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OP, idk if you'll see this, but the part about GI issues after being on Accutane concerned me a bit. There's some evidence that Accutane can cause short-term sy

OP, idk if you'll see this, but the part about GI issues after being on Accutane concerned me a bit. There's some evidence that Accutane can cause short-term symptoms that mimic autoimmune disorders and long-term symptoms that are bona fide autoimmune disorders. If you only feel "normal" while sticking to a restrictive diet, especially in the absence of confirmed celiac disease (which would otherwise explain issues with gluten), you might be suffering from a more serious problem without realizing it. Signed, someone who only feels "normal" while sticking to a restrictive diet... and therefore is seeing their gastro next week to discuss switching to a different Crohn's treatment :P

svnt 2y ago
A similar but underreported possibility here is gastric ulcers which correlate extremely well with cortisol/stress. You can attempt to fix it by taking NAC which is an amino acid with no side effects for $20 a month or so. Usually you don’t need to take it continuously, just in regressions. It is frequently misdiagnosed as the other more serious/intractable things you’ve mentioned.
- spondylosaurus 2y ago
  Oh yeah, I forgot about ulcers. Non-ulcerative gastritis is on the table too, which can mimic some of the same symptoms and is absolutely triggered by stress. And both ulcers and gastritis can be a smaller part of a bigger serious issue! Which is all to say... there are so many ways your gut can make you miserable, and they rarely get better on their own. Absolutely worth checking out if you can.
kaiwenwang 2y ago
Isotretinoin is poison, here's my article about it: https://www.kaiwenwang.me/writing/effects-and-detoxification-from-isotretinoin https://www.kaiwenwang.me/writing/effects-and-detoxification... In some parts of the internet, Vitamin A is theorized to not be a vitamin but a poison. Auto-immunity is likely related to biofilms in the intestines and plant defense chemicals such as lectins in combination with leaky gut. Try looking @ cabbage juice for your Crohn's. There are YT videos about it.
- cko 2y ago
  > In some parts of the internet > leaky gut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_gut_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_gut_syndrome
  - spondylosaurus 2y ago
    The funny thing about the leaky gut truthers is that they aren't wrong about intestinal issues causing systemic inflammation... but they're still totally wrong about what those intestinal issues are and what the ensuing systemic inflammation looks like. I guess "leaky gut causes autism" is more exciting than "Crohn's can give you eczema and uveitis" :P

svnt 2y ago

A similar but underreported possibility here is gastric ulcers which correlate extremely well with cortisol/stress. You can attempt to fix it by taking NAC which is an amino acid with no side effects for $20 a month or so. Usually you don’t need to take it continuously, just in regressions. It is frequently misdiagnosed as the other more serious/intractable things you’ve mentioned.

spondylosaurus 2y ago
Oh yeah, I forgot about ulcers. Non-ulcerative gastritis is on the table too, which can mimic some of the same symptoms and is absolutely triggered by stress. And both ulcers and gastritis can be a smaller part of a bigger serious issue! Which is all to say... there are so many ways your gut can make you miserable, and they rarely get better on their own. Absolutely worth checking out if you can.

kaiwenwang 2y ago

Isotretinoin is poison, here's my article about it: https://www.kaiwenwang.me/writing/effects-and-detoxification-from-isotretinoin https://www.kaiwenwang.me/writing/effects-and-detoxification... In some parts of the internet, Vitamin A is theorized to not be a vitamin but a poison. Auto-immunity is likely related to biofilms in the intestines and plant defense chemicals such as lectins in combination with leaky gut. Try looking @ cabbage juice for your Crohn's. There are YT videos about it.

cko 2y ago
> In some parts of the internet > leaky gut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_gut_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_gut_syndrome
- spondylosaurus 2y ago
  The funny thing about the leaky gut truthers is that they aren't wrong about intestinal issues causing systemic inflammation... but they're still totally wrong about what those intestinal issues are and what the ensuing systemic inflammation looks like. I guess "leaky gut causes autism" is more exciting than "Crohn's can give you eczema and uveitis" :P