My DMF adventures

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Update: I stopped the Otezla by tapering it off over a few days--big mistake.  Every other time I started or stopped it, I did so much more gradually, even though it's not supposed to cause severe rebound reactions.  It did with me though, and my dermatologist started me on Tremfya.  Two shots in, I'm not back to where I was on Otezla, but I'm better than the full body blowout I had coming off of it.  I also tried eating oysters as zinc supplements were hurting my skin, but it seems that shellfish affect me as well.  Also, I was taking small doses of ALA every few hours three days a week, and unless you take Biotin with it, it can contribute to hair loss.   I wasn't on ALA the second time I tried DMF, but that fact certainly made the hair loss worse last year at this time.  At least this is the first time I'm not noticeably worse in the weeks following a dermatology appointment.