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4 TAD Marpe installed 3 days ago and ever since the numbing wore off, I have been in the most intense pain of my entire life. I’ve never felt anything like this. Tylenol, Advil, the ortho even called in a hydrocodone/acetaminophen script that isn’t touching the pain.

It hurts to eat. It hurts when I sleep. So I’ve only been able to sleep a few minutes at a time.
Ice helps for like 5 minutes but then back to pain.

I haven’t even started turning yet.

Can someone PLEASE tell me this gets better… all I’ve seen is “it was a little sore and achey” and my ortho literally said “you might be a little uncomfortable for a couple of days” …… BITCH IM FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE. 😭😂🥲

I don’t wanna go into my whole life story but just wanted to share for anyone looking for success story… I was crashing out every weekend. Calling out of work 4x/month because I couldn’t stop crying. Extreme derealization and cynicism I thought was incurable. Relationship anxiety and ocd.

My doctor put me on 10 mg Lexapro. I started at 2.5 against her wishes. Moved up to 5. Moved up to 10. I felt very groggy and gross on 10 so I moved back down to 5. It took about 4 months to level out my general mood and I have PMDD so I still have 1-2 “bad days” every month but nowhere near as bad as before lex. I would describe those days as slightly anxious and lethargic but…. Hormones. What can you do.

THE BEST PART: i can listen to music again. I wear Ugg boots in the summertime. I don’t give a fuck what anyone thinks. I speak up for myself now. I flirt brazenly. I compliment other women without jealousy. I make friends everywhere I go. I quit my restaurant job to pursue my true life path. I say no to things I don’t wanna do. I do not people please. I rest easy at night even when I’m fighting with my boyfriend.

If you’re looking for a sign to give Lexapro a try, please take this as one. It truly changed my life.

I have been using tretinoin .025 for one year. I can see mild glow, and reduced hyperpigmentation as well as reduction in acne. But I am still having occasional acne as well (mostly closed comedones) and my sebaceous filaments are kind of worse than they were before I started tret. Is there anything I can add to my routine that will help?

My current routine below

AM:
under eye moisturizer
Skin aqua spf 50

PM:
Cerave gentle cleanser / cetaphil exfoliating cleanser (alternating based on weather)
Hadalabo premium lotion toner
Cerave daily moisturizing lotion
Tretinoin .025