Should I Do Accutane?

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[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
Dude, I had acne about like you, maybe not quite as bad, when I was in HS. I wanted some type of medication but Mom ordered me Proactive first and made me try it just like the instructions said for 2 months. It totally cleared up my acne after doing the 3 step thing twice a day. There was a marked improvement a couple weeks in and it steadily got better. After it got a lot better I did find that I could cut it down to once a day so that saved a little money.

Almost everyone I have heard that said proactive didn’t work, used it as instructed for like a week and then just kind of did their own thing with it. I would at least give something like that a try before I risked my health with Accutane. [/quote]

Proactive will only work on whiteheads by drying them out. Proactive is nothing but benzoyl peroxide. For any type of nodule or cystic acne no matter the severity it will do nothing but, dry your skin out and make you sensitive to the sun.

I used it as advised for a month and the dryness was honestly worse than anything I experienced on accutane.

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How’s it going man

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[quote]xXSeraphimXx wrote:

[quote]D_Short93 wrote:
I started accutane about 8 months ago and I am 20 years old ( been lifting for 4 years)

These are all my personal results thus far, but I have to agree that if you don’t truly need accutane, stay away from it.

So far these are my side effects: MOST COMMON, very dry skin, chapped lips, dry nose (sometimes bloody), joint discomfort, fatigue.

In addition, I have had; Slight anger outbursts, lack of ambition (almost like a depressed state), frequent headaches, trouble with cognition and memory, and severe joint pain. With my joints, i messed myself up one week by going heavy on squats, and it played a huge toll on my knees and back. I have been told by my doctor not to perform in any vigorous exercise or activities till I am off the medication, although i still workout just at lower volumes. I am taking no supplements except for drinking water like a fish.

I have always been on 80mg day of “isotretinoin”, but for one month i was taking a dose of 120mg ( 1 pill for AM, 2 for PM). I have been taking accutane for 8 straight months now, as prescribed by my doctor, but it is DEFINITELY a serious drug.

The it has been working miraculously, the side effects can be ruthless. I have also heard that it decreases testosterone in the body, but I have no scientific facts to back it up except for personal opinion.

My strength has decreased, and my bones and joints feel weak. I have tried going on jogs, but it is too hard on my knees, and even stairs can often be hard.[/quote]

How much do you weigh? Using an average of 30 days in a month that is almost 20,500 mg of accutane total. It should be 120-150 mg MAX per KG. So, unless you weigh more than 125 KG that is a big fucking dose.

I was an accutane and the only side effect I had was dry lips. Stared at 20 mg a day and worked up to a dose of 120 mg for about a month.[/quote]

At the time I was weighing about 168lbs, at 6 foot 1

I did not prescribe the dose myself, I had severe nodular acne, only on my back, which caused my skin to form cysts, rip open, and bleed.

I first saw both my physician and dermatologist, and they both agreed to put me on Accutane.

Before i started it though, i was on Bactrin, but it never solved my problem.

So yes I have been on an abnormal large dosage ( even the pharmacy would not fill my prescription until they talked to my doctor)

I will have to say, it works miraculously because I no longer have breakouts, and my back has stopped bleeding and forming cysts.

IT just sucks though that i have dropped about 10 lbs and have grown weaker while on the drug.

I will find some before and after photos.

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[quote]cstratton2 wrote:

[quote]D_Short93 wrote:
I started accutane about 8 months ago and I am 20 years old ( been lifting for 4 years)

These are all my personal results thus far, but I have to agree that if you don’t truly need accutane, stay away from it.

So far these are my side effects: MOST COMMON, very dry skin, chapped lips, dry nose (sometimes bloody), joint discomfort, fatigue.

In addition, I have had; Slight anger outbursts, lack of ambition (almost like a depressed state), frequent headaches, trouble with cognition and memory, and severe joint pain. With my joints, i messed myself up one week by going heavy on squats, and it played a huge toll on my knees and back. I have been told by my doctor not to perform in any vigorous exercise or activities till I am off the medication, although i still workout just at lower volumes. I am taking no supplements except for drinking water like a fish.

I have always been on 80mg day of “isotretinoin”, but for one month i was taking a dose of 120mg ( 1 pill for AM, 2 for PM). I have been taking accutane for 8 straight months now, as prescribed by my doctor, but it is DEFINITELY a serious drug.

The it has been working miraculously, the side effects can be ruthless. I have also heard that it decreases testosterone in the body, but I have no scientific facts to back it up except for personal opinion.

My strength has decreased, and my bones and joints feel weak. I have tried going on jogs, but it is too hard on my knees, and even stairs can often be hard.[/quote]

I think I know who you are lol

Its Todd from Gold’s, Nice to see you made an account dude!
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OH!!! haha whats up man, I entirely misread your comment

haha

yeah i made one way back when you told me about it, just haven’t been on it

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[quote]xXSeraphimXx wrote:

[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
Dude, I had acne about like you, maybe not quite as bad, when I was in HS. I wanted some type of medication but Mom ordered me Proactive first and made me try it just like the instructions said for 2 months. It totally cleared up my acne after doing the 3 step thing twice a day. There was a marked improvement a couple weeks in and it steadily got better. After it got a lot better I did find that I could cut it down to once a day so that saved a little money.

Almost everyone I have heard that said proactive didn’t work, used it as instructed for like a week and then just kind of did their own thing with it. I would at least give something like that a try before I risked my health with Accutane. [/quote]

Proactive will only work on whiteheads by drying them out. Proactive is nothing but benzoyl peroxide. For any type of nodule or cystic acne no matter the severity it will do nothing but, dry your skin out and make you sensitive to the sun.

I used it as advised for a month and the dryness was honestly worse than anything I experienced on accutane.[/quote]

I never experienced any of the sensitivity to the sun or anything like that that some people complain about. And if may not work for him, however, if you were trying to fix a non-life threatening problem why not start with the safest option first.