and Ive been feeling achey. Im not sick but achey. My main prob is my head...I swear, Its not the *worst* headache Ive ever had, its more of a constant pain rather than throbbing. Is this normal? I also feel like brain fog, like its hard to concentrate because of my headache. Please let me know what you think about this thanks!
What is your dosage like? Are your eyes feeling weird/seeing is foggy?
How long are you taking it so far? It could be an adjustment period, or it could be something more- call your derm about it, and just try to be as accurate as you can with how it feels. Im sure theyll be able to decipher if its bad or not.
well it could be as light as just a minor headache that will go away, because they are common on accutane. It could also be increased brain pressure, if it persists call your doc. Also i heard that drinking a lot of water helps the headaches subside. I Hope its nothin serious .
What is your dosage like? Are your eyes feeling weird/seeing is foggy?
How long are you taking it so far? It could be an adjustment period, or it could be something more- call your derm about it, and just try to be as accurate as you can with how it feels. Im sure theyll be able to decipher if its bad or not.
well it could be as light as just a minor headache that will go away, because they are common on accutane. It could also be increased brain pressure, if it persists call your doc. Also i heard that drinking a lot of water helps the headaches subside. I Hope its nothin serious.
yo. just started my 4th week and i know what you mean with the dull achy headache thang. and craig(ems) is right, drink water like it is your job..it seemed to help me. and this weekend i had muscle pains like it was MY job, and they also went away when i drank more and more water. so...the moral is...hydration. the brain swelling headache would be a blinding sharp pain. not a dull pain. you would know...dont worry. be happy.
yo. just started my 4th week and i know what you mean with the dull achy headache thang. and craig(ems) is right, drink water like it is your job..it seemed to help me. and this weekend i had muscle pains like it was MY job, and they also went away when i drank more and more water. so...the moral is...hydration. the brain swelling headache would be a blinding sharp pain. not a dull pain. you would know...dont worry. be happy.
We've had soooo many posts on brain swelling ... let me educate everyone here and now on brain swelling.
It starts off as a dull headache, and progressively increases into a pain which is is soo bad you'll hear bells ringing in your ears. You will know if you have increased brain pressure.
Less than <0.5% will ever get this, and so far there have been no-reports on this website of people having this problem.
Brainswelling can only really happen if you take a high-dose of e.g. Minocycline and Accutane "HIGH DOSE" at the same time .... over a period of time, then its a concern.
Thankyou and drink plenty of water ... if your URINE is yellow it means you aint drinking enough! ... 8-10 glasses a day people!
So apparently this thread is dead but I'm going to comment just in case someone is around and can help me out. It's my second day on Roaccutane 20mg a day, my weight is 103lbs and I already have a terrible headache. I have also been on Isotretinoine before but I don't recall having the headaches as soon as I'm having them now. Is this normal, to have headaches just two days after starting treatment? I'm drinking water like crazy after reading all of the previous comments, I'm so scared and my next appointment with the doctor is in two weeks. Help!
Well I certainly did. This I why I chose to dicontinue taking the drug back in 2006 because of monstrous cluster headaches. It's uncommon but I suppose it happens in some people. They even gave me a CAT scan to check if everything was okay at the time due to the severity of my headaches while on Accutane combined with Aura (visual disturbance). Horrible drug.
Yes I do have eye issues, I have very high myopia and astigmatism but I had my eyes checked recently with my ophthalmologist and everything was fine, of course this was like 2 weeks ago and this is just my third day on Roaccutane. I may need to go back again and have them cheked again.
So this morning I woke up and the headache was mild, I had a big breakfast and after that took my pill and then I've been drinking lots of water throughout the morning. i feel like the headache is gone, instead I feel a mild pressure on my eyes mostly, not in my head, as if I had been for hours in front of the computer screen, I also don't see blurry or anything like that, it's just a moderate pressure. If I keep having the headaches I will make sure to call the doctor and tell him about it. I have already been three times under Roaccutane before because I had awful acne, this time my acne it's not so bad so the doc said he'd probably just give me a low dose because I don't need that much of it. In fact don't feel like 20mg a day it's even that much, my brother has been on 60 mg a day when he was younger and weighed almost the same as me but of course if this is going to put my health at a risk then it's not worth it. I'm mostly scared because I wanted to have lasik surgery for my eyes and I don't know how roaccutan will affect my sight and the surgery plans.
Thanks a lot to the people who answered