I don't know of another "cure" for cystic acne besides Accutane.
Maybe you could try another brand....I never had brain fog with my treatments.
For this round, (I got extremely oily and had lots of plugged pores on my nose) I'm doing a low dose, long term. 10mgs per day. I just have to take it much much longer, which I'm fine with.
Maybe you could try the ultra low dose and see how it affects you and either stay at 10mgs or slowly increase.
I'd say it was worth a shot for a "cure"!! I never really had anymore cysts, well maybe one or two after pregnancy, but 15 years out and I chose to get back on it for a different kind if acne.
Good luck!
- I have a fairly low Intelligence and a low self-esteem. I'm already 24 years old but I can't even drive and can't handle College. So I can't afford to get anymore dumber. In just 5 days of taking 20mg Accutane, I became depressed and started having memory problems at work which scared me.
- I have pre-existing health issues. When I turned 21, I developed IBS-C, Impacted Colon, Redundant Colon, Slow Colonic Transit and Rectal Prolapse. After the colonoscopy, the gastroenterologist told me that my colon was abnormally thin and floppy for my age and it was like that of an elderlies. He told me that there was nothing he could do. The only thing I was able to cure was the Rectal prolaspe through surgery.
- Besides feeling depressed, unwell and having memory problems, Accutane made me so tired to the point that I couldnt run at the gym for very long anymore.
That's why I'd much rather take Antibiotics. I wish I was intelligent and healthy enough to overcome the negative side effects of Accutane, but I'm not.
The doctor said he genereally doesn't want to go beyond 100mg Doxycycline so I was recommended to switch to 50mg Minocycline twice a day. I had to take a blood test beforehand which was new to me since when I was 19, I believe I took 200mg Minocycline for 6 months and I never had to take the blood test once.
I just realised that I probably should have asked for 50mg Doxycyline twice a day. Because I don't like the brain fog I get from Minocycline. Dang it.