Health Boards
Fri-25-08-2017, 18:49 PM
Update time! 
I went off DMF for a while, hair loss slowed, went back on, hair loss began again after a month or two, so I quit it again after about 3 months--didn't really seem to make a difference. I've been on and off Otezla per my dermatologist twice since then (insurance issues), but I'm pretty sure that it increases the spread of the psoriasis on my neck (anyone else see this?), although it does look slightly better. Since it sometimes helps and sometimes does nothing when I'm on it for a few months, once I run out of hoops to jump through I'm giving up on Otezla too. I'm wary of Humira and the like, but we'll see if my zinc supplementation and mercury chelation helps--it makes a big difference when I'm on those supplements, but if I mess up my regimen just a little bit, I can see the difference and it takes a week or so to get it under control again.
I went off DMF for a while, hair loss slowed, went back on, hair loss began again after a month or two, so I quit it again after about 3 months--didn't really seem to make a difference. I've been on and off Otezla per my dermatologist twice since then (insurance issues), but I'm pretty sure that it increases the spread of the psoriasis on my neck (anyone else see this?), although it does look slightly better. Since it sometimes helps and sometimes does nothing when I'm on it for a few months, once I run out of hoops to jump through I'm giving up on Otezla too. I'm wary of Humira and the like, but we'll see if my zinc supplementation and mercury chelation helps--it makes a big difference when I'm on those supplements, but if I mess up my regimen just a little bit, I can see the difference and it takes a week or so to get it under control again.