Hello everybody,
I've been reading this forum for a while now and thought it was about time to register and introduce myself.
I've suffered from hyperhidrosis since I was about 12 years old (I'm now 22) and until recently it's something that I've made major lifestyle changes to accomodate - I'm sure the story is familiar to most people, not going out because my face would be covered in sweat, struggling to cope at work because having a face full of sweat etc...
When I was 18 I worked in a shop and one day my manager asked me why I was sweating and told me to go and get a paper tissue and wipe it off, I was so embarrased when I went to get the paper tissue I collected my things and never went back. In hindsight, I should have probably gone to the doctor with this issue but I just thought it was because I was overweight.
I moved to Spain not so long ago and the temperatures where constant 30 degrees, sometimes up to 47 degrees in the summer - this involved a lot of sweat. The job I was doing was a very social one and it was getting beyond a joke, fortunately nobody mentioned it and I wore clothes tactically to avoid showing most of it.
After returning back to the UK I've been searching solutions, I tried all the roll ons, sprays and such like which made absolutely no difference whatsover. Finally this week I bit the bullet and went to see the doctor, fortunately or unfortunately for me the doctor wasn't familiar with hyperdidrosis and asked what research I had done - I explained I had spent many sleepless nights on the internet looking for solutions and I found "propantheline bromide" and he agreed to prescribe it to me.
WOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE! I'm still getting used to the dosage I need to take but I've been taking 2 about 1 1/2 hours before I go to work, this stops me sweating for about 5 hours - literally not a bead of sweat breaks out when only a week ago I would be dripping in sweat sat in the office. I went the whole shift today with very minimal sweat after around 5 hours, I took another tablet and it soon went - I managed to wear a light coloured tshirt this afternoon and had no sweat marks at all, this very small tablet has literally changed my life. I'm so happy :applause: - though, it's not without it's side effects of course. I get an incredibly dry mouth so I've started to take a bottle of water everywhere with me, a small price to pay for a sweat free body... I also get headaches which I think are associated with the medication as it is listed as a side effect, nothing major and nothing a paracetamol doesn't sort out. The other side effect I have is red hot knees, I assume this is because they would usually be sweating but they no longer are so they are getting pretty hot - although not uncomfortable it's certainly noticeable but at least only I know about that rather than the whole world seeing.
Sorry for the long introduction but I just wanted to let everybody know my story and prove there is hope out there!
Sayagain
I've been reading this forum for a while now and thought it was about time to register and introduce myself.
I've suffered from hyperhidrosis since I was about 12 years old (I'm now 22) and until recently it's something that I've made major lifestyle changes to accomodate - I'm sure the story is familiar to most people, not going out because my face would be covered in sweat, struggling to cope at work because having a face full of sweat etc...
When I was 18 I worked in a shop and one day my manager asked me why I was sweating and told me to go and get a paper tissue and wipe it off, I was so embarrased when I went to get the paper tissue I collected my things and never went back. In hindsight, I should have probably gone to the doctor with this issue but I just thought it was because I was overweight.
I moved to Spain not so long ago and the temperatures where constant 30 degrees, sometimes up to 47 degrees in the summer - this involved a lot of sweat. The job I was doing was a very social one and it was getting beyond a joke, fortunately nobody mentioned it and I wore clothes tactically to avoid showing most of it.
After returning back to the UK I've been searching solutions, I tried all the roll ons, sprays and such like which made absolutely no difference whatsover. Finally this week I bit the bullet and went to see the doctor, fortunately or unfortunately for me the doctor wasn't familiar with hyperdidrosis and asked what research I had done - I explained I had spent many sleepless nights on the internet looking for solutions and I found "propantheline bromide" and he agreed to prescribe it to me.
WOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE! I'm still getting used to the dosage I need to take but I've been taking 2 about 1 1/2 hours before I go to work, this stops me sweating for about 5 hours - literally not a bead of sweat breaks out when only a week ago I would be dripping in sweat sat in the office. I went the whole shift today with very minimal sweat after around 5 hours, I took another tablet and it soon went - I managed to wear a light coloured tshirt this afternoon and had no sweat marks at all, this very small tablet has literally changed my life. I'm so happy :applause: - though, it's not without it's side effects of course. I get an incredibly dry mouth so I've started to take a bottle of water everywhere with me, a small price to pay for a sweat free body... I also get headaches which I think are associated with the medication as it is listed as a side effect, nothing major and nothing a paracetamol doesn't sort out. The other side effect I have is red hot knees, I assume this is because they would usually be sweating but they no longer are so they are getting pretty hot - although not uncomfortable it's certainly noticeable but at least only I know about that rather than the whole world seeing.
Sorry for the long introduction but I just wanted to let everybody know my story and prove there is hope out there!
Sayagain
