Post by scarface on Jul 19, 2004 11:10:16 GMT -5
Hi all, I haven't been here in quite a while but have been busy trying different meds. After lots of tries I've found it - Seroquel. 6.25mg taken in the morning. Seroquel is often prescribed in larger doses and at night, because it's sedating, but it didn't help me that way.
I've been picking for eight years now and was giving up hope of ever having a clear face. I'm still picking a little bit on my legs/arms, but it's much more minor, and I haven't picked my face in a week. I started a skincare routine and for the first time in years, there are no scabs/oozy bits/crusty bits on my face. I can actually leave the house with no makeup on. It's incredible! I still have the urge to check my skin for bumps, but I can just look at them and not pick them - my fingers don't feel so itchy.
I wanted to share this with you in the hopes that someone else out there will have luck with this med. It seems that many antipsychotics can be used to treat this, but there's no way to know which med/dosage will work - you have to try them all and see what happens, and it's a long and frustrating process. I hope everyone else can find something that helps them too, and hang in there throught the process as best you can. Take care you guys. xx
I've been picking for eight years now and was giving up hope of ever having a clear face. I'm still picking a little bit on my legs/arms, but it's much more minor, and I haven't picked my face in a week. I started a skincare routine and for the first time in years, there are no scabs/oozy bits/crusty bits on my face. I can actually leave the house with no makeup on. It's incredible! I still have the urge to check my skin for bumps, but I can just look at them and not pick them - my fingers don't feel so itchy.
I wanted to share this with you in the hopes that someone else out there will have luck with this med. It seems that many antipsychotics can be used to treat this, but there's no way to know which med/dosage will work - you have to try them all and see what happens, and it's a long and frustrating process. I hope everyone else can find something that helps them too, and hang in there throught the process as best you can. Take care you guys. xx
I take 800 mg a day, 400 in the am and 400 in the pm... it helps control the obsession of picking, not clearing the acne but helping you not to make it worse. I've also done accutane and that works for acne, it's a miracle! With the two combined.. I'm way better off than I was! 