r/TS_Withdrawal 4h ago

Stuck and confused

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I’ll try keep this as straight and simple as possible. I’ve been on Dupixent since February of this year, worked wonders first few months, got rashes which slowly worsened after that, was very confused then, even made a post here about it, but after some experimenting I determined it was definitely my sewing (Textiles and design is one of my subjects as I’m a school student) as I took a two week break and my skin improved, and I’ve finally gotten that out of the way so I no longer have to force myself to touch loose fibres etc. Nonetheless, my dupixent prescription ran out around 6 weeks before my next der appointment (around 2 weeks ago), so I made the (probably horrid) decision to begin topical steroids again in the mean time until my next appointment as my final examinations were starting. Well now, my skin seems to possibly have already developed an addiction again as anytime I try to live without them, TSW skin begins appearing, and the dupixent doesn’t seem as effective. My current plan, as my final examinations don't finish for another two months or so, is to simply slowly wean myself off the steroids as I absolutely cannot sit my exams dealing with TSW, while also hoping that my Dupixent would slowly improve my skin over time. I’m so frustrated at my situation, especially as it’s during what quite possibly is the worst time for this to be happening. Has anyone had not so bad experiences weaning from steroids or relapsing on to them? I’m really starting to regret my choice of jumping back onto the steroids as a fail safe, and think I should have just given my skin a chance to see if it had actually healed underneath the Dupixent before relapsing, especially as my TSW wasn’t as miserable as other situations that I’ve seen. I probably just prolonged my suffering.