First Postess With the Mostest

So.

This is my isotretinoin blog. I wanted to name it Accutaneous, but that name was already taken. :/

I started taking Amnesteem on Tuesday morning. Today is barely Friday. I've got my capsules in a...I think a 10-dram container here on my left, and three ounces of Bailey's on my right. Heh.

I don't really know why I stated this blog. I've been thinking of doing a blog for a long time now. I have a LiveJournal that I post on infrequently, but I figured my friends wouldn't want to read about my zits. I actually thought my first blog would be sex-themed, but that never got off the ground because I don't actually have any sex. More on that later.

I suppose I should introduce myself. I'm Kristen. I'm a sophomore at the University of Florida, and I'm studying psychology. I want to be a counseling psychologist specializing in sexual issues. I'm a childfree pro-choice sort-of-cisgender bisexual feminist atheist. I'm also a determinist, and I find that bothers people the most. I love to read, paint, and take photos. I live with my boyfriend of two years and my two cats of five months in a one-bedroom apartment. I'm a Catholic school survivor. For the past several months I've worked in a pharmacy, but it isn't working out. I don't have a car or a license, for that matter. I've got Icewind Dale II running as I type this.

That's me in a nutshell. Stick around and I'll undoubtedly give you more details.

I'm on isotretinoin for the same reasons everyone else is: My skin is shit. It turned to shit when I was in seventh grade, and continued on until I was 16 and went on birth control pills. Before then, I had tried almost everything else available to me, with no change. Lo and behold, my skin cleared up in less than three months on BCP, and stayed clear until I came to UF. From there it went from perfect to about average, which really didn't bother me. I went off hormonal birth control over the summer so I could get a long-desired Paraguard IUD, and BOOM--my skin is now worse than is has ever been. I have my father to thank for these wonderful genes. Four months ago I broke down into tears and made an appointment with the dermatologists at the student healthcare clinic. They gave me Retin-A, which made my skin explode. After two months of that I got fed up. I demanded Accutane. To my shock, my demands met with no resistance. Well, no human resistance. iPledge has been a bitch to deal with, to absolutely nobody's surprise.

So here I am, going into day four. Today my skin was somewhat drier than usual, which is still pretty oily, really. On day two my lips stung a bit. Other than that, I've really had no side-effects yet. YET. I can't wait for the depression. That should be really fun. At least I'll get to see a shrink again, and maybe I can pick up some techniques! Haha, gotta keep it positive.

Alright, back to IWD2. Blogging is not as fun as casting fireball while yelling, "That's right, BITCH!!" at my computer screen.