another accutane survivor.
Hey guys,
Been reading through the posts on here and was interested to see some stories similiar to mine.
I took the drug about 6 years ago when my skin was totally out of control (i was 19, huge cysts all over my face and body). Cleared my skin up but plagued me with more problems. Halted my digestion completely. BM's became so weird shaped and irregular. I had bad anxiety and
Depression before I started taking it, i was suicidal after i finished taking it. My cognition felt as though it had been completely fogged over, like an extreme version of brain fog but with dizziness, unsteadyness etc. Constant panic attacks. Extreme sensitivities. Many many many more, too many to count.
So since this time my body has healed some, and some symptoms have dissipated. I think its safe to say I have tried MOST things. Naturopathic, allopathic, tcm, flushes, cleanses, diet changes, exercise, mediation, thousands of dollars on every supplement under the rainbow. I tried the naturopathic root first and ended up wasting a lot of money on practitioners much to no avail. I then out of frustation went hte allopathic root. Every antidepressant under hte sun, most didnt do anything but make me miserable with side effects. Nardil made me feel more "normal", but only for a while. But no matter what I have done, nothing has got to the root of hte problem.
The fact is I had very bad mental/nervous system and digestion problems before the accutane, so they were not caused by this drug, but only magnified.
Anyway i guess im posting here in a hope that maybe someone can help give me guidance on what to do now. My latest theory is that I have some kind of chronic bacterial thing going on such as lyme disease, so I have bought components of hte beck protocol: the magnetic pulser, the zapper and ozonator, and have been using these with some pretty good results. However my main two symptom areas that plague me: mental and digestive, are still very very up and down. It seems like no matter what I do or how hard i try, i get more and more constipated and my bm's when they do come are extremely weird, like aliens or something. Increasing fibre certainly makes me more consipated (talking only going once a week) such as psyllium husks. Also drinking huge amounts of water like everyone suggests slows down the digestion more and makes me feel utterly terrible, swollen, bogged down, increase in mental symptoms. The less fluid i drink the better i feel and the better my digestion works.
I thought maybe its time to try enemas, so i ordered a kit. Might help jumpstart my digestion. Extremely unpleasant idea, but im getting desperate.
So anyway there's my info background etc, if anyones got any suggestions for me that would be greatly appreciated.