Sweating Bloggers
We’re a group of sweating bloggers who write about the antiperspirant and/or sweating industry… We just really want to find and debate as many claims and theories on hyperhidrosis and excessive sweaating as possible. The world of sweating problems in general, is not immune to our watchful and overly caffeinated eyes.
We sweat a lot and we blog a lot… That’s just what we do.
I have severe armpit-sweating problems. Every time I go out somewhere, i know that within a few minutes I will have extreme circles of sweat under my arms. As a result, I have no confidence and I don’t know what to do. Please help!
Darren from Barnet, London.
Hi Darren,
I have been dealing with the same problem for about 7 years. It’s such an embarrassing problem; I am a teacher and so many days (even in the winter) I can’t even write things on the board for fear of raising my arms! I have ruined soooo many shirts and expensive jackets from sweat stains/odors. I wear a white shirt a few times and it’s ruined!
I am calling around right now about getting Botox injections from a dermatologist, but I have also tried high power antipersperants that you have to put on at night(like Maxim, which you can order online). Those might work for you- for me, I always forget to put them on at night, and they don’t work that well for me. Just know that there are millions of others like us (I know it’s hard when you look around and check other peoples’s shirts… I always think “I’m the only one that sweats so much!”)
I am hoping the Botox will work bc I start back to school in a week! Until I get the Botox, I’ve also ordered dress shields online(pads that you stick inside the arms of your shirts) and hope that they will work for now. Best of luck to you!
I had extreme sweating in the armpits, under my breasts, around my waist and even groin sweating – after many attempts of different treatments, I am FINALLY SWEAT FREE!!! I asked my doctor for a specific medication and he was willing to let me try it – and it works!! I am so relieved because it was beginning to become a social problem for me (plus it was just uncomfortable). The medication is Oxybutynin (I believe I am only on 5mg every morning). This medication is actually for urinary problems but a side effect is dryness. My doctor was concerned about me maybe having blurred vision and dry mouth – the blurring hasn’t occured and the dry mouth has – but it isn’t hard to have a drink or piece of candy near, especially if you don’t have to sweat!!! I will sometimes take another dose at like 3:00pm if I know I am going to a ballgame or somewhere out in public. I don’t feel my hyperhydrosis was all anxiety related, but I guess some of it was – just thinking about going somewhere and knowing I would probably start sweating probably made me sweat! I have been sweat free for over a month now and it is the best thing ever!!! I couldn’t wait to share my results with others! Good luck and get to your physician and ask for some Oxybutynin and start living sweat-free!! Another advantage to this medication – I was willing to pay whatever for a cure and I can get 60 pills for $4.00/month because my pharmacy follows the Wal-Mart top generic drug plan!!!
I am severe hh patient from child hood
I’m 17 and I overheat, much like hot flashes, CONSTANTLY. I don’t sweat excessively under my arms or anything i just perspire everywhere the same way many people do when sitting in a too hot house in the summer, i just get icky and sticky all over especially my scalp and chest. I’ve been tested for thyroid problems among other things and nothing seems to be causing it. Sometimes i also itch EVERYWHERE as if i had a rash all over but i don’t…
Anyone have any idea what might be wrong?
Hi,
I am on pro-banthine tablets and they work like magic. I recommend anyone who has not asked their doctor to prescribe one of Robinul (usa) or Avert(canada), both Glycopyrrolate or Ditropan (Oxybutynin) or Pro-Banthine (Probantheline) to do so.
They work for some people. They are all the same type of drug and there side affect is to reduce secreations of all glands. Have some side effects and you have to learn to adjust dosage. For some people the side effect of dry mouth is too much, but you at least have a choice. See peoples comments on http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=12827&name=ROBINUL .
Always get treatment through your doctor!
Ask if you want any more info.
Good Luck.
Keith UK
I have a problem with ocassional excessive sweating. Most of the time it happnens I go for a fast walk, or work outside when it is very hot 90+ degrees, plus with a lot of humidity. There have been times while mildly cleaning the inside of the house with A/C on, I begin to sweat a little, but nothing near what it is like when I have been outside. My head begins to sweat so heavily that water is running off of it and down my face. Yesterday I felt very warm around the house and had to go to Church with a suit on. It was 91 outside. When I got to Church, it was like I was overheated and cound’t cool down. I began to sweat profusly from the head and armpits. Water was dripping off my face and head. When I took my suit coat off and was able to cool down somewhat because the A/C was on, I was then OK. For many years, if I got the stomach flu and was going to vomit, as soon as I got close to vomiting, the same thing would happen. My head and face would immediatly start sweating so much, water would run off of it.
Any ideas what may be the problme?
please help…my daughter has a severe scalp sweating
Hi,
If the temperature gets anything above about 20 degrees C, I get the worst sweating ever under both my breasts. It’s got to the point where if I go anywhere, as soon as I get home I have to have a bath straight away.
When I sweat, my bra rubs under my breats and causes me quite a bit of pain and discomfort, and makes a bright red rash-looking mark. It’s horrible and I hate it.
I am only 17, with size 34E breasts. I would love someone to give me some advice.
Thanks
I have multiple sclerosis and have a lesion in the hypothalamus area of my brain (the temperature control center) I have excessive face, scalp, and torso sweating to the point that I become dripping wet. It’s very embarassing and comes on for no reason at all. I can teach/speak to a large group with no sweating at all but break out sweating while reading the newspaper while in the A/C. If anyone has this type of experience…………..please blog back! Thanks.
Hi, it looks like there is some good advice about medication here. I have also read about Odaban but have yet to use it.
I have been suffering excessive sweating for at least 10 years. Every year I dread the summer, and each year it seems to get a little worse. I had no idea that anything could be done about it. I thought I was just a ‘hot’ person. It has been quite bad for the past 3 years and I’ve really started to notice that I am often the only person sweating. Even in winter. I have excessive face, scalp and torso sweating, the worst being my face which is so noticeable to others. People often look sympathetically at me and say ‘it is hot isn’t it?’ or look at me as if I must be ill. The worst thing about it is that in the past few years it has been so problematic that it prevents me from doing lots of things, like going out in the evenings, especially bars or restaurants as I get so hot and sweaty, and also I go to a dance class, but end up sitting out for much of the dancing, as it takes me ages to cool down/dry off. I’d like to exercise a lot more but again it is embarrassing to be dripping with sweat even before the exercising has really started!!
Anyway, enough moaning. I’ve finally realised that there definitely is something wrong and to get it checked out. Plan to ask GP about Robinul and/or try Odaban. I’ll let you know how i get on.
Any further advice or comments very welcome. Nice to have finally found that there are other sufferers, as I thought I was the only one!
I am 16. I have had problem with underarm sweating since I was in the 7th grade. I only sweat when I am socially active…like just around friends and at school…I don’t sweat when I am at home alone. I have been prescribed many over the counter deodorants (dry-sol) and what not..none of them seemed to work. My doctor has recently prescribed me robinul (the generic version) and i have yet to pick it up from the pharmacy…but im praying that it will work. I mean,i cant even wear t-shirts…i have to wear sweatshirts all the time, and i even sweat through that…i wear tanktops…and i sweat to much still that i cant even stand it! Pray that it works…and I will keep people updated to see if it does seem to work!
Hi,
To those who have problems with underarm perspiration, I understand all to well what you are going through: for years I suffered with the same problem. It was especially embarrassing all through my junior and high school years. I finally went to my doctor and was diagnosed with having hyperhydrosis; he recommended that I use a “solid antipirspirant deodarant.” It worked! I don’t use anything else. If I had known then what I know now, my school years would have been a little less stressful. Now there are deodorants that offer clinical strength solids–they cost a little more, but are worth it. I use Secret Clinical Strength, it not only prevents sweating, but also prevents odor. Good Luck!
I also suffer from head/face sweating when it is very hot outside. I am definitely going to ask my doctor about Probanthine and Oxybutynin. Question: Does it work immediately, or do you have to take it for several days/weeks?
Thanks,
Ann
I am a breast cancer survivor and I have been experiencing excessive & profuse head, neck, and facial sweating for the past few months where I am dripping with sweat and my hair is completely soaked as is the back of my shirt. Nobody else in the room is sweating in the least bit, yet I’m soaked. These are not hot flashes. 2 weeks ago I had a total hysterectomy d/t a tumor found on my ovary, which proved to be benign.
I am already on Effexor 150 mg. I cannot take any type of estrogen replacement d/t my breast cancer history. Does anyone have any recommendations for dealing w/profuse sweating (head,neck,face) that is not a drug remedy? I appreciate any tips/tricks anyone has used to cope with the problem. Thanks!
I HAVE HAD IT! This past weekend I dripped sweet from my face on to my nieces wedding dress! I WAS MORTIFIED! While everyone around me was happily hugging, I was wiping the sweat from my face and neck. My hair was sopping wet and dripping. Make-up? That stayed on for about 5 minutes before melting off.
In the last 18 months, I’ve been to my General Practitioner and Gynecologist, a Cardiologist, a Dermatologist, an Endocrinologist, and finally a Neurologist. If one more doctor says “hot flash” to me…I’m Gonna Loose it!!! So…I decided to be a women on a mission. I’ve been on the net for hours this week and I’m so glad that I found you all!
I’ve had perfuse sweating of the scalp, face, and neck for over 20 years. Now in my 50’s, it has gotten much worse, especially over the last three years. I’ve lost about 50% of the thickness of my hair…I don’t go outside when it’s above 75 degrees. Even sitting under a lamp or ceiling light will start an episode. Obviously, just a few minutes in the sun is all I can take. Until yesterday I didn’t know what this condition was called…Craniofacial Hyperhydrosis. It is hereditary, (my mother had it), and just 0.05% of the population are inflicted. In that most hyperhydrosis is of the feet, hands, or underarms, “Craniofacial” has had very little research or information printed about it.
I have found an article in the January 2004 issue of The Indian Anaesthetist Forum, http://www.theiaforum.org/, by Dr. Athma Prasanna discusing a paitient inflicted with a case much worse than mine. He succesfully blocked the overactive sympathetic nerve by going up through the nose. After 2 procedures his patients symptoms were reduced by 90%, with no additional procedures needed at the one year follow-up check. SIGN ME UP FOR THAT!!!
As of yesterday, my neurologist is looking for someone locally that might know how to preform this technique. If his search fails, then he’s going to refer me to The Cleveland Clinic. I DON”T WANT TO “DEAL WITH IT” ANY LONGER! I WANT IT FIXED!
***NOTE: Many anti-depressants, (which a lot of us seem to be on), have a side affect of causing the body to feel internally hot, thus triggering the sweat glands to go nuts. EFFEXOR is one of them. DON”T JUST STOP TAKING IT WITHOUT ASKING YOUR DOCTOR. YOU HAVE TO BE WEENED OFF THE DRUG! (personal experience)
Wow, so many people have this problem! I am so glad I am not alone. Hey everyone, I’m 12 years old and I was born with Palmar and Plantar Hyperhidrosis. (Excessive sweating in hands and feet.) I cannot stand this! This whole entire summer I’ve been having treatments and medication, NONE WORK. Instead I should of enjoyed my summer, but I kept on searching on websites for a cure. I cried several times and prayed to god that my problem would be finished. I’m still praying. My doctor and my mom doesn’t even care that much. School’s coming up on Tuesday and I can’t handle this! I know your pain. But here’s the thing you guys should be grateful that you didn’t have a more severe condition. Someone right now is suffering from malaria, breast cancer and having a heart attack and we are just worried if someone is going to see our sweat. Yes, I know it is a horrible condition. I have it too, dripping hands and feet, but you guys should always have faith in yourselves that you can keep up with this condition and fight it off. Don’t think about sweat, pretend you don’t even have it and get on with your life. But it’s hard. Just remember having faith in yourselves is the key.
Good luck and wishing all a excessive sweating free life!
I’ve been suffering with excessive sweating from my hands and feet since I was 6. When I hit puberty my underarms started sweating profusely too. Prescription deodorants work on my underarms, but not my hands and feet. I’m going to ask my doctor for Robinul. When I was little I wished there was a pill that could just dry up all the sweat, so I hope I’ve found it.
I’ve suffered from bad all-over sweating for many years (I’m 41 now), since I was about 20. It gets worse and worse. I’m pretty fit and healthy, eat well and exercise regularly. For the last couple of years, I have saved up and gone for Botox on my forehead and in my armpits. it works really well, but is hugely expensive and I have to have it done every 6 months as it wears off. And it doesn’t address the horrible sweating elsewhere: I get it real bad on my nose, upper lip, and cheeks, and quite bad on my back, arms, legs and groin. I think I have what is known as generalised hyperhidrosis.
I’ve been taken oxybutynen for a couple of years now, but it doesn’t really work, it just takes the edge of it a bit. But maybe I’ve got the dose wrong? I take 3mg in the morning. I get dry mouth from it. But should I try taking more? Anyone got any advice?
Finally, just wanted to thank Hannah (age 12 – but how mature!!) for her comments – absolutely right to encourage us all to put things in perspective like that. You’ll go far in life with a positive attitude like that.
Becky with MS. I have MS also. I sweat a lot. It is very fustrating to me. What do you do for this?
I am a very healthy fit male late-30’s and kind of thought that I sweat a lot just because my metabolism was high or because I exercise a lot. However, I find that after a good workout, I do not stop sweating easy.
So, what do I have if I sweat mainly in the lower chest to stomach area ?
I keep perspiring for at least 10 minutes later pretty much in the whole upper body.
My sweat smells like ammonia (to me) if it is a strenuous workout. I am concerned as it has mainly been concentrated more and more in the lower chest and abdomen area which I heard suggests a heart condition yet I have been examined a few times in the last few years and all checks out very well, blood pressure, pulse everything.
My brothers did have their sweat glands replaced or removed because they use to sweat profusely from being nervous with clammy hands, underarm sweat but that was never me. It is mainly in my chest area that seems abnormal.
Should I be worried?
Is there a natural cure?
Please help. thanks
Hi there. I’m a 18 and a college student. I started noticing my excessive sweating on my hands and mostly on my face when I was about 14. Any social situation or slight rise in temperature and my face is a waterfall. I feel like I can’t even live because the embarrassment is so bad!
I have tried the Rubinol and it really just doesn’t work and I have a really dry mouth.
I’m an EMT and have been working for two departments for 3 years. I always have to wear a hat and am embarrassed because my patients think I am nervous, when I know exactly what to do and I can be a really personable individual.
I’m now enrolled in nursing school and I’m really worried about showing my true side. Any help would be awesome. It took me a while to find this site, I thought i was alone for a while. My heart goes out to all that have this horrible condition.
Any advice would be great.
yeah, i agree andrew, my heart goes out to anyone who has to deal with this. honestly, i am not quite sure what i have. i have been diagnosed with anxiety and pretty severe depression but i’ve tried to keep my head up and do things to keep my mental and physical health in tip-top shape. i can’t stand the fact that i have to go through this, it keeps me from being… well me. and living a normal life. before all this i was very outgoing, sometimes i would get nervous but i never let it bother me too much. as i’ve gotten older and had to deal with much social situations and problems, i have realized that i have this nervous feeling in my stomach at times. with this, usually comes the profuse sweating on my nose, my palsm, and underneath my arms. like all of you, i wear deoderant and bathe DAILY. i’m pretty sure it is stress and anxiety that brings these problems out in me.. sometimes i try to just take deep breaths and that has helped me. i just wish that i didn’t have this problem, no one should have to go through this. it is embarassing and you never know when it’s going to happen. unlike some other things, this is skin deep… on the surface, and something you can’t hide easily. often times i try to avoid going infront of people or presenting during class. it makes me feel like a loser, it just brings my self-esteem down. i have faith, i do.. and i hope all of you guys do too. but i just wish i could get a definite answer for all this. it seems that i am so young and have so many problems that are unpreventable. an then i look at the next kid, and they’re so normal and are able to enjoy their lives. i just can’t understand..
bless all of u & don’t give up! i know that all of us can overcome this, we just have to believe
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I am a 60 yr. old female. I had a complete hysterectomy when I was 40 and went on HRT. Three years ago I stopped the HRT when my doctor told me I had gone through menopause.
Two years ago I started having severe sweating problems. It does’nt matter what I’m doing I sweat, head, hair is always wet, face, neck, chest and below my breasts. Even now while I’m typing this I’m sweating. I have been to various doctors and have had numerous blood tests and the only thing the doctors can come up with is I’m going through menopause again.
Help! If anyone has an answer to my problem please let me know.
Cher
Cher,
I don’t know if you have tried Mon Ray
Antiperspirant. I had problems with my underarms, hands, neck and feet. Someone told me about this product, had a hard time finding it, but finally did. It is made out of North Carolina and IT WORKED! I tried everything. You should give it a try. Call info and ask for Mon Ray in Forest City NC. Hope this helps you.
I have water pouring down my face and my hair is soaked – especially in the extreme heat here in South Africa. The strange thing is that my body (armpits etc)remains dry! I cannot go into a bank or shopping centre and I need a fan on my face/head all day long – even then it just seems to pour! I hate it and need someone out there to give me some advice please! I am so embaressed and need a life!
I have tried everything as well, BUT finally found something that works. MON RAY Antiperspirant. Check it out.
I had a problem with sweating whenever I went somewhere. I always got nervous when I was around alot of people. I read in an article about drysol and went to my doctor and asked her if she would prescribe me this. It works! You apply this at night and wash it off in the morning. NOTE: If your female, DO NOT SHAVE UNDER YOUR ARMS BEFORE APPLYING THIS!!) It will burn and irritate you severely. You have to use this as directed. I was completly dry all day after using this. Give it a try. Hope this helps!
I am the exact same way as Ellen, but I live in cool Northern California! It’s just my head and face, sometimes my body but not that bad. A little exertion and it starts to flow forever it seems! I get so embarrassed wherever I go because people are rude and just stare at me, or ask me if I am okay or not! I cannot stand this a day longer because it is affecting my performance at work and my quality of life doesn’t exist anymore. Right now I have no insurance so a doctor is out of the question (temporarily I hope), so what can I do to stop this, or slow it down? I drink plenty of water, and this happens constantly, morning, noon, and night. I very well cannot use an antiperspirant for my head. Somebody please help! Thanks!
I have the same problem as Wendy. I live in Vt & the weather has been in the forties. I have been working outside with a jacket on, but after a few minutes of raking, etc my hair is ringing wet. I need help to. Can’t take Glycopyrolate,it interfers with my other medications. Dry-sol didn’t work for me. Has anyone had Botox injections?
I tread the weather getting warmer. Thanks
I finally know I’m not crazy here. I am a 59yr old woman, who has gone through menopause and I have what I call “sweating attacks” of my head, face, neck and torso. (totally dif than hot flashes) – I have been to numerous doctors only to be told it might be menopause or anxiety. (had hormones checked, and all normal as is thyroid) – It is neither. I never know when I’m going to get one of these attacks. Recently went out to lunch, an attack started, I got SO cold from sweating in air conditioning, I had to leave lunch and go out in the sun to dry off and get warm, all the while still sweating. I can’t live a social life, because I never know when it’s going to happen. I was told to take Lexepro (it doesn’t help) Does anyone know what DOES work? Or what I should ask my doctor? Does OXYBUTYNIN work or ODABANor ROBINUL? I am so sick of living like this. I just live in my PJ’s now and do not go out. Thanks much, Pam (ps. when one is in air conditioning, it’s like being in your bathing suit and walking into air conditioning – not fun)
Maybe someone should write in to the DOCTORS (the TV show and ask?) or ask Dr. OZ on Oprah? Maybe HE will listen??? Anyone agree with this? THanks, Pam
Pam,
I understand your problem, trust me!!!!! I found a product you need to try, it is mon ray antiperspirant. I see here that other people have tried it and worked great. I finally did and it helped me alot. Hope this helps.
I’m 15 years old, boy. ANd I too suffer from hyperhydrosis. My palms, feet, armpit, forehead, upperlip even my groin! Its really embarrassing, even if I try to calm down it just makes it worse, this really ruins my social life, and it lowers my self confidence. My palms are the worse, they are sweaty like 85% of the time, and the 15% sometimes their just dry, very dry. My foreheads and upperlip don’t sweat much unless im REALLY nervous, or when I get evertyones attention. They don’t sweat randomly like my palms, feet, and armpit do, even my groin. I’m still trying to find medications, i’ve tried drysol, and they only seem to work on my armpits, not my palms or any other places. I’ve done some research about “Oxybutnin” and I noticed that it worked for msot people, and im planning to try it out. Hopefully it works, I wish it does. I’ve done some reasearch on it, and its suppose to be for ‘bladder’ problems, and thats good! Because I also have an overreactive bladder, so the medicine will take x2 effect on me. I live my daily life like every other person, my pits dont sweat that much to the point where it shows circles under my shirt, unless im nervous. When I shake hands will people I try to come up with a reason not to do it, or sometimes I wear long sleeve shirts, and shake hands with my sleeves over my palms. This excessive sweating issue is really affecting all of our lives, I wish one day. One day, someone will find the cure for this, and hopefully it doesn’t cost to much. God bless ya’ll.
I am 40 years old and had a hysterectomy so i know it is not menopause. But I sweat 24/7 under my arms, my breast, down my back, along my neck, front & back and my face. It is so bad that when I get out of the shower, I am already starting to sweat so bad that I could get right back in. Worse yet is that I have extreme dry skin, so I have to rub lotion in and by the time I am done, I am sweating so bad that you would have thought that I had just ran a marathon. I have alot of medical issues including bi-polar and anxiety so I know that the medication I take doesn’t help but I sometimes wonder if the sweating doesn’t contribute to my problems. I never want to go anywhere or get dressed cause I will just sweat and ruin it. It can be freezing cold and it happens. I can’t even blow dry hair. The odd thing about it, it that my hands & feet rarely sweat, and when I sweat, it doesn’t smell like body odor. It is actually a cold clammy feeling and I can just be sitting watching tv or doing nothing. Does anyone have any ideas?
I’m a 30 year old woman and for the past 4 years my sweating has gotten worse and worse. When I was younger, I hardly sweat at all. I’d sweat a little on my nose and turn red, but that was it. Now, I sweat profusely all over – underarm, chest, under my breasts, stomach, back, shoulders, neck, face. I walk to work and even when it’s 60 degress I sweat or in the winter when it’s 30 degrees and I am wearing a coat and my hands are blue and humidity is horrible. When I am not sweating I am actually normally cold…ice pop cold, but the second I start to get hot, that’s it. I literally have to change my clothes when I get to work in the morning. I am mortified to spend time outdoors with friends and attend weddings where I am wearing fitted dresses. It’s the most uncomfortable thing and I don’t know what to do about it.
Hello people, I’ve been suffering palmer hydrosis for a few years now, and I’ve tried oxybutynin and it doesn’t seem to take any affect at all. I don’t notice a difference. Just an info to the people wondering about using oxybutynin.
I, too, have the same problem as 40 year old Samantha, only I’m 58. It is such a problem, I don’t want to go anywhere thats not air conditioned. I sweat (especially my back and stomach, to such an extreme, it shows through my shirt. It makes me not want to do anything, which is hard, because of all the activities going on, especially this time of year….weddings, family reunions, class reunions, rodeos, BBQ’s, all of which I’ve attended this summer. I’m really at my wits end. It’s so embarrassing, I feel like my social life may come to an end, and I’m very social. Please, somebody (Dr. Oz, or some other doctor) help us out here. I don’t know what to do. I’ve tried Hypercare, and it doesn’t seem to help much. It’s 11:18PM and I’m sitting here sweating. HELP!!
I have a rare condition called ‘POTS’ which leaves me struggling 24/7 with everyday things.
POTS effects every part of my body , all main organs like heart & lungs , skin, digestion , speak, hearing , sight and even my balance.
On top of all the heart conditions and other nasties I also have ‘Raynaud’s’ , which leaves very little for my body to do to me, but lo and behold it did find something else and is now letting in very single bug or virus know to man (except Aids/hepatitis and brain infections) as my immune system is now compromised so for me life is an everyday struggle.
One of the main problems I have is that I have no control over my body temperature at all and I sweat over every single inch of skin: my hair , face, whole body, feet, hands I dont have one single inch that isn’t drenched.
When I have a really bad attack I can look like ‘Mike Tyson’ after 12 rounds !!!
I drentch everything I wear, everything I sit on , lay on, hold on to, so in summer …….OMG when the weather is very hot I have to live in my bedroom , curtains drawn , fan on , laying flat on the bed with just a cotton sheet on or a thin cotton kaftan to survive and its utter hell.
I can even sweat like this in the coldest months of the winter, BUT as well as this I can freeze in the hottest summers , nothing makes sense with my condition .
I take a drug called ‘CLONIDINE’ which does help , but having said this on very bad days nothing stops it.
Think of having a really bad menopause for 10 years , then times this by 50% for another 10 years without stop and you are a bit near to the hell I live in each day.
I can sympathize with people who sweat so bad it keeps them housebound, afraid to go out because of fear of people staring at them and passing horrible comments , I’ve been there , and it hurts , especially when they dont seem to see that because of all this I’m disabled.
But what gets me is the people who get sweaty armpits or get slightly damp clothing when they get worked up or stressed and think its the end of the world for them ……….well its isn’t .
The end of the world is when you are sweating for out than you can get in and your body salts go haywire, you keep falling down , you have to eat salt by the tablespoon as your blood pressure is so low you cant even climb the stairs and you feel so tired climbing into bed actually hurts you.
The smell of food, a dog barking , a door slamming or even just missing the step on the curb can set me off into a huge ‘downpour’ which can be so bad I have to put a towel under my chin to catch some of the facial sweat .
There is no cure for my condition , drugs for the pain and all 20 + odd other medical problems I have , but having been like this since I was 14 years old and now in my mid 50’s you get used to it , unlike my 18 year old son who I have passed this awful condition onto , he’s been ill since he was just 4 years old …………..so think on when you sweat in the summer and moan ………….there are people out here who are literally dying from sweating .
And yes, here I am at 3.am in the morning trying to get water into to counteract the water coming out .
today is my fourth day (2 treatments) using drysol for my SCALP. It’s like a whole new world.
Ask your dermatologist for a prescription! I was able to do my hair and makeup for the first time in 10 years and go out with my husband without a drop of sweat. It was 90 degrees.
I have palmar, plantar, and auxillary hyperhidrosis. I’ve had it for over 10 years now. My feet is constantly sweaty. It makes it hard to wear flip flops because they get really slippery. I recently caught athlete’s foot on one of my feet and I can’t get rid of it because my feet are constantly sweaty. When I get nervous or I am the center of attention I get really sweaty, especially in the face. But the worst is the sweaty hands. It makes everything difficult from typing this blog entry to driving. I am very social person but sweaty hands makes me anti social because I am afraid of handshakes. I used to drink alot in social situations because when I am drunk, my hands would not sweat. I even have a hard time driving because my hands are sweaty. I work on the key board all day and after a couple of weeks I have to clean the grime that accumilated from the sweat. I sweat on my hands for no reason. I just don’t get it. I have tried antiperspirants but they didn’t work. I have tried botox injections and they work but they are temporary and expensive. I just found out that my insurance covers it so I plan on getting them again. I think I will stick with it until I don’t have insurance or they come out with better solution. I heard there is a treatment where you can put your hands into water and basically there is a current drawn through the water. It supposedely clogs the sweat hands. Insurance doesn’t cover it and the machine is expensive. The best thing is to keep a good positive attitue and keep living your life the way you want because life is too short to worry about someone seeing you sweat or someone feeling your sweaty hands. Be open about it. I have seen several people who sweat in front of me during social situations and it made me feel comfortable. Just wipe your face if your face sweats. If you need to shake hands, then to try wipe it before sweating and try to relax.
Here’s my story, and if it helps ONE person, that’s all I hope for!
To start — I’m female, 38, and all tests show NO signs of any menopause, so it’s NOT hot flashes.
It sounds crazy…the absolute uncontrollable sweating to the point that I stay home from family outings, neighborhood events, etc. I used to go out dancing…not anymore. THAT one kills me. I miss going out and having fun! But severe sweating is embarrassing, not to mention uncomfortable!
I sweat when I go outside in the heat or in the cold. Or when I come inside from the cold.
I sweat when I’ll be sitting here at the computer — completely still.
The most severe sweating attacks were right after I got out of bed in the mornings, or right after I got our of the showers. By the time I was done blow-drying my hair, my head — and my entire body — was soaking wet again. It took me 2 1/2 hours to get ready every morning.
I couldn’t walk through the mall. I couldn’t even sit and watch my daughter’s Tae Kwon Do class without breaking a sweat.
The sweating occured mostly on my scalp, head, chest and back. My face and chest would be flushed, and the sweat would just run (NOT JUST *DRIP*) down my head!
The sweating progressively got worse over the past 3 years. My primary care doctor told me it was because of my weight. (I’m approximately 80 pounds overweight.) OK…I can see that. I’ve had 3 foot surgeries in 2 years — I’ve gained some. But this sweating stuff started way before the surgeries and weight gain, I told her.
She sent me to an Endocrinologist, who had me do 48 hour urine tests, tons of bloodwork, and in the end, found nothing. She put me on the Oxybutinen (sp?), and it didn’t help. Sent me to a Neurologist.
(Somewhere in here I’d also been having some problems in my left ear where I could hear my hear beating (VERY loudly) in my left ear. It just started doing it all of a sudden, and wouldn’t stop. It would keep me up at night — I had to buy a sound machine to drown it out. Went to see an ENT and he ordered an MRI, and found nothing.)
Neurogolist ordered an MRI (already had it done), 2 EKGs — one sleep-deprived, and another load of bloodwork. All showed nothing.
What he DID notice on my MRI was a small area that showed I had some history of MIGRAINES. We talked a bit about this, and my migraine PAIN stopped about 3-4 years ago, just about the time the sweating started.
YOU CAN HAVE MIGRAINES WITHOUT THE HEAD PAIN!!! SWEATING IS A TYPE OF MIGRAINE SYMPTOM/SEIZURE!!!
It sounds crazy….I know, but he more people I talk to that have migraines know all about it!
These migraines/seizures can be caused by different types of lights or sounds that didn’t used to bother you, but for some reason, do now! EVERY time I went into this particular Kohl’s store, I’d immediately start sweating. EVERY time I went to *this* place, or *that* place…I guarantee you I’d have an attack.
YES, I’M TYPING IN ALL CAPS NOW…
I WANT YOUR ATTENTION! I want this to help you.
My neurologist put me on an anti-seizure medication for epilepsy — ZONISAMIDE — AND I’VE BEEN SWEAT-FREE FOR ALMOST 2 MONTHS!!!
No problems at the mall, or any store, or getting ready in the mornings. And while I can’t explain it, the very loud heartbeat noise in my ear (for 6 months!!!) is also gone!
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR. SEE A NEUROLOGIST IF YOU HAVE TO!
THIS *MAY* BE YOUR ANSWER! I hope it is, because I know how awful this problem can be, and I know how easily it’s dismissed by a doctor. “Oh, it’s just your weight.” Like I said, ok…I’m not saying it’s NOT, but SOMETHING wasn’t right.
Go with your gut. If you know that something’s not right…push on, get an answer!
Good luck! I’d love to hear if you have any luck!
Amy