Thread: Starting accutane, very scared!

Im 25 and have been suffering with severe acne for about two years now. I've tried pretty much every OTC and perscription med possible and nothing has helped. I even went off birh control pill for 8 months to see if that was he cause. After taking my mom with me to get a second opinion, we learned that accutane was my last hope. I am so scared to get on this med!!!
I had to get back on the birth control pill for accutane. It's just been a few days since getting back on the pill and I hate it!!! I have no energy!!! I go to the gym everyday and what I used to be able to do easily is such a struggle now. It's aweful. It just isn't there for me. And I'm sooo starving!!!! All I've done the past few days is pig out even tho I normally am a very healthy eater. I don't know I'd I can do this for 6-8 months. I'm upset that I feel I've backtracked a couple months in my workout and I'm such a porker right now. The pill is just aweful to me.
Getting back on the pill has caused my face to break out even worse too. I have to go in for my first prego test then I have to do another one in30 days before I can start accutane. Has anybody experienced the same things? I'm really worried about starting accutane. I've heard so many bad things. I just feel like a huge part of me is saying now, don't do it!!! Has anybody had good or bad experiences with accutane? I'm hoping that hearing other people's success stories will make me feel a little better. Also, has the BC pill made anybody feel so drained Of energy and starving like this??? My face is so scarred up from dealing with this acne . I hope these horrible red pits will fade!!

I'm 22 and I'm on day 5 on accutane, and so far I have mixed opinions about it. I've already felt my skin get a lot less oily. Moisturisers now just soak straight into my skin which feels very strange, and my hair is starting to get less greasy which I am sooo happy about. On the flip side, I've had a couple of nasty headaches and a day of dreadful backache. I'm just trying to keep the end goal in sight, and hope the side effects don't get too much worse. I've read the leaflets the doctor gave me, but I'm avoiding looking online at all the scare stories!

I'm also with you on the pill :/ I've just done 3 months of Weight Watchers, lost 1.5 stone and was so worried about putting all the weight back on again and going back into a depressed mood. But I'm sticking to my diet and seem to be avoiding the bloating so far. In the course of your life, 6-8 months to have permanently better skin has got to be worth it. That's how I'm seeing it anyway!!

I went on accutane twice for 6 months each when I was in highschool, I'm 26 now, and have had no health problems resulting from it. It cleared my skin up 100%, unfortunately it didn't last, although my skin is wayyyy better. I also know 3 other people who have been on it and it cleared up there skin permanently and they also had no negative side effects. I've seen the lawsuit commercials on tv that make it sound horrible, but honestly I think those lawyers are just reaching, I wouldn't worry about it, I think you'll be very happy w it. As far as the pill, I don't have to use birth control because my boyfriend can't have kids but why not try something w less hormones? I don't know a lot about it but maybe the IUD or the implant? Talk to ur dr. about it.