I am not simply going to believe that roaccutane "changes you forever" and that there's no hope for recovery. I too have done a lot of research on it and the long term effects it has but after while I stopped because looking at those forums with the people complaining and some of the long term side effects I found out about just became too depressing for me.

I think you can heal from the damage roaccutane does and I have, many of my symptoms since stopping roaccutane 3 years ago, have been resolved through diet, chelation, supplementation, and finding my underlying issues. I think one of the main things roaccutane does to you is stirs up all your underlying issues which were causing the severe acne in the first place, but at the same time it does do its thing to clear your skin. For me I think this was a mixture of leaky gut, candida, copper and mercury toxicity, pyroluria and roaccutane and antibiotics basically stirred up the pot.

Anyway I'm seeing a docter in 2 weeks about giving this Marshall Protocol a go. Joe you should check out the site www.marshallprotocol.com. I know some members on this forum have found great relief from the protocol, so I think it is especially applicable to people like us with chronic health issues.