This is not an Accutane log, and not really emotional and psychological effects of 'acne'. More like emotional and psychological of Accutane. I know it's something that you read about before starting the treatment but it's getting so unbearable.
I'm four months into my treatment and it's going great. All my active acne has disappeared and I'm left with redness which is easy to hide under make up.
But in the last four months I've become withdrawn and depressed. I avoid social interaction at all possible times (ie unfortunately i can't avoid work), i don't socialise with my friends anymore because whenever I do, I feel annoyed by them (i almost feel like having to explain 'its not you, it's me),. I've lost a lot of friends simply by just ignoring them. I feel almost content being in my little bubble but also feel that I should go out and be normal, but fear if I do i might burst out crying.
I long for weekends when I can just lie in bed and sleep all day.
Is anyone else feeling this while on acne treatment?
Anyone now off Accutane who did feel like this, but started to feel 'normal' again after stopping the treatment?
I'm terrified that I'm going to be like this forever.
Depression is not a "chemical imabalance" - that theory was proven false when they tested the actual levels of depressed patients sertonin levels ect. which were found to be normal. There for accutane can not induce depression or any other mental health problem as a chemical imbalance does not exist. This is all just your imagination.... depression is just your response to your crap life.
Depression is not a "chemical imabalance" - that theory was proven false when they tested the actual levels of depressed patients sertonin levels ect. which were found to be normal. There for accutane can not induce depression or any other mental health problem as a chemical imbalance does not exist. This is all just your imagination.... depression is just your response to your crap life.
Why are you so negative? We are here to support each other and many of your posts do the opposite. Hoping that you eventually find some peace withing yourself.
You have to stop taking this treatment. Your dermatologist should tell you the same.
I know what I am saying because 3 years ago this " miracle " treatment was the cause of my depression 2 month only after I started taking these pills and now I'm no longer the same. I'm not telling you this to scare you or what but seriously go see your doctor and btw go read articles about accutane's side effects (depression, suicide etc)
I agree with the above poster that at the very least, you should speak to your derm about these feelings. I had feelings of inadequacies before accutane so the drug definitely heightened them. When i stopped, those feelings diminished a lot. I also know that having acne also exasperates my feelings of being inadequate/unattractive/insecure as when my acne is consistently clear, i am unstoppable. With that said, that may or may not be the same for you so follow up with your derm asap. How long till the end of your course?
You have to stop taking this treatment. Your dermatologist should tell you the same.
I know what I am saying because 3 years ago this " miracle " treatment was the cause of my depression 2 month only after I started taking these pills and now I'm no longer the same. I'm not telling you this to scare you or what but seriously go see your doctor and btw go read articles about accutane's side effects (depression, suicide etc)
Thanks for your reply - I did call up my derma a month or so ago, and tell him that i'm feeling more depressed than usual (coz it's something that i suffered in the past), and he said he could lower my dosage to 30MG instead of 40MG (According to my weight i should prob be on 30MG anyway).
He also said since it's working well with my skin, it's up to me to decide if I want to or not.
I agree with the above poster that at the very least, you should speak to your derm about these feelings. I had feelings of inadequacies before accutane so the drug definitely heightened them. When i stopped, those feelings diminished a lot. I also know that having acne also exasperates my feelings of being inadequate/unattractive/insecure as when my acne is consistently clear, i am unstoppable. With that said, that may or may not be the same for you so follow up with your derm asap. How long till the end of your course?
Thanks for replying... I have 2.5 months to go. Initially when I started to feel 'different' I thought, 'keep pushing, not long to go now!' BUT as MoonLightShadow said above, it's the long term effects that I'm concerned about...
My derma is fine, but he's not a pyschologist so I know will tell me it is up to me if I stop treatment or not. I just don't want to stop early and have the last 3.5 months of suffering be worthless and have the acne come back (i do know that it might come back even after finishing a full treatment). I don't know what to do!
