Is anyone on here as advanced with acne as me?

[Stoney109]

i've been on 2 courses of accutane (with barely any effect), antibiotics including bactrim (which my body cant tolerate anymore). tried most of the creams and all that, with no/barely any effect.. the only thing that works is benzoyl peroxide, but i think im allergic or extremely sensitive to it, as i get a headache and overall crappy feeling a few hrs after putting it on. i get in the shower and wash it off and i feel fine again. im stuck, there's nothing more for me to do..im on a strict paleo diet, meditate, all the required things. i have moderate to almost severe..anyone else on this board up to this level?

[wholegrain]

My acne is on the moderate to severe level, so we have that in common. But I haven't tried near as many things as you have. Not because I'm lazy or I don't want to. I have panic disorder that is a thousand times more severe than my acne and it actually prevents me from doing a lot of that stuff. Pills for example- I cannot take any kind of pill or medication, I am phobic of them. Just an aspirin can send me into a panic attack. I got a prescription for an antibiotic, and it sent me to the emergency room, vomiting for the first time in my life. That just reinforces my phobia. Same thing with thyroid meds, Accutane, birth control.

The Paleo Diet I am trying to adopt principles of, but I have to go extremely slow. I cannot wake up one day and completely change the way I live. The slightest dip or rise in blood sugar can send me spiraling into panic. That combined with the stress and anxiety of changing my eating habits, a HUGE part of my life, makes trying out an acne diet a very difficult thing for me.

So I'm basically stuck with topical stuff, and like you they tend to have little to no effect. Sometimes I think it'd be easier just to find peace with my skin how it is.

[Stoney109]

yeah, i'm like that now, because of acne and going through some other health stuff that was real bad..i would never touch accutane or a lot of antibiotics. i also get panicky with topicals too, that arent natural..youre better off not going on accutane and long term antibiotics, as i have major digestive issues currently, and ive been off all medications and everything for almost 2 yrs..