Week 3 on Isotretinoin

Fiuh. Finally have some time to write post about week 3. Now it’s 2 am in the morning. Talking about commitment!

This week is like hell week for me. Seriously. Busy like hell in the office. Plus the side effects of this medication. Totally hell.  

These are side effects:

1. Other than dry lips and dry skin on my chin, I also suffer from dry eyes. It’s been very dry till I need to put eye drops. But still is endurable.
2. Back-ache,muscle-ache, and whatever ache. Till to the extent that I need to reduce my physical exercise in weekly basis. Instead of jogging twice a week, I reduced to once a week. Last week, I just jogged for 45 mins as per usual; end up my muscle aching till the next 2 consecutive days. Sigh. But still is bearable.
3. Occasionally headache, especially when I try to use my brain to think. Too much think= headache. I felt that this meds makes me stupid L On the top of that, I feel like I cannot focus too long. Or results short term memory loss. Or losing passion +patience towards people around me. Every emotion will be heightened. For example, if I feel happy, will be very very overjoyfully happy. If I feel sad, will be like crying for weeks. If I feel angry, will be like want to kill someone, *kidding*. Ahhh best word to describe= mood swing! But it’s still tolerable.
4. IBS- Inconsistence Bowel Syndrome. Well, I have this IBS before so, well…bring it on!  I know how to tackle this by taking my gastric pills. It’s still ok-able.
5. Feeling tired all the time. Yesterday I had my class and I struggled to stay awake and focus during the class. Although I slept for 9 hours straight in the night, wake up, still feeling tired. I patch Koyo *medicated patch* to so-called lighten the back-ache but it’s only temporary. Haiz. But it’s still acceptable.
6. Isotretinoin makes my skin fragile. I got cuts or blisters from wearing my heels and it took a while to heal. Now I  need to be careful with my skin. Like Putri kaca ler. Oh ya talking about that, I now, become vampire, very super photo sensitive one. Coz of retin-A that I’m wearing, it makes my skin sensitive to sun and must wear sunblock all the time. The derma gave me SPF 60. 

On the bright side…

1.  I don’t really have oily skin now thus there’s no need to blot my face.
2. My make-up stays longer than I thought. Normal days, my powder melts right after I stepped out the house but now, I can see my powder last till evening time.
3. Hey, this is gross. I have occasionally back acne but now all cleared up, hip hip hooray…

Still 1 more week to go for before the next consultation. With these crazy side effects and yet, less positive effects, I will definitely asking my doctor to lighten or stop my dosage. Let's see how. Obviously, 20mg a day is too much for me, man.  I need my life back! And I hope the side effects will wears off after completion of cycle.

Ok, will update again! See you next week. 

-Deb-