HH real life meetup in Minnesota

Hi,

I am trying to start a real meetup (not over the internet) of people with hyperhidrosis in the twin cities.

My name is Andy. I've had palmar HH my whole life and have had varying success dealing with it both physically and emotionally. One thing I've never had is a friend with HH. I would like to start a meetup group to meet people in real life (not just on the internet) who also have HH. It would be really cool to feel absolutely comfortable around a bunch of others who sweat just as much as myself!

I'm thinking something along the lines of going to Lake Calhoun, getting a drink at a bar or doing dinner (or even all three!).

If you're interested and live in the area, please send me a private message and we can exchange contact information.

Thanks,
Andy

Hi rollingstone, I'm not from the US regarding your meet up. However, I was wondering how you manage your HH emotionally and physically? I have generalised HH but my palmer HH is the most troublesome and socially damaging, what steps have you took?

Yeah Palmar HH is crappy. I use iontophoresis but it doesn't always work. To be honest, when it doesn't work I don't really have a great method of dealing with it emotionally. I become much more secluded and less confident in everything I do and I feel basically the same as many of the other people who post on this site. I've started doing meditations to try to work on my "mental strength". At this point I have 2 life goals, if either of them are accomplished then I will be happy. Either I want to find a cure that will completely get rid of the problem or I want to be able to sweat profusely and let it only affect me as an annoyance and not a life stopper like I do now. I've realized by now that the first goal is probably never going to happen and so I am somewhat recently trying to accomplish the second goal. That is the main reason that I am trying to start this in person meetup. I think that talking online can only go so far but to hang out with people who I am not afraid to shake hands with or that will not be shocked if I get up from my chair and there is a big wet spot on my pants would be a truly incredible experience. Other than that I haven't tried to many other strategies as far as emotionally coping with it. For many years I've been trying to physically treat it and I can list off all of those right here:

prescription antipersperants - didn't work
Oral medications - didn't work
homeopathic therapies and teas and etc - didn't work
Botox - It's like a miracle but it stopped working after 4 years
Iontophoresis - works pretty well but not perfect and I still spend a decent amount of time with sweaty hands
Surgery - I have had a consultation with a doctor but because of the possible side effects I have decided never to try it

I'm glad you asked me about how I deal with it emotionally because it means that you're looking. This site is mostly filled with physical remedies but seems never to have any stories or messages about how people live with it who cannot be cured. If you find any methods of coping with it, please repost your story or newly learned methods here. I am determined to accomplish one of my two goals and the sooner the better so that I can live a full life. Also, if you're ever coming to Minnesota, give me a holler, I'd love to meet you!

Andy

Gosh dude I'd love to do this, but I live in Illinois and Minnesota is pretty far for me!

well hey let's open this up to people from Illinois as well. I get free flights and nobody seems to be biting from Minnesota so if we could get a group together in Chicago that would be great to. Maybe start a new group for a meetup in Chicago and post the link on this thread so I can see it!

Hello fellow MN

I don't have HH but sure wish there was a group for social anxiety/phobia here!

Best of luck with your group!

I recently had a great plan for the Ultimate Hyperhidrosis Celebration called "SWEAT FEST 2013". We had some great sweat flinging activities planned but too many people had no sense of humor so we canned the idea.

Hey MB! Let's start our own group!

Hi All,

I figure this is kinda old, but I live in Chicago and I would love to have a meetup for HH. I have palmar, plantar, and axillary HH. Let me know if this is still active and you would be down for a meetup.

Brandon

I'd be down for this kinda thing (although it also has an element of sadness to it) but yeah...Netherlands here so I'd have to make a bit of an effort to attend that's not really realistic right now.