Hi everyone, I've been lurking on here for a few days now and figured I would post my own issues. I'm mainly looking for advice, tips, and experiences. I started Accutane (50 mg/day) 3 days ago. I wasn't paranoid, or anxious about taking the medication until yesterday. It doesn't help that I'm a highly anxious person as it is!

I'm so scared about the side effects it's crazy, but I'm SO OVER acne and how self conscious it makes me feel. 10 years of acne and literally hundreds of antibiotics, creams, gels, scrubs, vitamins, diets, and so on and no relief. This is like my last chance. But what worries me mainly are how weak, fragile and easily hurt your skin can become, and the joint pain, hair loss, headaches (already getting bad headaches since yesterday), and so on. Those who had side effects, when did they start, how long did they last, etc? I know everyone is different, but I'm just a bit paranoid.

If you finished the medication do you still have lasting side effects? I've done a lot of research to know it's possible, despite my dermatologist saying it isn't over and over... pretty scary!  

Any tips or advice for me? I'm thinking of getting Eucerin lotion or CeraVe. Right now I have Lubriderm but I guess that isn't even for your face. Is there any vitamins that would be good? I take a multi vitamin, biotin, and b12 daily. Just tell me anything I should know! I'm definitely paranoid about these side effects I could experience, and it's stressing me out. But I also could use some advice for what products I should use. I'm hoping I don't have an initial breakout badly too, especially with starting a new job soon.