Robinul

cycler · Newbie User Joined: Sep 09, 2006 Posts: 4

I thinking about taking an anticholinergic for my excessive sweating. I sweat excessively all over my body, especially the scalp. But I only sweat like this when I'm exercising or doing moderate work, like walking up some stairs. So do I have hyperhidrosis? When you take an anti-cholinergic such as robinul, can slowly increasing the dose decrease the chance of dry mouth? How bad does dry mouth get? Can the anti-cholinergic stop working after a while? If I take one at 8 am, do I need to take another one throughout the day if I don't need it at night?

sweatingballs · Newbie User Joined: Jul 27, 2006 Posts: 3

Hyperhydrosis usually interferes with other areas of your life. If that is not the case, I'd avoid medication and try cutting back on caffiene and sugar. I use to sweat like you do, but randomly it would happen for no reason and was awful.

I'm on Robinul, but did not follow the instructions. I was suppose to take it three times a day. The first day I took it, I only took one pill and didn't notice much difference although my eyes and mouth were dry the next morning. It took a couple days to kick in, but I did notice a significant reduction in sweating. I tried a second pill a day and my mouth was so dry I could hardly talk.

I now take a half pill just before work(semi-physical) and a whole pill if I'm in a stressful or highly physical activity. I'm pleased with the results and the side effects are just about non-existant. I also cut back on caffiene and dropped some weight so this may have been a factor with my results.