Newly diagnosed, told to take MTX, help!

[jiml]

Thank you Caroline and thank you Jim. I have certainly noticed this is a friendly place, and after waking up thinking about it last night, it is a very calming place to know other people that have unfortunately adopted psoriasis and can talk through their experiences. I am generally a very positive and strong person, but sometimes you just need to see people are doing well with it to keep you going, especially with it being a new thing. I am now getting used to the idea that I have psoriais is now. 

So Jim, with your experience with MTX, did the psoriasis come back when you stopped? I have also seen it comes back with a vengeance? Do you also know how long you should take these tablets for, or are the indefinitely? I'm sorry for all the questions, my doctor was very vague! I am also working my way through the site for answers.

No Shane I was lucky when I came off methotrexate it was about 3 months before I started fumaderm and my psoriasis had not got out of control, it had come back but not aggressively ....it did take the fumaderm a good few weeks before it controlled the psoriasis ..... So if you go that route don't expect fast miracles.

Whatever you do get it will be long term there is no cure. You may get some periods of remission. But I'm afraid it will be a life sentence until they find a cure ..... Which is possible in your lifetime as the research is racing ahead very fast