It’s Been Over One Year So, as of this writing it has been over 1 year 1 year, 1 month and 3 days to be exact since I have been off of the poison! YAY!  It has been a messed up horrible situation and I still cannot believe up to this day how I have… Continue reading It’s Been Over One Year

Supplements To Help Calm Topical Steroid Withdrawal Symptoms Okay so here is the deal.  I am TIRED of these crazy and sometimes debilitating symptoms! I was hoping so bad that they would just ease up at a quicker pace but to no avail, then finally….finally one of my fellow TSW Warriors who is a Nurse… Continue reading Supplements To Help Calm Topical Steroid Withdrawal Symptoms

The FDA Recommended Black Box Warnings on All Topical Steroids in 2001 Were they listened to? NO! WHY NOT??? This excerpt from the report is very disturbing! “Sometimes topical corticosteroids were continued despite the failure of the treatment. The reports do not explain why the topical corticosteroids were continued when they were not effective. In… Continue reading The FDA Recommended Black Box Warnings on All Topical Steroids Back in 2001

TSW Sufferers Are NOT Contagious! The title says it all but you really need to KNOW this.  Here is the video……

Going Into Month 10 of Topical Steroid Withdrawal

The Calm After a Flare I was shocked that last flare was shorter than previous ones. It was still VERY intense though, especially the nerve pain with the burning. If you are going through Topical Steroid Withdrawal make sure you get out of the house as much as you can during the calm periods.  I… Continue reading The Calm After a Flare

Had to Leave Work Early Today Due to Intense Month 9 Flare Yes, another day of flaring during my 9th Month.  It lasted only a little over a week actually. I had read about this dreaded 9th month flare on the ITSAN.org website forum by a few people. I was hoping it would bypass me,… Continue reading Had to Leave Work Early Today Due to Intense Month 9 Flare

Nerve Pain, Chills And Oozing From Topical Steroid Withdrawal All flared up again! Here just watch the Video….

Yes ladies and gentlemen just when I thought the worse was over I entered into my 9 month of Topical Steroid Withdrawal with another big flare. My face is all a mess, eyes kinda swollen, skin tingling too, getting a warm flushed “skin raising” feeling before the facial snowfall occurs…all I can do is shake… Continue reading Month 9: Another Big Flare and My First Youtube Video

Well….as of the 15th of this month I am officially in my 8th month of Topical Steroid Withdrawal. Yay me! I cannot believe I actually made it this far without losing my mind! I physically feel okay right now, as of this writing but that changes from day to day. I am getting real tired… Continue reading 8th Month Update