Hey psorasis pals, I'm in the thick of a serious guttate breakout and my whole body is on fire, I'm exhausted, and generally just feel like shit. I went to my doctor and asked about all my non-psorasis symptoms and she said "your body is fighting against you and you are surviving. Of course your exhausted". So here are a list of symptoms that will often go hand in hand with a guttate breakout. A general non-stop feeling of fatigue. No matter how much sleep you get you're still tired. Your immune system is in over drive and literally trying to kill your skin. This is an inflammatory disease and is exhausting for your body. Being tired is normal, rest, hydrate, take sick days if you can. Ending up in a cycle of sickness. You finally feel better from that sore throat and now you've got a runny nose and a fever. We all have a chronic immune/inflammatory disease. This can definitely contribute to being more susceptible to other maladies. Again give yourself some grace. Rest, hy

I was diagnosed with psoriasis 3 years ago after experiencing extreme trauma from a physical attack in my home. It runs in my family and the event was the obvious trigger. Since then I have been becoming more and more agoraphobic. I suffered with anxiety prior to the attack and I've been on medication for it for about 11 years, but with the onset of psoriasis, the fact that I've had to shave my hair off and that my body is about 80% covered I find myself more and more reclusive. I was in a relationship with someone for 6 years and we split in June. I used to only go out if he would go with me and we wouldn't go anywhere too public. We didn't really take public transport unless we would go abroad and had to fly. We would go to the grocery store during known quieter periods (Sunday lunchtime or very late at night for example) and we very rarely had friends over. As a result, my friend group is also very small - less than a handful. Since my break-up I find it even difficult to leave my

Ive had plaque psoriasis for the past 3 ish year and more recently have gotten psoriatic arthritis (and here I thought nothing could be worse than psoriasis…). Anyways it’s gotten worse and worse and continues to get worse, nothing else worked for me and now with the arthritis I have such horrible foot pain that I gave up and went to see my dermatologist, he prescribed me with Taltz, but I can’t start it until I take mtx for 12 weeks (or at least show that I’ve filled the Rx). Anyways I think I’m going to start it and I’m wondering if there any any tips to avoid the slide effects, which honestly are scaring me. I’ve read to take it at night to “sleep off” the side effects, but I’m wondering if there’s anything else that has helped others. Im taking 20mg per week (oral tablets). Also, as for side effects I’ve heard about the GI ones, but the one I’m really concerned about is brain fog. I’m in uni and w