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I wish I had your will-power, Taylor. I've been popping my whiteheads, which does leave a red mark. Not good. I'm also drained & I have been all week. I thought it was the combination of work & school along with this crappy head-cold, but I'm sure Accutane plays a part in it too. I wouldn't mind spending a whole day curled up in bed.
Thank you 
The only thing that keeps me from popping them is not looking at them in mirrors. My mom has helped a lot to make sure I don't keep looking at myself in a mirror for this course, she's taken all of them down in our living room, and even took my big one down in my bedroom. I have this tiny one where I can apply mascara but that's it. also has half the mirror covered in the bathroom so I can only see my mouth area to brush my teeth 
, I guess it's good, because I actually don't even think about my acne cause I can't look at it, so It makes my mind go to other things like school and stuff, It's a good tip if you want to give it a go. ALSO, do not look in flourescent lighting. My whole work is filled with it and about 100000 mirrors since it's a retail store, and I always just walk past them, I feel that no one truly looks good in flourescent lighting, it's a horrible artificial light. But yeah.. I've been in bed all day doing homework, it's the only thing I have energy for. It's sickening, it's so nice out and all I want to do is go out and take a walk, but I just am drained, maybe this high ass dosage is beating me haha. But I guess I'll have the acne out of my system with it, so w.eee. I'll live 
Day 45
Meh. 
These whiteheads are at their prime, I think. It™s a whitehead party on the right side of my face. The left side looks much better.
That™s all I have to say “ the side effects aren™t even bad right now at all. No itchy head, no backache, no eczema. Just exhausted and really hungry. (TMI warning: but it™s almost my time of the month so that™s probably why I want to eat like a pig.)
I really have no life to be posting on my log on a Friday at this time, but I was looking through old photos out of boredom and found this picture of me with no makeup at all. It's about half a year post Accutane from my first unfinished course.
It wasn't perfect. I think I had a few small blemishes. But wow...if I could have that skin back...I'd be so happy.
Pretty lady you will be there soon!! I know what you mean though I was at my dads tonight and he has a picture reel going across his computer screen all the time and there were some pictures from last October for his big 60th birthday and my skin looks amazing in them, I asked him if he got them touched up they looked so good. Turns out no he didn't and my skin has just gone that far down the toilet since October 2011. I mean it wasn't skin like I want but my god it was 99% better than it is now...
Eeeeek! When I'm really down I tend to flip through photos from last year, or whatever year it happened to be, of when my skin was clear. Then I realized it was making me even more depressed so I had to stop. Kaydon: does it give you hope or inspire you in any way to look at the old photos? If it does and gives you hope for the future, then great, but otherwise, I would try to limit/quit it. I just know how shitty it makes me feel, personally.
Also omg what is up with going crazy eating everything in sight right before my cycle, too? I eat and crave things I barely do during the rest of the month: gluten-free desserts of any kind like cinnamon rolls, graham crackers, chocolate, chocolate coconut pie. Just goes to show you that even a gluten-free diet can be junk food.
Maybe we're like hard wired to eat a bunch of sweet goodness to prepare for the evil cramps? Hahaha Good vs. Evil, I tell you.
Kaydon: I hope the breakouts on your right side clear up. Right now my LEFT side is really broken out, whereas my right side was for many months before it. I used to insist on having people sit on my left side, or sitting in a room where my left side only shows. It's stupid, but now is pointless cause now my right side is better. Hahaha Jeez...acne is DUMB.
Kaydon you're so pretty as I've said a million times! You'll be there soon!
You guys I feel like such a cowww, i ate 12 cookies in two days and asked my boyfriend to go buy me more cookie dough and he said no! Pfft..
I guess he's right cause I always tell him how healthy I want to eat but yet here I am.. chowing on carbs, carbs, and more carbs.
I AM PROUD THOUGH YOU GUYS! I drank the recommended 8 glasses of 8 fl oz of water today! I peed about 200 times, TMI, I don't really care about telling too much info, considering I tell you guys if I pop a beautiful pimple
I'm so hyper which is bad, I drank like 4 cups of coffee when I woke up and they kicked in a few hours ago, but it's almost midnight so I gotta just chill here. I hope someone's online to chat wifff.
Kaydon you're so pretty as I've said a million times! You'll be there soon!
You guys I feel like such a cowww, i ate 12 cookies in two days and asked my boyfriend to go buy me more cookie dough and he said no! Pfft..
I guess he's right cause I always tell him how healthy I want to eat but yet here I am.. chowing on carbs, carbs, and more carbs.
I AM PROUD THOUGH YOU GUYS! I drank the recommended 8 glasses of 8 fl oz of water today! I peed about 200 times, TMI, I don't really care about telling too much info, considering I tell you guys if I pop a beautiful pimple 😀
I'm so hyper which is bad, I drank like 4 cups of coffee when I woke up and they kicked in a few hours ago, but it's almost midnight so I gotta just chill here. I hope someone's online to chat wifff.
Hahaha Taylor you make me laugh. 110 lbs and u feel like a cow! Your beautiful don't worry about it! Your time of the month your entitled to some cookies! Good job on the water! Keep it up, I pee allllll the time. I hate it, but if I need the water, I need the water. Waking up in the middle of the night isn't cool though. This week I wake up like 2 times a night to use the bathroom ugh I just want to sleep. Plus I can't get comfortable on this medication I swear I'm tired as hell and I try to take a nap but I'm sore and uncomfortable. Rock and a hard place I tell ya! TMI doesn't exist on here I ent think. You guys know more about my personal shit than my closest friends and family. We need all this info to help with the courses and get through the day. Plus it feels good to let it out. Night girls and guys I'm going to go pee and go to bed hahaha. 
Pretty lady
you will be there soon!! I know what you mean though I was at my dads tonight and he has a picture reel going across his computer screen all the time and there were some pictures from last October for his big 60th birthday and my skin looks amazing in them, I asked him if he got them touched up they looked so good. Turns out no he didn't and my skin has just gone that far down the toilet since October 2011. I mean it wasn't skin like I want but my god it was 99% better than it is now...
Thanks! I didn't care about makeup that day because it snowed and I was so excited, haha. I have hope that we will both have the skin that we long for after going through this. I wish I would've logged my experience last time because I was also looking at pictures from month 3 on my last course and I WAS still breaking out a little bit. It went away even after stopping 'tane after the third month, which kind of amazes me...but it makes sense why I relapsed.
Eeeeek! When I'm really down I tend to flip through photos from last year, or whatever year it happened to be, of when my skin was clear. Then I realized it was making me even more depressed so I had to stop. Kaydon: does it give you hope or inspire you in any way to look at the old photos? If it does and gives you hope for the future, then great, but otherwise, I would try to limit/quit it. I just know how shitty it makes me feel, personally.
Also omg what is up with going crazy eating everything in sight right before my cycle, too? I eat and crave things I barely do during the rest of the month: gluten-free desserts of any kind like cinnamon rolls, graham crackers, chocolate, chocolate coconut pie. Just goes to show you that even a gluten-free diet can be junk food.
Maybe we're like hard wired to eat a bunch of sweet goodness to prepare for the evil cramps? Hahaha Good vs. Evil, I tell you.
Kaydon: I hope the breakouts on your right side clear up.
I feel a combination of hopeful and a little down when I look at old photos of my clear skin. If I wasn't on Accutane right now, I would probably be so depressed about it...but since I'm on it, I feel like I'm reminding myself that one day I am going to be there again & have that skin again. I hope so, anyway!
Haha gosh I don't know why but I always want greasy, nasty food before my cycle. Like pizza with fries on top and stuff that's just plain bad for you. But so tasty, haha. I have a feeling that my derm is going to tell me that my cholesterol has sky-rocketed since starting 'tane when I go to see her next week. It went up last time I was on Accutane, and my dermatologist told me to cut back on eating so much shitty food, pretty much. I was confused though because he said it would work better if I had a "fatty meal". Not even going to lie...whenever I eat bad, I use Accutane as an excuse!
Thank you though! I'm really hoping (I say this every time after a breakout) that I don't have any more breakouts! Accutane keeps playing tricks on me though, so I can never be too sure.
Kaydon you're so pretty as I've said a million times! You'll be there soon!
You guys I feel like such a cowww, i ate 12 cookies in two days and asked my boyfriend to go buy me more cookie dough and he said no! Pfft..
I guess he's right cause I always tell him how healthy I want to eat but yet here I am.. chowing on carbs, carbs, and more carbs.
I AM PROUD THOUGH YOU GUYS! I drank the recommended 8 glasses of 8 fl oz of water today! I peed about 200 times, TMI, I don't really care about telling too much info, considering I tell you guys if I pop a beautiful pimple
I'm so hyper which is bad, I drank like 4 cups of coffee when I woke up and they kicked in a few hours ago, but it's almost midnight so I gotta just chill here. I hope someone's online to chat wifff.
Thank you!
Hahahaha aw Taylor, you could eat 2 boxes of cookies and you'd still be fine! And we definitely deserve to eat what we went during that that time of the month. Wow I wish I could drink that much water in one day! I usually drink 3 bottles of water a day & I'm constantly peeing, so I couldn't imagine drinking 8. And I just started drinking coffee this year. Don't know what I'd do without it now.
Hey! At least you noticed a trend and knew what was potentially raising your cholesterol. I think it's pretty confusing that they tell us to eat a "fatty" meal with it. My understanding is that the meal doesn't have to be full-on high in fat like a bacon cheeseburger, but must contain some fat.
Do you take your pills at night or one in the AM and one in the PM?
There are fat-containing foods that are actually excellent for your cholesterol levels, and will raise your HDL and lower your LDL. These are salmon, tuna, walnuts, olives and olive oil, coconut oil, chocolate (!!!!), flaxseeds, any kind of seeds really like pumpkin, sunflower, avocado, eggs (yes, eggs!), and even grass-fed or organic beef. Eats lots of full-fat dairy, cheese, foods fried in oils like french fries, tater tots, will drive up the bad cholesterol.
Honestly, I think if the pills were taken with a meal that only contained olive oil in a salad dressing or in a pasta and vegetable dish, your body will absorb the accutane just fine.
Since I have to take 1 pill in the AM and 1 pill in the PM for the first week, I plan to have peanut butter or almond butter on toast, or even some eggs or bacon with spinach. Then just take the pill with my usual dinner since almost all of my meals have healthy fats in them. Just wanted to give you some food ideas if you don't want your cholesterol levels to go up so you won't have to come off the medicine again!
I wonder if you could even take the pill with some peanut butter and chocolate. Hahaha omg I will have to try that.
I've been taking them one in the morning & then one in the evening. I usually don't eat breakfast during the week, just have some coffee, so I'm not sure if I should just take them both at the same time each day. I think I might start doing that, I did it last time and saw better results. Hmm, why is your doctor having you take them at different times for the first week?
Thanks for the food ideas! If my derm tells me my cholesterol has gone up, I may have to cut back on eating bad! I eat a lot of french fries, I'm a sucker for them. My cholesterol wasn't super high last time, just slightly high for someone my age. It came down right after I went off 'tane.
Yummm stop talking about all that delicious food I'm making my boyfriend take me to taco bell to get some unhealthy food, since I don't have a car ;( so much money.. but I've been saving!
I take both my pills at the same time with some toast with peanut butter on top, and then have some coffee in the morning. No tummy aches or anything which i good.
Oh my god Taco Bell is amazing! You're making me hungry.
I took some pictures before doing my makeup tonight. I don't even think my face looks good with makeup right now. Too many zits.
I was going to take some pictures of myself because I did my eye makeup nice...but I don't even want to bother.
Left Side:
Right side:
Overall:
I was just looking at your facebook photos, sorry I swear I'm not a creep, but I forgot you were a facebook buddy of mine so I went to your profile! Haha, you're so stunning, god I'm jealous!
Sad to say, I didn't get any taco bell today cry* I got a giant watermelon though! And skittles.. I am the most unhealthiest person ever....
Haha you are not a creep! I was looking at your Facebook photos after I added you, and you are are absolutely gorgeous! Thank you though! You're so sweet.
Aw. Well I had meatballs and pasta that my mom made. It was delissshh! For some reason watermelon and skittles sounds delicious right now.
. Aw, I'm sorry. Those are the worstttt!!