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Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Apparantly Roche is developing a drug called Basimglurant (RG7090) to treat major depressive disorder. It's an irony how their best selling drug is famous for causing severe depression even after cess...

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9 years ago
How I Cleared My Acne After 26 Years. Try It.

On 10/26/2015, 1:04:53, essex11 said: Can we just use a normal blender for the vegetables? I have quite a good one. Or does it need to be a juicer? also are there certain vegetables I should...

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10 years ago
Did anyone else unintentionally harm their health by trying to control their acne?

When I was 16, I started getting severe acne out of nowhere. Back then, I was working at McDonalds as well and my supervisor started making rude comments about my severe acne and he was embarassing me...

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10 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Or maybe I'm just saying this because I feel smarter than I did before accutane and I'm an anomaly. Maybe I've just been smoking too much. We'll never know.. If you're suggesting that Isotretinoin ma...

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10 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Has anyone became more depressed, anxious and self-destructive after being on Roaccutane? Somebody mentioned that antidepressants are just as bad as Roaccutane. But I'm going to have to disagree there...

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10 years ago
How I Cleared My Acne After 26 Years. Try It.

So, I've been doing this for a couple of months (since Feb), I think it works... I started when I had to go off accutane due to severe side effects. But when you're clear should you still consume juic...

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10 years ago
Taking A Decision

Try drinking fresh raw Beetroot, Carrot and Lemon juice(juiced using masticating juicer) daily for about 3 weeks and see how you go. That's what has been keeping my skin clear of cystic acne. I no lon...

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10 years ago
If Diet Can Control Acne Flair-Ups, Then Why Do Doctors/dermatologists Never Give Any Dietary Advise?

Because it's not proven. I eat plenty of vegetables, did juicing, etc. and it did NOT clear up my acne.   Not proven =/= doesn't work. There's tons of anecdotal evidence which suggests that ju...

In forum Diet & holistic health

10 years ago
If Diet Can Control Acne Flair-Ups, Then Why Do Doctors/dermatologists Never Give Any Dietary Advise?

I'm 24 and I've had moderate to severe cystic acne since I was 16. Every time I went to the doctor for help with my cystic acne, the only thing they did was prescribe me high dosages of antibiotics ov...

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10 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Accutane decreases levels of other 5-alpha and 3-alpha metabolized steroids, implying it effects these enzymes. These enzymes function in concert to produce allopregnanolone.   Allopregnanolone p...

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10 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

Sorry for being ignorant, but why are some people here going really deep into science to try and recover from Isotretinoin induced damage. If you have developed health conditions after going on Istret...

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10 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

I'm a bit OCD about improving my health through supplements since diet hasn't done much for me. Unfortunately, most of my mental and physical health issues are probably related to bad genetics that I'...

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10 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

The thing about Accutane is that other than it potentially curing acne, everything else is detrimental to health. If you think about it, if the drug is so powerful that it can change the way your skin...

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10 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

It still amazes me how much my brain has changed from just 5 days on 20mg Roaccutane. I'm not the same person I used to be and caffeine doesn't stimulate my mind as well as it used to which suggests t...

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10 years ago
23 Years Old And I Still Get Cystic Acne, Should I Consider Going On Accutane?

Side effects I've experienced from Roaccutane Day 1 Extreme irritability and uncontrollable anger half an hour after taking the first pill. I snapped and yelled at my mom for no reason and I couldn...

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10 years ago
Caffeine On Accutane

Yes. If you've seen my experience on Accutane, I've drank black coffee few hours after my first pill and it gave me a migraine and slight nausea which lasted 5 hours.

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10 years ago
How Much Vitamin D (B3) Is Good To Take On Accutane

There's a debate on raising the RDI of Vitamin D3 higher since the current recommendation might be too low. I personally take 2000IU a day for every day supplementation. I don't take any Vitamin D3 on...

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10 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

I was curious about my IQ score after experiencing the side effect from roaccutane. But I could never get myself to take the IQ test because I lost motivation to do anything, even DNB after going on r...

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10 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

I'm sorry if this has been mentioned before, but with so many people suffering from long lasting Accutane side effects, I think there should be a subreddit for Accutane side effect support group. &nbs...

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10 years ago
23 Years Old And I Still Get Cystic Acne, Should I Consider Going On Accutane?

i am so happy to hear natural ways helped you. what do you mean by juicing? is it juiving without eating any food? i mean what we call detox? No, just juicing as part of my healthy diet. I've never ...

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10 years ago
23 Years Old And I Still Get Cystic Acne, Should I Consider Going On Accutane?

I guess my severe acne must have been caused by my gut issues inhibiting my body's ability to absorb adequete vitamins & minerals to keep my skin clear. Because I've completely stopped juicing veg...

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10 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

I recommend being very cautious when taking Vitamin A supplements for those who's been on Accutane. I had a feeling that I've become hypersensitive to Vitamin A after feeling slightly sick/depressive ...

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10 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

On 4/3/2015 at 10:18 PM, Dubya_B said: Dubya_B, on 04 Apr 2015 - 00:08, said: What type of mental illness did you have before taking Accutane? I had every reason to be depre...

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10 years ago
Repairing the long-term damage from Accutane

This is my experience on Accutane.   Prefix: I actually had my cystic acne under control in our old flat. But after our landlord went bankrupt, the bank took over our house and w...

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10 years ago
23 Years Old And I Still Get Cystic Acne, Should I Consider Going On Accutane?

I've been juicing for 4 weeks. I usually juice 2 - 3 times a week which is enough to control my acne, but obviously it's going to be better if you juice daily. Juicing seems to be so much more effect...

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10 years ago