i had an awesome life through sixth grade.
i enjoyed school, i wanted to hang out with my friends ALL the time, id come home and go to target, or the library, or to a movie, or to dinner.
at the beginning of 7th grade i got hyperhydrosis. ever since then my life has been hell.
i hate going to school.
i only see my friends (and other people) at school.
i come home--straight into my pajamas, on the couch, tv on--laptop.
the only times i hang out with my friends is when we're having an outdoor activity and i can wear a coat or a swim suit.
Joined: Jan 29, 2008 Posts: 11 Location: South-East Asia
Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:54 am Post subject:
Hi! I have hyperhidrosis too but I only recently put a name to the condition. I've always thought that my sweating was just because of the heat (as I live right on the equator) and because of my panic attacks. Nothing but a little excessive sweating but nowadays, I realize that my palms and feet will sweat even when I'm at home in front of the fan, nothing to do with the weather and no reason to panic.
I can't say that it's getting worse because it's always been like that ever since I was a kid but now that I'm newly single and trying to get back into the dating scene, I'm like O_o. I have to apologize whenever I shake someone's hand because it'll be clammy. My ex-boyfriend accepted that part about me (and also a million and one other phobias) but unfortunately things didn't work out because of.. other stuff.
I did some Googling and there is an operation that you can go through. It's a day operation so it's not too bad but the procedure sounds too frightening for me. Here's a link to it. http://www.theveinclinic.com.sg/serv_sweaty.html
If you have hand or feet hyperhidrosis I would strongly recommend researching iontophoresis. Yes, it is a pain because you have to constantly use it or your hands will start to sweat again, but I've tried it all except for surgery and its the only thing that has dramatically reduced my hand sweating. People who claim to not have it worked, I think the problem is they used baking soda. I don't think baking soda works, so I recommend using TABLE SALT in the water.
ye and it hurts! lol. how long did it take u until u got to 95% dry? and how many mA/min and did u do it everyother day? also, where do u put the table salt?
It took me about 10-11 hours total to achieve 95% dryness. What I do is I put dinner plates in the trays, and then pour the salt on the plates, so when my hands are resting on the plates only my palms and fingers are submerged, not the back of my hand.
Yes, it does hurt more, but I think that salt is much more effective. Believe me, I know its painful with the salt, but if you want it to be effective you just gotta grit your teeth and deal with the pain. Listening to music while doing the treatment helps me cope.
After about 30 minutes the pain starts to go away anyway. I do it at 18-20mA for 1 hour each time EVERY DAY until I achieve dryness. Now that I have become probably the dryest I will become, I have switched to 1 hour every other day. Now that I have become dry, I have to develop a maintainence plan to keep them dry without having to do it so much. Please let me know how it is going because I'm very happy to help because I know how much sweaty hands sucks and I'll help anyone in anyway I can.
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