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DAY 120 Well, that's me finished on Accutane and I hope more than anything that I never need to go on the stuff again... Just been to the consultant for the final visit and he said he's very pleased ...

All I can say is be careful with your lifting while on this stuff---my dose is much higher than yours (100mg) but I've had to give up squats and lots of back movements as the lower back pain was just ...

DAY 73 I don't believe this, the last 2 days I've had an enormous cyst on the back of my neck in plain view----same 'tingly' 'feels like it's full of nasty infected rubbish' sensation. I went on the d...

I'm sorry to hear you're having such a rough time of it---I'm into my 3rd month and am having a bit of a horrorshow too, as my log will show you. Having said that, some of my symptoms have gone---I ha...

I did do a few high intensity rowing sessions which I guess could have strained something in my midsection---pain is a lot better now. I don't do any hard lifting at the moment and DEFINITELY nothing ...

Bowel movements are fine and other than the pain, I feel fine---in fact, today it doesn't seem so bad-even so, it's not nice and I really am wondering when I will 'turn the corner.' If I was experienc...

DAY 61 For the past few days, I've had a really weird pain in my right hand side under my ribs which I'm pretty sure is exactly where my liver is. It's like a bloating pain that gets worse with a heav...

DAY 57 Had my consultation today and bloodwork came back fine. Had a chat about how I'd responded---he thinks I'm doing well but I haven't really noticed any improvement. Got a new prescription and al...

Haven't had the results back yet---gotta talk it through with the specialist next week. This drug just makes me feel so unsociable---mostly to do with my ridiculous looking red lips and flaky skin---a...

DAY 51 Yesterday was kind of a landmark for me as I have this figure of 100 days in my head (in reality I think it'll be a bit longer than that but if I can reach 100, the remainder will be a cinch) s...

Best of luck---keep marking off the milestones. I had a similar experience to the one you had with your doctor, we have a Polish truck driver where I work and when he started with the company a few mo...

I think I've said this before, but really, I should be glad that the biggest problem I have is redness and super-dry lips (well, I hope so anyway---find out more when I have my blood tests in a couple...

Mate, I'm on 100mg a day (feel free to have a look at my thread) and I'm nearly half way through (I hope). I'd like to say that it gets better, and for you I truly hope it does, but for me the symptom...

DAY 43 Nothing really new to report at the moment----still getting the worst dry lips I've ever had in my life-the smallest thing 'sets them off' like a hot drink, toothpaste, spicy food etc. Sometime...

I have thought about reducing the dosage but I've done 30 days now so I guess I'll stick it out. Getting quite achy after the gym now but I've read that accutane can kind of dry out the joint lubricat...

DAY 27 The eczema on my hands and arms is the worst it's ever been---hoping cetaphil can get this under control. Had a really demoralising day with dry skin under my lips again on Friday---huge flake...

Well I've tracked down some Aquaphor but after nearly a week, it hasn't made a difference---Nothing I've tried has...It's bizarre, I smother them in stuff on the drive to work but roughly halfway thro...

All I can say is stick with it and moisturise at every opportunity. I tried a fancy Nivea sensitive, no alcohol (blah blah blah) moisturiser that I'm convinced made my IB 100% worse, it was almost an ...

Day 22 Nothing really new to report, still discovering little patches of dry/eczema type skin up and down my arms but the stuff on my hand has nearly gone! I can only attribute this to liberal coating...

Hey don't worry man, it's really great to be able to talk to other people who are on the same journey as me. If I had to stop working out, I think i'd come off Accutane to be honest as it's such an i...

Haven't felt the peculiar 'tightness' you describe but there have been occasions when my libido has been, shall we say, down...However I'm not sure if this is actually medical or more emotional. These...

That's what I keep telling myself mate, at the end of the day if these are the worst symptoms I get then I suppose I've got away pretty lightly considering some of the 'horror' stories that are out th...

^^^ Thanks for the positive words I guess I should be positive that I haven't gotten the muscle pain and fatigue the dermatologist warned me about and it hasn't affected my workouts. Also the I.B see...

DAY 17 Dry skin on my face seems to be behaving a bit better but my lips are probably the driest they've ever been today---big angry red 'line' under my bottom lip. Nothing, but nothing, seems to help...

DAY 15 Dry skin and dry lips, back with a vengeance...Seem to be alternating good and bad days at the moment...Didn't do anything different last night/this morning yet after only a few hours in the of...