Tyson,

I have thought about you all night, hoping that you are feeling better...your situation reminds me of what happened to me as a kid, and I can't stop thinking about it. I want to tell you my story.

I was overmedicated for some minor thing when I was about 4, starting with antibiotics. The doctor gave me more and more medication as I got more and worse symptoms. They ("they" meaning all the specialists in the hospital, many doctors in the hospital treated me) removed my tonsils even thought there was nothing wrong with them hoping it would help me get better. I got allergic to everything they tested me for, every food, everything... They tried limiting my diet. They gave me so many shots that my muscles collapsed and I coudn't walk. Finally, they told my parents that I was slowly dying and they didn't understand what was wrong with me. I was taking lots of medications and my mom stopped counting the shots of different drugs I had received after about 200...

My parents (finally!) brought me to a new doctor after almost 2 years of being sick. The new doctor, Dr Wakefield (I will never forget that wonderful doctor)...gave me a checkup, started to look through a huge folder containing my medical records...and I remember his face turning red and he threw the folder and all the papers went everywhere. He was very angry, he made some comment similar to "how could they do this to you?". The conclusion was that all the medication I was taking was making me sick and that I had a yeast infection from over-medication. I stopped taking all those meds and took a short treatment for yeast infection and I was better within one week (With one exception - It took many years for my allergies to fade so that I am now only allergic to a few things.)

So, my point is...I wish someone like Annie had been around to point out that maybe I was taking too many medicines, to go get a second opinion. I am still angry about all these allergies I have now- most likely caused by all those drugs, and my drug sensitivity -again most likely caused by all those drugs.

Tyson, please consider the fact that your symptoms may be from too many medicines. I don't know what kind of doctor would be best to discuss this with, but I feel strongly that you are over-medicated or that the headaches and pains are caused by the Accutane, but I really don't know since I am not a doctor. I only want the best for you and worry about you. I feel like your doctors are missing something. I wanted to share my story so that you can know that doctors make mistakes and sometimes you need a completely new doctor and maybe even a new medical center.

Take care of yourself. We are here to support you when you need it.

Susan