Hello,

This is my first post, but I have been reading a few forums for a while now.

I have suffered from pretty bad acne since I was around 12 years old, I am now 27, and like most people have tried everything. I get major breakouts which are very painful, and just the normal all the time spots. I do also now have quite a lot of scarring and discolouration. Some antibiotics worked a bit, but never completely. So I made the decision to start Roaccutane, even after all the horror stories I thought I really should try it before giving up and accepting the fact that there's very little I can do about it.

I have just started my 4th month on Roaccutane, started on 30mg per day and this was increased to 50mg per day last month.

Its working! I cant remember the last time I could actually count how many spots I have (one) I had a break out a couple of weeks ago, but that cleared up pretty quickly. Also, I love that I don't have to wash my hair 1 to 2 times per day! I even went to the shop the other day without a full face of makeup on, which to anyone who knows me, is absolutely un-heard of.

I have had all the normal side effects, dry EVERYTHING, which as expected got worse with the increased dose, but it seems to be calming down now, either that or I'm just used to it now!

However, something that I didn't really bet on is being so unbelievably exhausted, all of the time. I wake up and feel like I haven't slept, whether I've been asleep for 4hrs or 12hrs. I generally just feel drained all of the time, everything is an effort. I have had a couple of days when I've been quite upset, for no reason at all. But I haven't thought much of it because I really just feel like I'm overtired and in a girly huff about it...

I eat healthily (8 times out of 10!)

I am active, I have a horse so its not as if I'm doing fitness classes every night, but it certainly keeps me fit.

I get enough sleep every night.

I keep hydrated.

I cant remember the last time I felt awake and motivated...

Has/is anyone experiencing the same thing? Any advice? Or just, as I am now, keep going, it'll be over soon...?

Sorry for a bit of a life story... Thanks for reading.