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Do you know for a fact that you have B12 malabsorption? If you eat animal products - meat, fish (and/or dairy, eggs) you are very unlikely to be low on B12 unless you have a clinical reason for not ab...

Hmm the thing worrying me the most about it is taking the patience to try pill after pillito find the right one although that Zoely sounds very promising...I just wonder if my doctor would be dubious ...

That's great they have it in the UK. I'm going to talk to my doc about it the next time I see her. The only thing is I haven't been on a BCP for 4 years :/ so I am also dubious still you know. Have yo...

I am 22-years-old and I have been battling acne for nearly 10 years. I have done nearly everything over the counter and then consulted a dermatologist. I have been to multiple dermatologists and I hav...

Just in case you decide to go down that route out of desperation, you can take spiro with SSRI anti-depressants (like Celexa). Well you can if you live in the UK - as my doctor prescribed it when I w...

No problem, I hope it's helpful. I'm not an expert on hormones by any means, but after asking questions to clueless doctors (including endocrinologists), I know that at least I have some grasp on the ...

Hormones are very hard to understand... the thing I know for sure is that synthetic hormones (such as progesterone) are not the same as natural hormones that the body produces. Everyone's adrenals mak...

Well, it's hard to say...usually progesterone helps balance other hormones and there are fewer risks involved with natural progesterone creams that increasing estrogen synthetically. Synthetic estroge...

I'm in the UK - so yes they definitely have it in the UK. But because it's quite new it's expensive for the NHS vs. the older pills, which is maybe why your GP hasn't mentioned it to you. My GP hadn...

Okay so long story short: Skin was beautifully clear and . now recently I'm breaking out AGAIN. Im so upset and low about it. I'm considering trying a BCP again, either that or Accutane. Thing is I do...

Thanks for your reply Wishclean So do you think my thinking is right - oestrogen and lower androgen is best for me, rather than increasing progesterone? Unfortunately I have to have B12 shots as ...

Thanks Emily54 What is NPC? I'll ask my GP about oestrogen cream. (I'm in the UK and not currently seeing a dermatologist as it was a case of 'you can't have accutane and we've tried spiro and a...

As an update to my post a few months back. I was deficient in vitamin D, and took 6,000 IU a day for 3-4 months. Now my vitamin D levels are too high ('almost toxic') and my skin is no better. (B...

I've read a bit on here about oestrogen being bad for skin, progesterone being good etc. I'm a bit confused by the advice people have given as I seem to have to have the opposite problem and wondered...

I've recently been diagnosed as near deficient in vitamin D. I'm in the UK, and apparently most people here are currently near deficient. I am going to start taking a supplement - 25ug twice a day (...

Hello all Bit disappointing. I went back to the Dr and he won't prescribe cephalosporins, as apparently UK doctors are being told not to prescribe it long term due to the heightened risk of C diffic...

I have to say that I had the same problem with Spiro, nausea kicked in after a week or so and stayed - and as I am phobic of nausea/vomiting, I stopped taking it after two months. I had the same prob...

Thank you - that's really useful info. I'll ask my doctor.

I am 40, female and have had nodular/cystic acne since my teen years. I've taken trimethoprim with success, but it made me vomit. Same for Doxycycline (which also made me very anxious). I can deal ...

To follow up - my GP suggested using Betnovate (steroid cream) on it. I did, and it went within about 3 weeks. (Just so you know, the exfoliation idea didn't work..)

I appreciate that this thread is a little old now, and I hope the original poster is doing much better with his skin. I wanted to comment on people encouraging trial of accutane, especially as the O...

2 years ago I had a cyst on my chin. It was pretty big and painful, and after a couple of weeks pus came out and the inflammation subsided. This in itself is not unusal for me, as I often get cysts j...

I've just started Saw Palmetto too. I was on Dianette and it helped my hormonal acne, but I had to come off it due to high blood pressure. My antibiotic has also stopped working. So I'm hoping I mi...

I get bad cysts on my chin, but my skin is pretty much ok everywhere else. I've been on Tetralysal for 2 months and there has been some improvement. (I have a cyst this week, but I think this is ho...