How I got my hands to stop sweating

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JohnMarston

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I've had mild-moderate palmer HH for about 10 years now. I started looking for cures about 5 years ago and nothing. I tried Iontophoresis treatments, they took a long time and didn't work that well. It was also really time consuming and annoying. I then tried Drysol, this worked. I would rub drysol into my hands, dry them with a hairdryer then put on latex gloves. This keeps my hands relatively dry. Whenever I have an interview and I know I'm going to have to shake hands I take 2mg of glycopyrrolate about 3-4 hours before. This ensures 100% dry hands.

So if anyone has mild to moderate HH I suggest you try this. I'm not sure if this works on more extreme cases. I'd like to hear from more people who tried this. I have no idea if this works for everyone or just me.
 
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outofthisworld

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i also got sweaty hands i heard there is a surgery you can do, i hear alot of people does the botox injection on their hands, but i hear you gotta do that every 6 months, side effects are really nothing, soreness and bruising, i've been thinking in giving that a go for sometime now, but im not 100% sure, would be nice to know if anybody from here have tried it
 
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hh_sucks

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@JohnMarston Drysol works better than iontophoresis? That's weird, isn't it. Iontophoresis should be the next level after antiprespirant.

Did you use iontophoresis with proper method? like 20 minutes, different amperes, different current, different polar, etc?
 
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xCyborg

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Homemade Adapter Iontophoresis Electrocution!

Since my thread keeps being thrown in the adults only section bizzarly pardon me to post here.
Hello everyone I just joined in to ask this because quite frankly I drown in my own sweat and my condition is only getting wetter. I decided to do something about PHH after that I realized quite lately that the average joe is not supposed to literally drip from his hands 90% of his waking hours.
Anyway in the hope of at least scraping one line off of my still unchecked long list of "Nature's" epic fails that have been inficted upon my humble self, I decided to build an iontophoresis machine myself for the lack of any possible way to obtain a commercial one in my area of residence even if I were willing to shell out the high price. so I got a 20V, 1A AC/DC adapter hooked to the regular setup but I guess from the pretty strong jolt I get when I try to immerse my hands in the water that the current is too strong.
If I touch the leads with my dry hands (which is pretty rare) I feel nothing. but when I have sweaty hands or place my hands in water-filled pans I can't hold it there for more than what my reaction time allows.
My question is:
-Is there a way I can know how much amps I get though me? is it a constant
1 amp or is that just th limit and why water can make such a difference isn't steel more conductive that water? I suspect water acts as intermdiate conductivity bridge between steel and flesh but I'd like to hear you on this (curious mind before HH victim
-Is that it with the AC adapter thing, or should I force my self (sounds dangerous) or use maybe distilled water??
-Can I use instead 2 9V standard batteries even though the amps seem pretty insufficient (it's probably rated at 400/500 or 900 mAh, but I don't know how that compares to a plain 1A that my AC adapter is rated at)? or can I use blocks of 2 in parallel in series or something...
Anyway my options are low and the only solutions that look promising are Botox and ETS, but those are like a life dream for me at least for the next decade.
I also dream of a handy touchy invisible glove and cyborg hand but in the meantime I hope to find an answer to my adapter problem, has anyone used a similar one? ? ?
 
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Solo Dolo

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I would never really find any relief from glycopyrrolate sadly....I would just get all the bad symptoms .... really bad dry mouth, dizziness, mental fog, etc. It was just very uncomfortable for me
 
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john2223

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JohnMarston said:
I've had mild-moderate palmer HH for about 10 years now. I started looking for cures about 5 years ago and nothing. I tried Iontophoresis treatments, they took a long time and didn't work that well. It was also really time consuming and annoying. I then tried Drysol, this worked. I would rub drysol into my hands, dry them with a hairdryer then put on latex gloves. This keeps my hands relatively dry. Whenever I have an interview and I know I'm going to have to shake hands I take 2mg of glycopyrrolate about 3-4 hours before. This ensures 100% dry hands.

So if anyone has mild to moderate HH I suggest you try this. I'm not sure if this works on more extreme cases. I'd like to hear from more people who tried this. I have no idea if this works for everyone or just me.
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I have also tried using drysol on my hands and it worked pretty well for me too. It would irritate a little but I'll take a little irritation over sweaty palms any-day. I also sometimes take 15mg pro-banthine capsules, which seems to really help and doesn't cause as much side effects for me as gllycopyrrolate.
 
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shadowofearth

Member
Re: Homemade Adapter Iontophoresis Electrocution!

xCyborg said:
Since my thread keeps being thrown in the adults only section bizzarly pardon me to post here.
Hello everyone I just joined in to ask this because quite frankly I drown in my own sweat and my condition is only getting wetter. I decided to do something about PHH after that I realized quite lately that the average joe is not supposed to literally drip from his hands 90% of his waking hours.
Anyway in the hope of at least scraping one line off of my still unchecked long list of "Nature's" epic fails that have been inficted upon my humble self, I decided to build an iontophoresis machine myself for the lack of any possible way to obtain a commercial one in my area of residence even if I were willing to shell out the high price. so I got a 20V, 1A AC/DC adapter hooked to the regular setup but I guess from the pretty strong jolt I get when I try to immerse my hands in the water that the current is too strong.
If I touch the leads with my dry hands (which is pretty rare) I feel nothing. but when I have sweaty hands or place my hands in water-filled pans I can't hold it there for more than what my reaction time allows.
My question is:
-Is there a way I can know how much amps I get though me? is it a constant
1 amp or is that just th limit and why water can make such a difference isn't steel more conductive that water? I suspect water acts as intermdiate conductivity bridge between steel and flesh but I'd like to hear you on this (curious mind before HH victim
-Is that it with the AC adapter thing, or should I force my self (sounds dangerous) or use maybe distilled water??
-Can I use instead 2 9V standard batteries even though the amps seem pretty insufficient (it's probably rated at 400/500 or 900 mAh, but I don't know how that compares to a plain 1A that my AC adapter is rated at)? or can I use blocks of 2 in parallel in series or something...
Anyway my options are low and the only solutions that look promising are Botox and ETS, but those are like a life dream for me at least for the next decade.
I also dream of a handy touchy invisible glove and cyborg hand but in the meantime I hope to find an answer to my adapter problem, has anyone used a similar one? ? ?
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1A is way too much in my opinion... i used 18V/300mA and it worked with a sting when putting hands in water but afterwards all good.. but i think even 300mA is way too much since most iontophoresis devices have 30mA or less!! 30mA to 300-1000mA is HUGE which is why i'm getting a power supply that allows 18V/30mA and less...like mastech HY3003DX for example... better be safe than sorry..
 
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