Kay789

I'm surprised your derm is giving you doxycycline. My derm has ensured me that I will not need anything after accutane (at least for a little while). How long will you take doxycycline?

Hi savo0057! Amazing progress - congrats!! Question for you since I noticed you mentioned playing golf. I have ambitious plans to play a lot of golf this summer but I just started accutane and I keep ...

Oh my god, your skin looks amazing!! (I just started two weeks ago, so thanks for the motivation!) Any additional side effects?

My stomach barely slowed me down - I took 40mg a day for 3 days, and went back up to 60mg. Week 2 Skin is still mostly clear. I don't think that's because the accutane started working - I just think t...

My derm said we would stop if my liver enzymes were elevated, but he acted like elevated cholesterol levels were expected and not a reason to stop unless it was extreme. Not sure how he would quantify...

Day 9 Had bad stomach pains and threw up two times. Could this be related to accutane? A few google searches could not find a much of a link between accutane and vomiting... I called my dermatologist ...

5 hours ago, Stephen23 said: Good luck! I'd imagine you'll have to come off BP pretty soon... the dryness is pretty horrific even without it   So have you reintroduced dairy and ...

I read a ton of Accutane logs when I was trying to decide whether or not to take Accutane, and I found them really helpful, so I thought I would add mine to the mix.   Background and my decisio...

Last year, I finally started to see a therapist about the anxiety, depression, and obsessive compulsive behaviors that have developed as a result of my acne. My therapist and I established that I have...

After years of resisting my dermatologist's recommendation, I am seriously considering doing an accutane course. However, given the possibility of lifelong side effects, I only want to attempt the tre...

I did the regimen about 7 years ago. It never got me completely clear (after using it a year), so when I discovered it was the cause of my bleached towels, pillowcases, hair, and shirts, I gave it up....

So, it will be helpful to keep your anxiety down in general. I also can't afford regular counseling, but I saw a counseler a few times who gave me some advice that was helpful. Here are things I do da...

      Yea my doctor said take 2 a day, but if I see improvements take only 1 a day which I do. I took it with food today and did not get a headache or nausea. I am just scared becaus...

I've been taking it for months, and at a pretty high dosage. I always get nauseous if I take it without food, but other than that, I don't have any problems. I have never had headaches but I know tha...

  Gee, I wish that I could, but when I tried cutting out grains I got really really hungry. I can't cut out too many foods that are filling for me. Sugar is good though. I only eat it on wee...

Similar experience - I also went quasi-Paleo for acne. Though some of my acne went away, I started getting lots of pimples on my chin and jawline, which I never had before. Turned out it was due to th...

Wanted to address something - you said you tried the Paleo diet for 11 days. 11 days is not usually long enough to see effects from diet. It varies from person to person, but lots of people will say i...

No experience with a deliberate fast, but when I got the stomach flu and basically didn't eat anything for a week, my skin never looked better! There is research to show that significant restriction o...

  I have gone back to an omnivorous diet since this post, and have further limited my sugar intake. Thanks for the info, I've hear of GI and am currently trying to incorporate more low GI foo...

Dairy doesn't hinder minocycline as much as it does doxycycline (generic Doryx), but it's still better to take it without Dairy. Also, for most acne prone people, it's better to avoid dairy anyway. ...

It's tough, because different things are triggers for different people. In my personal opinion, a vegan diet is one of the worst diets for acne because it tends to be high in things that are triggers ...

Birth control can help hormonal acne, but that does not mean it will be a complete cure for all cases of hormonal acne. If you still suspect your acne is hormonal, i suggest you talk to your doctor ab...

Kay we must be like the same person lol. I'm small too and have pretty high anxiety with a low tolerance for caffeine and alcohol which also makes me concerned about things as heavy as accutane. I'm a...

I've been there. I had severe acne and all the dermatologists recommended Accutane. However, after researching online about the side effects and complaints, and being the sensitive person that I am (I...

Have you experienced any long term side effects from your accutane course? i.e. - Did any side effects continue after you stopped taking accutane?