Apremilast Cowsaregreat

[Fred]

I’ve read what you’ve all written regarding weight and psoriasis. Personally, being over weight is such a personal subject. My psoriasis started through stress - that’s the main contributing factor. I’ve had to come to a place in my own head where my mental health is much, much more important than my weight will ever be. I understand people won’t understand that (because it’s obviously ‘very easy’ to lose weight ). We are all entitled to our own opinions and we all don’t have to agree.

If it helps I'm over weight but I don't care, feeling happy is much more important than worrying if my weight is making the psoriasis worse. It's not though by the way and like you say we all have our opinions.

The doctors that have told me to loose weight are always stick insects, I say be happy in yourself we are who and what we are.

Loosing weight could help they say, but I've tried and it made no difference to me with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis.

Keep going with the Otezla (apremilast) it's early days. 

[Cowsaregreat]

Thank you Fred 

[Fred]

If you are looking for new posts in this thread I have moved them to a [split] as I felt it was going off topic. You can find it here:  [split] Apremilast Cowsaregreat

This thread is about Cowsaregreat's journey with Otezla (apremilast)

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Saw my dermatologist couple of weeks ago. He’s suggested going onto Apremilast. Methotrexate helped clear some of my p up but as soon as I went down to 22.5 mg more came back. Blood tests for methotrexate showed my liver (whatever it is they test it for!) was rising. After ultrasound and fibroscan it’s come back not related to methotrexate but NAFLD. Marvellous! Anyway, now waiting to see if they’ll prescribe Apremilast. Fingers crossed!

I will contact those that have posted in the Split.

Fred.