Just another day

Hey Basil, that is a great idea about everyone sharing a story about their experience with HH. I'll share one.

So I was in college, sitting in the middle of one of my health classes. For some reason I was sweating more than normal that day. I could see the sweat starting to get on my paper that I was taking notes on, causing the edge of the paper to curl up. Continuously I was trying to dry my hands off on my clothes and it just was not enough.

I was surrounded by other students, the teacher was giving a lesson, and I still had like 30 minutes to go before we got out. I couldn't focus on anything except how much I was sweating. I was about to have a panic attack so I decided to just get up and walk out of the class. I felt I had no other choice. Of course I felt uncomfortable doing that, but I had to get out of there.

Once I was out, I could calm down. I started walking the halls, and then went outside and walked around the quad. I felt too embarrassed to go back into the class and face the teacher and students, so I waited until the class was over before going back in to pick up my stuff.

That wasn't the only time I was uncomfortable in class because of HH, but it sure was one of the more memorable ones.

wow that one brought back memories. I've done the same thing, where I just left and had to come back after the class period was over. hey maybe we can start our own thread post thing with the stories. what do you guys think?

mattbarneswillkillu said:

hey maybe we can start our own thread post thing with the stories. what do you guys think?

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Or we can just keep using this thread. I think this is a good start.

Basil said:

I would love to share but I don't actually have HH (I'm on the SAD thing!)

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That's fine Basil, i'm sure people wouldn't mind hearing your stories on SAD. Let's get this thing going, and maybe we can expand to video. Although most people will either sweat or freeze up on this forum with recordings.

Before I discovered glyco, I could tell lots of stories. But the one that says it all, fast is--

I was shopping in an underground mall and went into a store. The nice young clerk said
"Oh, is it raining?" She was more embarrassed than I was when I told her no, it was just me.

margiehope said:

Before I discovered glyco, I could tell lots of stories. But the one that says it all, fast is--

I was shopping in an underground mall and went into a store. The nice young clerk said
"Oh, is it raining?" She was more embarrassed than I was when I told her no, it was just me.

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Hahahahaha, that's funny when you look back it.

Do you take glyco everyday now?

margiehope said:

I was shopping in an underground mall and went into a store. The nice young clerk said
"Oh, is it raining?" She was more embarrassed than I was when I told her no, it was just me.

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That's a good one Margie.

I'll share another. I used to work summer school as a helper with kindergarten kids. Everyday they had this routine where they would all hold hands in a circle and sing this song. Of course I dreaded this routine every day and tried to get out of it whenever possible.

I can remember one day after the song, one of the kids that was holding my hand was like, "Why is your hand all wet?". Other people were around including teachers so I just tried to shrug it off, and say something like, "Oh, I don't know".

Luckily it didn't make a big deal overall, but still I dread any situation where you are expected to hold people's hands.

It was sort of funny even then--but I was lucky I didn't develop HH early, when I know it would have killed me.

I take some glyco most days, though not if I'm staying in, and less if it's cool. It's hot and humid right now, so I'm popping the pills--though I try to be OK with a little sweat. Fine if it's like "normal" people.

I remember taking my daughter to girl scout gatherings and they also did the hand holding song thingy. It was awful with my sweaty hands. Those poor kids that got stuck holding my drippy hands. I did everything in my power to avoid it. Oh well... I'm thankful for ionto treatments these days.

So today I went to the dentist to get a painful tooth (sweet tooth) extracted. This was the second dentist i've visited in the past 4 days smh. The first dentist I tried wasn't really qualified to remove molars, but nonetheless, he yanked at my tooth for an hour, took my money (should I sue?), and referred me to a spe******t. Anyway, I go to the dentist this morning expecting to see another older man pry away at my tooth. I fill out the paperwork, and this barbie look-alike escorts me back into the operating room. I keep my cool and try not to do anything stupid (make jokes that aren't funny), and for the most part I succeed. She tells me about the procedure and says that the dentist guy will be right in. I had a nice, quick laugh with her and she left. She was smoking hot and I was proud that I had a decent, brief encounter.

Anyways, the dentist comes back and says he going to get started. He goes into some last minute small talk to calm me, then tells me to raise my left hand if I feel any pain. So my right hand was steady clenching a bar below the operating surface to fight/deal with the pressure. I see him pick up the numbing needle, so now i'm squinting my eyes, and squeezing the bar while he's injecting the numbing stuff (kinda painful). I hear the door close, and open my eyes only to see the blonde model assistant standing over me with the suction thing. On cue, my facial HH kicks in. Now the guy is yanking away, so my right hand is glued clutching the bar to offset the pressure. Raising my left hand was for pain, so I was stuck. Even if I were to swipe sweat off it surely would have beaded up again (facial HH ppl can't just wipe, they need to cool for like 5-10 mins). I'm thinking they're going to stop and get me a paper towel, but they just let it happen. So now in my head i'm trying to think of everything barbie could be thinking and none of it ended positively. I usually leave to go to the restroom in these situations, but I had so much hooked up to my mouth that it wasn't really an option. So sweat kept rolling slowly for the rest of the procedure and once they were finished, I finally felt relieved. Not that my terribly painful tooth had been removed, but that I was out of that situation. I didn't really realize my tooth was out until I walked up to the front and the desk lady stopped me to make my follow up appointment.

And that was Monday morning.

Good story Matt, sorry what was your real name? It is a perfect example of how much this condition affects people. You can be getting a molar pulled and it is the last thing on your mind because of the sweat.

I'm sure they didn't really care about it. I mean it is a stressful situation for anyone to be in so sweating would be ok in that situation.

Basil said:

Beautiful capturing of an ordinary moment and turning it into an interesting little story.

Keep the stories coming please matt!

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Thanks for reading. Will do!

hyp-hi said:

Good story Matt, sorry what was your real name? It is a perfect example of how much this condition affects people. You can be getting a molar pulled and it is the last thing on your mind because of the sweat.

I'm sure they didn't really care about it. I mean it is a stressful situation for anyone to be in so sweating would be ok in that situation.

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Derrick is my real name.

Thanks for reading Hyp-Hi. I'm sure they didn't care either, although they were probably thinking... Wow, this guy must be terrified of dentists. So i tried to respond composed after it was all over. And that makes me realize the bigger point. When we try to think about what others are thinking about us, it only gets worse. OK, gotta stop thinking.

mattbarneswillkillu said:

So today I went to the dentist to get a painful tooth (sweet tooth) extracted. This was my second visit in 4 days. The first dentist I tried wasn't really qualified to remove molars, but nonetheless, he yanked at my tooth for an hour, took my money (should I sue?), and referred me to a specialist anyway. So I go to the dentist this morning expecting to see another older man pry away at my tooth. I fill out the paperwork, and this barbie look-alike assistant escorts me back into the operating room. I keep my cool and try not to do anything stupid (make jokes that aren't funny), and for the most part I succeed. She tells me about the procedure and says that the dentist guy will be right in. I had a nice, quick laugh with her and she left. She was smoking hot and I was proud that I had a decent, brief encounter.

Anyways, the dentist comes back and says he going to get started. He goes into some last minute small talk to calm me, then tells me to raise my left hand if I feel any pain. So my right hand was steady clenching a bar below the operating surface to fight/deal with the pressure. I see him pick up the numbing needle, so now i'm squinting my eyes, and squeezing the bar while he's injecting the numbing stuff (kinda painful). I hear the door close, and open my eyes only to see the blonde model assistant standing over me with the suction thing. On cue, my facial HH kicks in. Now the guy is yanking away, so my right hand is glued clutching the bar to offset the pressure. Raising my left hand was for pain, so I was stuck. Even if I were to swipe sweat off it surely would have beaded up again (facial HH ppl can't just wipe, they need to cool for like 5-10 mins). I'm thinking they're going to stop and get me a paper towel, but they just let it happen. So now in my head i'm trying to think of everything barbie could be thinking and none of it ended positively. I usually leave to go to the restroom in these situations, but I had so much hooked up to my mouth that it wasn't really an option. So sweat kept rolling slowly for the rest of the procedure and once they were finished, I finally felt relieved. Not that my terribly painful tooth had been removed, but that I was out of that situation. I didn't really realize my tooth was out until I walked up to the front and the desk lady stopped me to make my follow up appointment.

And that was Monday morning.

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Didn't you take glyco before the operation?

averagejoe said:

Didn't you take glyco before the operation?

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Nope, I don't like to take the stuff everyday($), especially if I don't anticipate being in heavy social environments(e.g. school, parties).

Very interesting story Matt. Now, imagine your dentist with HH. I am one of them. My life with hh was very bed in the last 15 years. I tried all perspirants on market with poor result. In 2010. I decided ETS is last resort for me. What a mistake! I only doubled my problem. So we all are people from different places, but our problem is like copy/paste when we took about it.

docs said:

Very interesting story Matt. Now, imagine your dentist with HH. I am one of them. In 2010. I decided ETS is last resort for me. What a mistake! I only doubled my problem. So we all are people from different places, but our problem is like copy/paste when we took about it.

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Wow a dentist with HH. What went wrong w/ the ETS?. Do you work in California by any chance, my mouth could use some dental work.

There are lots of stories. I'm sure we've all experienced some like these:

I go for a slow walk and by the time i'm home my face is dripping sweat while my girlfriend is bone dry (I'm really lucky to have found a gf that can put up with HH).

go to the beach on a scorching hot day and everyone that is not in the water is bone dry, people throwing a frizbee/kicking a soccer ball are bone dry, Me sitting on a beach towel dripping sweat.

playing basketball with friends in during a Canadian winter and i'm dripping sweat while they are bone dry. I feel sorry for them every time they have to defend me lol.

For me it's not even the whole thinking about sweating making it worse, it is just bad from the beginning. I can be completely comfortable, happy, just relaxing and my armpits will be covered in sweat, as soon as it get a little warm or i do anything active facial HH kicks in and then it starts to get really embarrassing lol.

I'm taking avert which is helping.... a little bit... well actually quite a lot but i still sweat so much more than a "normal" person. In a cool environment I basically sweat like a normal person. If it gets a little warm though all bets are off.

Actually funny story, i was at a wedding 2 weeks ago, i took 2 2mg avert pills (i usually only take 1). It was an outdoor wedding on a nice hot day, just sitting down on a chair my facial HH kicked in. I ketp my arms down because i knew my armpits would be terrible lol. after that we went into a nice air conditioned hall so i felt a little better my facial HH stopped but when i went to the washroom my armpits were covered in sweat to the point it was very noticeable even with keeping my arms down. I ran into a stall and took the toilette paper and made myself some pads to keep by my armpits to absorb some of the sweat and it took away the majority of the sweat so i was okay the rest of the night.

mattbarneswillkillu said:

wow that one brought back memories. I've done the same thing, where I just left and had to come back after the class period was over. hey maybe we can start our own thread post thing with the stories. what do you guys think?

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I've had the same thing happen to me in college. I was just getting so weary and anxious I couldn't sit anymore and had to grab my bag and just run out. Sometimes i wonder how my life would've turned out if i never had HH..

Ghh21 said:

I've had the same thing happen to me in college. I was just getting so weary and anxious I couldn't sit anymore and had to grab my bag and just run out. Sometimes i wonder how my life would've turned out if i never had HH..

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And the worse thing is that it makes every class afterwards awkward and maybe not towards others but it's always in the back or front of your mind. Its almost like just the site of a place, or the same grouping of people where you had a previous episode makes you uneasy. well at least for me it does. does any1 else get that?