Health Boards
Thu-06-05-2021, 15:59 PM
I don’t know if it helps, but a lot of your story is so familiar to us. Ok, here in the uk there isn’t the issue of crazy prices for prescriptions of an ointment which probably costs very little to produce.
But the psoriasis suddenly getting a lot worse, itching, leaving skin everywhere and bleeding on clothes, being stared at etc definitely resonates with a lot of us.
It’s hard to know whether feeling depressed is because of having a condition that’s difficult to control, feeling unattractive and embarrassed and wretched or just from the sleep deprivation - I think probably a combination of them all. It might seem like this is a skin thing but it’s actually got a lot more effect over your whole body than you might think.
However, I do think you will get things moving in the right direction with some help, and will feel much better overall.
Hope things go well on the 13th. Don’t hold back explaining how much it’s affecting you - looking at your skin isn’t their only way to understand how bad it is right now, sometimes how your skin looks isn’t an accurate indicator of how it feels.. sometimes though it looks worse than it actually feels!
But the psoriasis suddenly getting a lot worse, itching, leaving skin everywhere and bleeding on clothes, being stared at etc definitely resonates with a lot of us.
It’s hard to know whether feeling depressed is because of having a condition that’s difficult to control, feeling unattractive and embarrassed and wretched or just from the sleep deprivation - I think probably a combination of them all. It might seem like this is a skin thing but it’s actually got a lot more effect over your whole body than you might think.
However, I do think you will get things moving in the right direction with some help, and will feel much better overall.
Hope things go well on the 13th. Don’t hold back explaining how much it’s affecting you - looking at your skin isn’t their only way to understand how bad it is right now, sometimes how your skin looks isn’t an accurate indicator of how it feels.. sometimes though it looks worse than it actually feels!