Being 18 & living with Hyperhidrosis

Shell_59 · Guest

hey im 18 yrs old and have hyperhidrosis....ive had it my whole life and i hate it,im in my last year of high school and just wondering if any1 else who has hyperhidrosis that finished thier hsc,how did they get through it,we have thin paper,were stuck in a muggy hall for so long and my hands sweat. so if any1 can help plz do so....thanku

MartinCheng · Newbie User Joined: Feb 10, 2005 Posts: 9 Location: USA

dude first relax, 3/4 of hiperhidrosis cases are imagined-hiperhidrosis. U do however have a nervous problem. that ill bet anything. dont look for surgery, dont look for drugs. Exercise!!! lots of cardio! everyday or every other day!!! 30 minutes around! or do aerobics at the gym. ur gonna see that gradrually, IF YOU KEEP DOING IT, you will sweat less and less!!!!!!! i garantee it!!!You will see, you will outgrow it with age, maybe next year and as you grow older, i know its hard right now, because it seems real bad..but trust me.

shell_59_2 · Guest

hey im not stressing,i do alot of exercise now and it doesnt help at all,im looking at surgery coz it will stop it,u of all people sholud understand how bad it is.......i hate it!!!

Guest · Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 5:19 am Post subject:

There is a cure, just get an iontophoresis machine.

Guest · Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 2:56 am Post subject:

"I got a sweater for Christmas... I wanted a screamer or a moaner."

GettingThere · Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 5:48 am Post subject:

Guest · Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:41 am Post subject:

I just graduated high school last year and I've had palmar HH most of my life. I try not to think about it too much, but I'm sorry to say that there is not much you can do. I've tried the Drionic machine, and do not recommend it. I'm about to try Maxim, and I'll let you know if that works. In the meantime, just try to remember that you're not alone! Smile

Guest · Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 1:43 am Post subject:

I just graduated high school last year and I've had palmar HH most of my life. I try not to think about it too much, but I'm sorry to say that there is not much you can do. I've tried the Drionic machine, and do not recommend it. I'm about to try Maxim, and I'll let you know if that works. In the meantime, just try to remember that you're not alone! Smile

hothands · Guest

If Martin had real hyperhidrosis, he would have never posted those comments. People who have to live with it everyday of their lives know that the sweating has nothing to do with nervousness or lack of exercise. Hyperhidrosis is a physiological defect that causes our hands, feet, and underarms to sweat uncontrollably regardless of temperature and/or mental state.

Guest · Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:08 am Post subject:

Mine was caused from anxiety. In all types of weather or temps, I'd sweat (even in a cold storage warehouse. How ridiculous is that, some guy in a snowman parka and me in a t-shirt sweating(?) Freakin' idiotic). I'd sweat at work and completely soak my shirt. I'd wear a bandana around my head with a couple Bounty paper towels folded in, and in an hour the whole thing would be saturated to the point of dripping.

Ridiculous. So I slathered drysol all over the top of my head, my chest, lower back, and thighs and wrapped the areas in plastic food wrap. It tingled like an SOB for about 3 hours, the itched like another SOB all night, but the next day, ZERO perspiration. Sure, it compensated in areas like the back of my neck and back (that I couldn't reach), my arms, and the haired areas on my head. Otherwise, it was a huge relief and I finally didn't feel so freakin' freakish on the dock. Exercise? Yeah, maybe that helps some people, but I was unloading/ loading tons of frozen food, shampoo, TP, you name it, all day/ full shifts/ a box at a time. I still sweated like a mofo and I was in great shape.

Drysol. I know it only treats the symptoms, but those symptoms were exacerbating my anxiety. Has anyone tried using it on their hands?