obsessive, recluse, but I can't seem to help it. I just feel so ugly and ashamed of friends seeing me like this, and it gives me flashbacks about being 16 again (I'm 22 now).

I'm waiting on my appointment for the derm to hopefully start a second round of accutane but I know that it will take a couple of months (at least) before I get the meds in my hand and I just don't know how I can cope until then. It feels like a lifetime and I don't want to ruin my last ever term at university by not enjoying myself or going out, but I just feel so low.

Anyway I just needed to vent. How do you guys cope with getting on with normal life when your acne is really bad? What coping strategies do you employ, emotionally? And how can I cope with the waiting before accutane?

Thanks! x