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Sun-18-10-2020, 09:45 AM
Hi Visreal22 and welcome to the club..... 
I developed pustular psoriasis in April 2017 and experienced many of the symptoms you described too. Like you creams didn't really do much for it and I went through a round of UV which just made me feel like my feet were on fire!!! I then went onto Acitretin 10mg a day and had to have three monthly blood tests to check my liver function. I have stopped taking this drug now for around a year, although I still have a supply 'just in case' I ever get a flare up.
Completely agree and firmly believe that mine was caused by the stress and anxiety I was going through at work along with the stress and anxiety a lot of us suffer as we get older. I did have counselling and went on a 'worry' course to try and put things into perspective which did help to be honest and I have learnt to manage stress and anxiety a little better since then.
I am lucky enough to be in remission at the moment, but I have also been fortunate enough to remove most of the stress, caused mainly by work, out of my life now, moved to a warmer climate (although I am not one for lying in the sun all day), it has been a positive change for me, not just for psoriasis but for my mental wellbeing too.
Really hoping that you can find some respite with this awful disease soon.
Take care
Wooleyb
I developed pustular psoriasis in April 2017 and experienced many of the symptoms you described too. Like you creams didn't really do much for it and I went through a round of UV which just made me feel like my feet were on fire!!! I then went onto Acitretin 10mg a day and had to have three monthly blood tests to check my liver function. I have stopped taking this drug now for around a year, although I still have a supply 'just in case' I ever get a flare up.
Completely agree and firmly believe that mine was caused by the stress and anxiety I was going through at work along with the stress and anxiety a lot of us suffer as we get older. I did have counselling and went on a 'worry' course to try and put things into perspective which did help to be honest and I have learnt to manage stress and anxiety a little better since then.
I am lucky enough to be in remission at the moment, but I have also been fortunate enough to remove most of the stress, caused mainly by work, out of my life now, moved to a warmer climate (although I am not one for lying in the sun all day), it has been a positive change for me, not just for psoriasis but for my mental wellbeing too.
Really hoping that you can find some respite with this awful disease soon.
Take care
Wooleyb