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Hey my name is Mikki timati I'm 18 years old rn and 1 year post accutane. I was having acne for 3 years when I was 16 and a half. I would say it was mild to moderate and it affected me much at this point. I was asking my derm about accutane and she says no at first. But after trying 3 months antibiotics and me really wanting to go on this drug she said yes. I started on 20 mg a day and doing it for 1 year. The highest dose I was taking was 120 mg per kg.Whilst on the medication I didn't suffer really bad sides or didn't connecting them to the drug.My derm also didn't wanted to see me often because she was annoyed by me of asking her about accutane. After completing my course the sides at first began to get mild better but then much symptoms occur and they get worse everyday. I have bad stomach problems that get worse everyday. I have whole body joint and muscle pain and chronic tendonitis and more problems with my joints everyday.They also feel stiff and crack by ervery move i make .They also swell everyday. my skin is still very dry I got acne again and I feel different mentally since taking this drug. Rn I feel depressed because of all those things happening and I really wanted to go back in time . my doc says those symptoms has nothing to do with accutane, but I feel like my life is completely fucked by my dumb choice taking this medication, are there things for me to do ? Sry for my bad English isn't my 1 language.
Hey thanks for the answer.I was talking to 3 docs. 2 dermatologists and one normal doc. My derm that prescribed me accutane says that she can't help with my condition and that it was my choice to take accutane and i have to deal with the consequences. She's also more of an beauty derm and she's about the money. The other says he's not that informed about tane but those sides are uncommon. My normal doc also thinks it's not the medication. In the end it's my fault like my first derm said. I wanted to do the treatment and even when my parents told me to stop the medication cause of knee pain and mood changes I really wanted to stand it out ccause my skin was that important to me. Now i feel like I was the dumbest teenager on earth. I felt untouchable in some way and didn't see how serious accutane is and that it could have that much influence on my body. Seriously I'm frightend of future cause of the problems I had to deal with. My friends are calling me the old man, cause I have so many pproblems that normally our grandparents have. I can't enjoy life with my friends cause of pain and problems I have. I seriously thinking about what my life is worth living if I'm not the person I should be and not being able to do the things that make me happy :/ are their people that overcome their accutane damage?