My Journey to halt/end my psoriasis

[Sheila]

So a couple things....first,  derm says estrogen shouldn't affect my psoriasis.

Second...derm is going straight from MTX to skyrizzi. So in a month I will get my first injection. I am so looking forward to this!

Lastly...if the arthritis that I have has anything to do with PsA, skyrizzi will have an effect on it. My old GP said it was rheumatoid arthritis. So we shall see!

Well …. If you have psoriasis and you get arthritis, then the most logical it is that it will be Psoriatic Arthritis, as this is a common comorbidity of psoriasis, about 30% of us get it.
Did the GP measure the rheum antibodies in your blood? That is the way to be sure that it is rheumatic arthritis or not.
If you have Psoriatic Arthritis then there are no antibodies of course. But I bet that your GP did not measure that, and thus probably made a common mistake calling it rheumatic arthritis.

Did the MTX help against your arthritis ?
If not it is even more likely that it is Psoriatic Arthritis, as MTX doesnt help against that, there is a reference to an article about that in a post called Methotrexate no better than Placebo for Psoriatic Arhtritis.

Good chance that Skyrizi will do the perfect job for you. That would be great!! Good luck in advance.

Thanks Caroline! I appreciate the support and yes, I do hope Skyrizi is the answer to my issues. I was pleasantly surprised that the Derm went straight into biologics as I was fully expecting to have to sample other tablets. I would take 100 needles at a time if it meant that psoriasis would disappear. I will make sure my GP (who is my new GP) tests for the rheumatoid antibodies. I need to make sure on this one as you pointed out. My new GP shakes her head at me when it comes to meds and solutions my previous GP had subjected me to. She has helped me resolve some of the minor issues, health wise, and still managed to have go off an additional 2 meds. Seriously, I am still a walking pharmacy, but less so now. Since my "cure" for PTSD, I am off of 7 meds. I still take, estrogen, t-blocker, gabapentin for arthritis pain, duloxetine for nerve pain, furosemide for edema in my right leg, Ozempic, metformin for diabetes, coversyl for high blood pressure, which is likely going to be done away with shortly, Quetiapine for sleep and as a PRN and Turmeric/B12/calcium as supplements for various reasons. Although now that I am coming off of MTX, I will be able to do away with  the B12 as MTX was causing my B12 to bottom out.

 Thanks once again for sharing and caring!