Hi @ayrc_1904
Thanks for checking in on me, I really appreciate it ❤️
I haven’t been doing great over the past few days. However regarding my dermatitis situation now, I’m doing fine and since I’ve been using the steroid cream again recently (the week before) until I stopped using it last week, as of right now it’s not really bothering my skin too much so that’s good.
A few weeks ago I started purchasing a non-steroid cream and since I saw so many positive reviews about it, I thought why not give it a try. So I did, but actually it made the areas on my skin worse - the areas became swollen and there were like pinkish itchy patches around every area that I’ve applied that non-steroid cream with (only when I used it for the second time during the first day when I started using it). So like a week after that I had to go back and use the steroid cream and then a week after that (which was last week) I decided to send an email to the company to tell them about my situation with using it. And when the owner responded back to my emails, what she mentioned really made sense as to why my skin reacted the way it did - it was because that cream had plant ingredients on it which…ummm yeah anyways.
So she sent me a website that covers about TSW (topical steroid withdrawal). Turns out that it’s because I’ve been using steroid creams for a while and that’s why my skin is dependent on the steroid cream which was what caused the reaction on the areas I have from that non-steroid cream that I tried recently.
Then after I had a read through that article she sent me via email, I did my own research regarding the products that help cure the symptoms of TSW and I’ve managed to come across this website and I first came across some of the products they have available on that website. Thankfully, all of the products are non-steroid too. Again, when I saw so many positive reviews as well as going through the company’s instagram account that shows the results and feedback from a lot of their customers that have used the products, I was so determined to start purchasing them and try them out myself too.
I also managed to have a chat to the owner about it through a live chat as well - and I even sent her photos of what my skin condition looks like. Thankfully, none of the symptoms I have match along with those that suffer from TSW (topical steroid withdrawal). Plus the skin condition I have isn’t genetic thankfully (I wasn’t born with it) - it all just comes from me over sanitising and overwashing my hands during the pandemic back in 2020 (I was being completely ignorant, stubborn and stupid and didn’t expect for the consequences to happen as a result after that).
I’ve recently just learnt that using Manuka Oil products actually helps with all types of skin conditions (including those with severe skin conditions) which seem to have worked for a lot of people using them.
So yeah, everything that the owner has told me about since I had a lot of questions to ask her, it did give me hope to try out some of the products that I have just purchased from her shop - especially when she said that she has seen people with areas of skin like mine have healed fairly quickly when using the Manuka Oil products (because mine’s obviously NOT severe of course). I do hope that my order will arrive either by tomorrow or after tomorrow since it’s now on the way and I can’t wait to try them! I really do hope that they work, fingers crossed!
I do apologise for the essay though, I just have a lot that I want to say and kinda brag about.
Moving onto the next subject, I’m kinda stressing about applying for a DSP (disability support pension via Centrelink) application because I’ve just learnt that its a lengthy and a difficult process so right now I’m waiting for the psychiatry clinic to call me back to see if I’m able to see a psychiatrist that I had my GP referring me to within the past few days. The thing is, I really wanna be eligible for DSP because of how much my mental health and my pessimistic mindset about people and things in general affect my ability to wanting to look for work, and yeah….it’s gonna be a lengthy and a difficult process and there’s a lot I will need to I guess prepare and stuff so….hopefully I’ll be able to get through all of that. As much as I really don’t wanna work at all because you know, it’s much better for me to not work than to work and I blame the Centrelink DSP system for not accepting my application when I first applied for it last year - all because I only had my autism diagnosis submitted and it didn’t reach enough points to meet the criteria. Ugh! 😞
Again, so sorry for the essay ahhh. If you've reached until the end, thank you haha!
