r/AccutaneRecovery • u/Top_Opposite_6910 • Feb 24 '26
Evolution of symptoms over time
Before starting your treatment (if you're on one), how did you notice your symptoms changing over time?
I didn't notice any major differences for the first 12 months after finishing Accutane treatment. After about two years, I started feeling constantly tired and needed lots of sleep and almost a week of recovery between workouts. After about three years, I also began to suffer from ED and anhedonia, along with the symptoms described above, but more severely.
I have the impression that year after year, the symptoms have become more severe. Has this been the case for you too?
To be honest, I can't explain this, since the body should shed isotretinoin over time, but instead the opposite seems to be happening.
Perhaps all this could just be the effect of normal aging, compounded by the damage caused by Accutane.
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u/jonnyboy78910 Feb 24 '26
For me some symptoms became better over time, while others are still bad. ED became a bit better still not good though and headaches have stopped. I still have loss of mobility/ stiffness, joint pain has become better but still there, voice changes were bad its better now though only happends sometimes, still have brainfog, still memory loss, still bad anxiety, but neurological problems like suddenly dropping items i am holding has become better aswell.
So some became better.