Help JP Get His Life Back from TSW

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Hello! My name is JP and I'm a 24 year old drummer and photographer. When I was in university, I broke out in eczema flare ups due to the stress of COVID. My doctor told me to put on some cortisone and it was amazing... my eczema was gone. Little did I know the hell that awaited me. After 1 year of cortisone use, I realized my rashes were spreading more and more but they weren't ECZEMA rashes. I wondered if it was the steroids I was using. I looked it up and there it was, Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW), my symptoms were the exact same as those I had seen online. I went to an allergist in 2021 and begged for him to help me without steroids. He barely even listened to me. He took one look at me and said I had "severe eczema" and that I should use STRONGER steroids and a drug called Dupixent (an injection that costs tens of thousands of dollars per year). My parents and I were desperate so we used the stronger cortisone all over my body. I felt better and put this whole nightmare out of my mind for two whole years. Now in 2023, after 3 years of using topical steroids continuously, my entire body is covered in hot, bone deep itchy, and scaly rashes. The steroids no longer work and every doctor I see wants to put me back on even stronger drugs for the rest of my life. I can't do it anymore. Western Medicine has failed me as it has thousands of other people suffering from this same condition. I can't do the things I love anymore, like drumming, doing photography, or even hug my partner, Elizabeth. As TSW is not a recognized diagnosis in the medical community, many TSW sufferers are forced to go cold turkey for years and years, losing their livelihoods just for the hope of returning to being a human again. That is if they're not being forced back into the dangerous drug routines by gaslighting doctors. Luckily, there are treatments for TSW but they're hard to find and they're very expensive. Through my research, I have found a clinic in Thailand that uses Cold Atmospheric Plasma Therapy (CAP) to turn what some would take 2-5 years into a matter of just a few months. The results are mind blowing. So I'm asking those who know me, anyone who I've made smile or brightened their day somehow if they could take the time to contribute to giving me my life back. I can't wait 2-5 years to live and neither should anyone. I want to spread awareness about TSW to the world so that Western Medicine finally wakes up to help us. Thank you so much for your time. Much love, JP
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