Hey guys- My story

[jiml]

Hey guys, I'm Sam. Im a 22 year old male. My mum has psoriasis and up until recently I thought I was spared. Ended up getting a serious throat infection and having a psoriasis outbreak afterwards. Also around this time Id broken up with my first girlfriend and was very stressed which effects it alongside a chaotic lifestyle in which I was heavily drinking, smoking and using illicit drugs. Psoriasis came in waves and up until july was manageable apart from on my legs. Tried putting coconut oil on them after recommendation from a friend and the condition worsened getting very itchy, I picked at it constantly thinking I might have scarred it. Ended up going to doctors and got prescribed Dovobet. It all went downhill from here. Dovobet whilst working at first triggered a massive reaction in me. Ended up getting it on my scalp, genitals thighs, heavily on lower legs, moderately on arms and back. Needless to say I was mortified. Have since got it slightly under control by giving up smoking and drinking and taking drugs less alongside the use of lecithin, dermol 500, chlorella, meditation and citrus fruits. This has massively impacted my self steem and I find it's making me very tired alot of the time. Any help would be appreciated, Glad to be a part of this community as feel a bit uncomfortable bringing it up around friends sometimes.

Hi Sam and    to the forum, here you will find yourself among friends and fellow sufferers  that will be happy to talk about Psoriasis and how it affects us, also we are happy to share personal experience of what works for us and what doesn't ...
You are now a member of probably the best psoriasis forum on the Internet, it is fully independent, spam and Internet nasty free, it is a friendly safe platform for us to support each other and learn about the new treatments and research,
About your condition it's a shame at your age to be burdened with it, I was diagnosed myself aged 17 and hid myself for years but if there was ever a good time to have psoriasis I suppose this is it.....there are so many good drugs on the market and I would suggest you contact your doctor and tell them you want to be referred to a dermatologist ...tell them that it's not just your skin that's affected, but also your self esteem and it's having a devastating effect on your life ....tell them your quality of life is bad, and they should refer you to a dermatologist and get some proper treatment, as the steroid creams seem to have made your condition worse

I wish you luck and hope to hear more from you
Jim