Adderall acne help? (Hormonal acne)

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I have been on Adderall for many months now..... suddenly I am experiencing skin problems after all this time of my skin being fine on Adderall. All I know is my face looks blotchy...it is hard to describe. I have tiny bubbles on my face/nose, and I have 2 circular red patches on both of my cheeks that look like a mixture of eczema and acne. I don't get why I have 2 red patches of tiny bubbles, on the exact spot of both of my cheeks.

I have never broken out before, so I know my medication is to blame. I want to know if this can be treated without going on another pill such as birth control? I drink a lot of water, I wash my face 2x a day with scentless soap, I moisturize, I take fish oil, I eat omega 3. Being hormonal acne is due to hormones being out of wack...I don't think a certain face soap will help. Is there any way to get your hormones under control naturally, so my acne will go away?!
 
First of all, I will take the position against conventional science and state the following: Hormonal irabalances are not the initiators but mere causation. But this does not imply fixing them will not reduce your inflammations. Think of them as mere traffic lights at an intersection or managers of workers in a company.

Now, Adderall is a diuretic and ne would need to consume adequate amount of water throughout the day... especially in the summer when faced with the elements. You have already stated you drink enough, but I have heard this so many times...

And this "blochy" skin... have you recently been in the sun often?
 
No I haven't been in the sun at all actually. I do drink a lot of water, but I will start chugging even more if that's what I have to do. I just wanted to know how to control my hormones so I don't break out. Does exercise do anything to help?

What I mean by "blotchy" is it looks like heat rash or something. I don't have heat rash, I'm not even hot at all. Some of the marks on my face are definitely small pimples...but other parts of my face looks like it might be pretty bad eczema. It's hard because acne and eczema can look very similar sometimes. They both look like small bubbles in a cluster.
 
Adderall is a very potent stimulant, and is compoised of 4 amphetamine salts, and as you know used to treat ADD. I beleive it CAN cause acne. I am also currently on It, and have been for a few months now.

If you look it up on En Wikipedia, it even lists Acne as one of it's side effects. It definelty does affect your blood pressure, heart, central nervous system, along with many other effects, so yes it can effect Hormones. In fact there have been studies showing that Adderal, and medications show as SSRI's do affect horomones in the body. For men, some studies showed that long term used reduced Testosterone in the body. I had normal Testosterone levels when I got checked about 8 months ago. Then I was put on Prozac and Adderall. Now I'm experiecing many symtomps of low testosterone, and am going to get the levels checked again to see if they lowered. After searching online, I've seen many people who said their Testosterone levels are lowered after being on an SSRI, or ADD medication.
 
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