Thursday 1 September 2011

Turning things around!

Medication is not always the easiest path to take... and sometimes it can be the only path you can take, and I've just been on a big journey with medication... My Medication was for my acne... 
Many people just tell me my skin is fine, that it isn't that bad... 
but these people had never seen the extent of my back... and I did used to get bad spots on my face also, people didn't notice them as much as I did... and it got me down a hell of a lot, 
the amount of times I'd been to the doctors, and they just kept prescribing me with different tablets and creams... 
nothing helped... it was so bad I used to cry myself to sleep and writhed in pain
after about 6 times of being put on different things I decided enough was enough and I found a new doctor who straight away said she was sending me to the acne specialist... 
that was the beginning of a long journey, I was diagnosed with cystic acne... 
it's rather horrible... and was put on a 6 month course of Roaccutane... which is very strong medication which basically dries out the whole of the body inside and out... and has many many side effects... that I sadly got quite a few of... but not until the last few months of my medication, 
it dried out my hair my skin my nails my throat and many other places... 
It also got to the point where I couldn't wash my hair for 2 weeks because it was just so dry... but didn't get greasy at all, and it started to fall out, 
My moods changed and I had empty and frustrated moods that I just couldn't control... 
I also became very depressed.. I guess it didn't help when my mum was diagnosed with breast cancer but with her operation out of the way and her being on chemo... with her being so strong and positive it helped me to become strong and positive and I fought through 6 months and also an extra added month of a higher dose...  
Today I have been free of this medication for over 2 weeks now and I feel amazing! and I feel I can totally turn my life around and just become a stronger and more positive person!! And the results are also equally amazing!

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