Today, I'm on a medication that really dehydrates my skin. I thought split lips were the worst side effects. Other split orifices make a trip to the toilet a literal pain in the arse. No sign of stopping in the near future. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I have chronic dry mouth due to medication. It makes my breath smell atrocious, so I got some Biotene dry mouth lozenges. I usually have constipation issues. Lately it's been the opposite. So I can either have porta-potty breath or be on the brink of shitting myself. FML
Today, someone held me down and rubbed ChapStick all over my lips. I have a condition which requires medicinal balm, otherwise my lips crack and bleed, and ChapStick makes it worse. I’m still waiting on the balm to arrive. FML
Today, I discovered that of the three medicines I now have to take, all three of them have acne as a side effect. When acne is a side effect, I am 100% guaranteed to get it. FML
Today, I went on a new medicine. One of the listed side-effects was "anal seepage" and I spent the better part of the day laughing with my coworkers about how it's "not a real side-effect". I found out that it really is while stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the way home. FML
Today, I had so much skin peeling off my lips that it got caught in my fork as I was eating. FML
Today, I discovered that just because I got my braces removed does not mean my painful mouth ulcers will stop. I now have them under my tongue. I can't even lick my lips. FML
Today, I have what is probably a cold sore on my upper lip. I also have a mustache, which keeps rubbing against it. Because of this, no matter what I do, it stings. The next few days are fixing to be very, very long and miserable. FML
Today, I woke up bleeding from every orifice in my body. I've got a nose bleed from my medication, my gums bled when I brushed my teeth, I'm on my period, and I have hemorrhoids. FML
Today, I came down with painful sores in my mouth, just after having gotten over a cold. Apparently I'm allergic to the cough drops I've been eating for the past week to make myself feel better. FML
Today, I realized that acne is a major side effect of a medication I'm taking. The medication is to help me with my anxiety. The acne is creating more anxiety. And the more anxious I get, the more meds I need. And the more my face breaks out. FML
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Top comments
moop256 10
Not even a joke try some Vaseline.
upyourzlolz 11
I guess you need that $90 moisturizer.
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upyourzlolz 11
I guess you need that $90 moisturizer.
uniongirl02 0
^Win
ImSoSloth 0
How is refrencing another FML a win?
upyourzlolz 11
Beats me. That FML is especially easy to reference. Just relate it to anything masturbation related. Though I'm quite surprised that I could reference it to an FML like this.
blazingdaily 3
I guess you didn't read the FML #11 was relating to...
MikeDa1Da 14
If you read further into said FML, it states that OP's boyfriend used her $90 moisturizer as lube. That is what made it an FML.
twinny_sc 13
That's so bad I can't even think of anything funny/sarcastic to say. FYL op.
KiddNYC1O 22
Well, just tell the story of your pic...
crymore007 11
Everytime I see a comment like this I check to see if it's "every1luvsboners" (sorry if I ****** up his name) it's not? ok I still have faith in humanity.
MaaaanWTF 1
Sorry to hear that. That is NOT a funny situation at all. It baffles me how some side effects are worse than the symptoms the medication is trying to treat.
iam_yummylicious 12
Side effects are worth it sometimes. You just have to cope with them as best as you can. These side effects make me think of accutane which causes severe dryness. Anal fissuring can result. My best friend was on accutane for 6 months earlier this year. He had severe acne and nothing else worked. His face was completely clear in 5 months on accutane. So he dealt with the eczema, severely dry lips, nose bleeds, back pains, and other stuff. IMO, a small price to pay to be rid of acne. Anyway, good luck OP. I'm sure everything will get better.
smartman136 8
Welcome to modern medicine. The medicine makes you forget about your sinus drainage by giving you a swolen face. True story
fishface517 10
Oh so sorry :* that must be hell. Go back to the doctor and complain.
ImSoSloth 0
because that will make his symptoms go away.....
fishface517 10
Complaining could get a patient an alternative medication, ergo there may be less severe alternative side effects.
upyourzlolz 11
Also being the most annoying patient ever. Read Doc's blog. He'll tell you how much he hates people like that.
tootsie68 22
take skin medicine or visit a dermatologist
kile88 2
They probably are on skin medicine :/ that's what's giving them the dryness
Lanceeden 12
Don't mix the bottles up.
TzzaNL 8
Ouch, i feel sorry for U :$
Sonalis 9
switch meds!
mommapanda 0
First, MORE FLUIDS!!! - specifically water. Caffinated and sugary drinks, even juices, will add to the dehydration. Second, moisturizer, and apply often. Diaper rash ointments may also help the bathroom situation. Third, talk to your doctor and see what alternative medication that you could switch to without such an unpleasant side effect. Lastly, my sympathies to you, OP.
flockz 20
it sounds like your options are all dried up.