Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:21 am Post subject: Hyperhidrosis has fucked up my life
I've always sweated a bit extra more than other people my entire life, but when I became a teenager things just spiraled out of control.
I have no friends.
I've never had a girlfriend.
I didn't go to college.
I didn't do a goddamned thing in 2007. Or 2006. Or 2005.
My family thinks I have Asperger's because I avoid going out or social interaction or whatever, and whenever I tell them about hyperhidrosis they think it's all in my head.
jesus fucking christ
I just had to vent.
I bet this forum gets a bunch of threads like this.
It's depressing reading posts like 'Hang in there, we'll fine a cure one day' and other nonsense like that.
No, that's not going to happen.
My life is FUCKED. I had a lot of things going for me, everything, so help me God I could have made something of myself -- instead, I'm a 20 year old virgin living in his mother's basement, unsure of when he's going to move out or what he's going to do with his life.
I'm not sure what I want out of this thread. Not pity, maybe an acknowledgement, maybe a "I'm there with you man", but just the idea of someone else being in my predicament is depressing.
Yep, might be best to tell us more about your problems and then maybe one of us can direct you to a possible treatment.
Sounds like you've had a bit of a panick attack - that's natural. I've wasted many a year seemingly going nowhere with this condition and woken up in a state of cold sweat (surprise surprise). Learnt a lot about my own HH recently and it's mainly due to a few forums like this that I'm starting to devise ways to cope and lead something of a normal life.
There are far worse conditions in the world than hyperhidrosis. There are people that can't walk, others than can't use any limb below their neck and yet they make it from day to day and that's not even the worst of it.
Personally I am thankful that I am still phyiscally able to do anything I want. Sure I will sweat a lot more than others but is it that big of a deal? The first time someone finds out may be a little embarassing but after that they will understand.
Even if you're scared to be embarassed from sweating you can do a pretty good job at hiding it. How are people that are paralized or with some type of defect going to hide their condition?
I will admit I wish I didn't have hyperhidrosis but I can still live my life and have fun. Certainly social sitiuations aren't as fun as they would be other wise (I suffer mostly from hand HH) but I can still go out and enjoy it.
Also you're putting too much pressure on yourself for what is "normal" in society. Don't compare yourself to others because honestly you're not. Live life how you want to not how others make you feel you should live it.
I mainly sweat around my face, which gets really embarrassing really quick.
I'm not aware of any long-term treatments so I haven't tried any.
If you can afford it give secure wipes (from http://pharmacy.ca) a chance. They are generally considered one of the first lines of attack for facial HH. If you have any questions about the product the pharmacists there are helpful.
I no how you feel, my life used to be the same until i went to my doctors, i felt really embarrassed about it but he totally understood , he prescribed me to dryclor and ever since my seatings stopped, i only have it in my hands now which inst so bad yet i find having a girlfriend to be hard as they love holding hands >.<
as soon as i can get the £300 for an ionto machine (or i may try the hydrotin) i think everything will be ok, my life only started getting better after i went to the doctor, i felt like it was a miracle, you should stick around the forums and look at the thread with all the treatments, it could just save your life, most things can be bought on the internet but if u live in the uk, Canada or Europe you should be able to get the medicine for free or cheap
Thanks, I've been looking around the forum and have been interested.
Wouldn't they make the face red, though?
Well I blush easily in normal situations and so the secure wipes don't effect me in that way. Go red when I'm the centre of attention and when I'm exercising.
It's still early days for me - probably only used a dozen or so, but I'll keep the forum updated if anything of note happens with them.
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: Hyperhidrosis has fucked up my life
WastedPotential wrote:
I've always sweated a bit extra more than other people my entire life, but when I became a teenager things just spiraled out of control.
I have no friends.
I've never had a girlfriend.
I didn't go to college.
I didn't do a goddamned thing in 2007. Or 2006. Or 2005.
My family thinks I have Asperger's because I avoid going out or social interaction or whatever, and whenever I tell them about hyperhidrosis they think it's all in my head.
jesus fucking christ
I just had to vent.
I bet this forum gets a bunch of threads like this.
It's depressing reading posts like 'Hang in there, we'll fine a cure one day' and other nonsense like that.
No, that's not going to happen.
My life is FUCKED. I had a lot of things going for me, everything, so help me God I could have made something of myself -- instead, I'm a 20 year old virgin living in his mother's basement, unsure of when he's going to move out or what he's going to do with his life.
I'm not sure what I want out of this thread. Not pity, maybe an acknowledgement, maybe a "I'm there with you man", but just the idea of someone else being in my predicament is depressing.
Great fuckin way to set off the new year...
You know, I can relate to that.. I think a lot of young people here can. I'm 19, going on 20 in april. Hyperhidrosis is one thing that made me really depressed more than anything, made me more reserved.. because I felt totally handicapped when it came to things like socialising/gfs even getting a job. The one plus side to things is i've pushed myself hard in education.. but its been hell at times. I've always had HH but it started getting increasingly difficult three or four years ago because you get more aware of it around this age etc.. Like you i'd say I did very little for the past few years either.. just bare minimum, and now i'm paying for it because my life sucks right now too because I didnt make any effort. I found a treatment for my sweating so the problem itself isnt so much a problem anymore *touch wood*, but I feel like an empty shell right now.
There's a lot of things you can do for facial sweating like secure wipes as someone mentioned, there's other gels and lotions and also oral medication. I think you need to get really proactive and sort this out right now. I WISH I had gotten treatment a few years earlier than I did, man I just kick myself thinking about it.. all that time I went through struggling with this when there was a solution right there.
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