Newly diagnosed, told to take MTX, help!

[ShaneM]

Hi everyone. Thank you so much for your responses. Just having people to talk to about it, really does make a huge huge difference. 

I am definitely veering away from Methotrexate at this rate. The bad seems to far outweigh the good. 

I don't go mad on drinking, but both having a final lads holiday, and a lot of social events with alcohol involved, it would prove difficult to avoid.

At the moment, I have come to terms with having psoriasis and on reflection to most, it is no where near as bad, even though several months after the first patch appearing, I have noticed from photos a few more have popped up. At the moneny, coal tar and a very brief sunbed once a week are keeping it tame since I started this routing 10 days back. If this continue, I will get to the other side of my holidays and review.

Did anyone have any luck with coal tar at all? 

Also, when on holiday in the sun, did this affect anyone's psoriasis in any way? 

I have seen one or two, including Jim are big fans of Fumaderm. Is this not as toxic as Methotrexate. I am just about to have a good read of it. I am also currently going through all the posts on Pingus journey on MTX. A lot of responses for this!

Thanks again for any advice.