Obsessed with HH??

Jenni

Member
Hi, I'm new to this forum. I'm a 19 year old female & have ALWAYS had sweaty hands & feet (my Dad used to call my 'leaky' when I was little!) I was diagnosed with Hyperhidrosis late last year but had assumed I'd had it for a while (think I read it in a magazine)

I feel like it's taking over my life. When my hands are sweating I think "Oh no my hands are sweating" & when they're not I think "When are they going to start sweating again?" I fear meeting new people incase they want to shake my hand or trying on shoes in a shop when my feet are sweaty.

My question is... Do you feel like you're obsessed with Hyperhidrosis/sweating/stopping sweating/treatments etc?
 

appletree

Well-known member
yes, i had plans for uni but right now i don't want to do anything.
it sounds so stupid but this has made me feel so unbelievably low recently.
i think i'll try and get some job in a kitchen somewhere.
i can't concentrate in class anyway because my hands are always dripping.
i get it on my feet and my face as well.
i feel as though nobody understands how this has ruined my life and i get jealous of other people who don't have it.
i hate studying now anyway, i was gonna go uni and stuff but i couldn't in reality stand living away from here. (i live with my parents)
i dunno.. i guess it's other things as well. i have bad anxiety problems as well and shake quite a bit.
i'm a wreck.
i don't know what advice to give you and i bet i just made you feel worse.
if you are strong you will do fine though.
if you wanna talk about it i'm here, sorry for sounding so pessimistic.
-xx mark
 

grissom

Well-known member
totally

i'm totally obsessed with it. how can i not be!?
its in my life everyday and has been for 6 years! (coming to be 7) i'm always writing down all these medicines and stuff. i've got a list i keep hidden in my drawer. i dont want to confide in anyone about my problem cos i feel like a freak, and i feel like they wont take it seriously. when i told my mum a few yrs ago, she was like 'dont worry it wont last long, its just a phase all teens go thru, i went thru it...' then she rattled off some story to do with her in school wen she had mild sweating. but its not just some mild sweatin some teens go through durin adolescence, cos that stops. i noticed some people in my school have it but then it disappeared. and they didnt ever get it as bad as me, i knew that i was different.
i'm not on any medication, i'm trying to switch doctors ever since my current 1 last yr told me 'im sorry theres nothin i can give u to help u, there is no cure', wanker! uch! he'd be willing to help me if he suffered with it for 6 yrs! ive only tried driclor which was crap. and some anti perspirants i found in boots , which were alsocrap.

i saw a documentary (its in a post on here somewhere) about ppl with embarassin illnesses, 1 was a 30 yr old with hh, and she was kinda cured, (it was reduced) by spa treatments and anti-stress activities. but the spa visits cost about £1000. typical!

PS, if u wanna talk about HH, then feel free to email me! ive already started talkin to some people on msn that ive met on here and its great to talk to someone your age whos going thru the same thing.
 
Top