Accutane: Acne worse, and depressed!

[Sir Lancelot]

I've been on accutane for about a month, and it has gone from moderate, to pretty bad: my face is spotty, has some whitheads, is dry, and my lips are flaky, and i got a dry flaky red patch upon near  my mouth.  When can I expect to see improvement?  Will continue to be this bad?  What can I further expect, because I have a lot of things going in my life right now in which this is just NOT the time to be happening.
   I was on 60 mg (I weigh 145 lbs) - and just coming back from the derm's office, the doc determined that i move down to 20 mgs a day once i resume treatment in about two weeks.
   Also, I pray to G-d that I am not becoming depressed by acne.  It bothers me terribly, and maybe i should not be a wimp, but i really need to have good skin because i am a model, am doing a play, have a girlfriend, and audition out for roles.  Part of the point of putting me on a two week hiatus is to see whether or not my moodiness and depression is due to personal frustrations, or the medication itself.  could someone give me info with regards to the latter?
   Last points: even i move down to lower doses in the next two weeks, will i eventually be acne free?  I do have faith still in accutane, and I hope eventually i can be rid of this exhausting problem.
  Hopefully the bad flares have reached their peak!  I look bad enough as it is and i am depressed, but will have to cope with it.

thanks

Allen

[Elizabeth Sol]

Hi. I am new to this forum. Acne is something I was struggling with. I hope this helps you. I stopped using all medication prescribed by my dermatologist.

The shampoo, conditioner and soap are things that are very important. I buy this brand called Aubrey Organics, it has no parabens, mineral oils and no aluminium. The products are all natural from the earth and organic as well.It is expensive but it is well worth it. I use Aubrey organic rose hip seed oil at night.
My skin has improved so much.

Also the other thing I use fresh turmeric , I grind it in a mortar and pestle and miz it with some yogurt and put it on my face for about 1/2 hour. Use little cause it stains,after you wash your face , it may be yellow. I use my aubrey organics face wash  to get the yellow stuff off.You can read about the properties in turmeric online.

Also my change in diet has helped, I eat organic food. I take a probiotic tablet everyday. I buy organic pasteurised and unhomogenised milk. I follow this book called the The Maker's Diet by Jordan Rubin.  This has nade a incredible difference.

So basically using natural products, the acne has stopped. Thank G-d for that. I hope this was useful.