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I started taking 2*20 mg of isotretinoin (accutane) 4 days ago. Today will be day number 5. My skin has not been in the worst state last months, but because i have tried everything, and my acne is persistent, I got to try Accutane. Yesterday I woke up With several new pimples on my jaw, and chin. Today it's even worse, and I have to admit that my mood is bad. I feel sad and a bit angry, not having any patience at all (was out walking my dog when I suddenly felt angry at her because she was walking in the speed of a snail). Has anyone experienced the same, and can tell me wether this is due to the fact that my skin feels sore and has a break out, or because I'm getting depressed? Has anyone experienced a start of their IB this early?
Btw: I'm Norwegian, so pardon any mistakes in Language.
Hi!
Im on day#7 for mild-mod persistant acne.
I feel a little bit like you describe and Im only on 20mg per day
i think it is a combo of things
The fact that I stopped retin-a and bp.so fearful of more breakouts and especially the IB.
I have had a new pimple everyday since started accutane but it stays small and seems to go away very quickly....
I think Im a little stressed over possible side effects as well
I also feel like I am def more sluggish...1000%
I usually have a hard time sleeping and a hard time getting to bed,...nothing else has changed and now I cant keep my eyes open past 10:30
I think feeling tired and sluggish is disrupting my mood a bit
GL to you!
Hang in there
kim
Hi:)
I'm actually feeling a bit less moody after a nap (that lastet a couple of hours). Sluggish is not a bad decription for this. It's almost like i can feel my body ace when I swallow the pills, which I know is just my head playing with me, but still... .
My pimples also seems to go away more quickly than they used to, but they are still appearing in places I haven't had them for months or even years. I guess this is the main reason for my mood, especially since I'm not able to find info that People have started there IB this soon, and I therefor guess this isn't the start of it, just a bad skin-period (Oh, I simply hate the periods where my skin goes crazy for no reason)
Have you had any dryness yet? I've bought tons of moisturizers, but so far my skin is the same as it was: combination with lack of hydration, not dry.
Good Luck to you too Wil you stay at 20 mg for a long time?
Celine
Well I only agreed to tane because Dr agreed we would do low dose
than on my appt she gives a script for 40mg (weight around 128-130)
I told her I wanted low dose and was afraid of IB and nasty side effects so she agreed I could start with 20mg, but bump to 40mg in 2 weeks if NO IB and than by end of 5mnths she wanted me over 80mg!!
yeeks!
Im super oily and not dehydrated
No real dryness
My chin a little because I am spotting with bp still...thats about it
Im still shinly..but more of a glow now than a complete oil slick
I know some people that didnt use moisturizer at all on tane
guess is depends how oily your skin is/dosage etc
Im not ready yet to slap moisturizer all over my face
Kim
Celine
if you would like you should jump into the discussion post "starting the tanne" there is about 4 or 5 of us who just recently started isotretinoin like you and have came together to just talk about what were all going through and to support each other. We pretty much all have started in the last week and a half or so..so were all in the same place
we all live all over the place so its kinda neat
Of course you feel depressed. You have an ugly skin disease plus you have a drug that's known to cause this.
You know, that doesn't really help. Accutane is known to purge your skin either slowly or abruptly in the first weeks so it is completely normal.
It takes a loooad of patience, biut you are rewarded with clear skin.
Hang in there girl! Just a few crappy weeks and everything will slowly get better.