sweat-a-l0t
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Hi everyone!
I've only recently come to terms with the fact that I have hyperhidrosis, but I've been sweating excessively ever since I was 12 or so. As I'm getting older I'm finding that it's getting much, much worse. My feet are always sweaty, they don't drip or anything too drastic but my socks are always damp when I take them off. But that doesn't really bother me, the worse thing is under my arms. Unless I'm just sitting around at home, I'm constantly sweating under my arms. Every morning I get the bus to school, the bus picks me up right outside my house, most days I'm waiting (in the cold, I live in England - hardly a warm climate!) for a matter of minutes, by the time I sit down on the bus I notice that I'm wet already, and then it's non-stop 'till I get home. I have to wear a black jumper/pullover every single day to try and hide it, but as the weather is getting somewhat warmer it's not the most comfortable thing to wear. But it's not just at school, if I even have a conversation with a member of family somewhere in the house I get wet too. Maybe this is a psychological problem?
It's my dream to be a flight attendant, ever since I was young I have dreamed of wearing that amazing uniform walking down the aisles of aircraft, but only recently I've realised that my dream may not be the best thing for me. However, I'm determined not to let my 'problem' get in the way.
I've tried every 'normal' anti-persperant brand that there is. About a month ago I learnt about PersipreX, I tried not to get my hopes high about this because I really didn't think it would work but the online reviews sang nothing but praises about this product, but it didn't work for me. I tried it every single night for the first week, it reduced my sweating by about 50%. After the first week you're only meant to apply it a every 2-3 nights because it's apparently strong enough. But by the second day I might as well not even be wearing it because it just doesn't work.
Now I don't know what to do. I'd really like to tell my parents, but I just find it so awkward. We never really talk about anything, let alone our personal problems. One of my parents is a doctor (ex pharmacist) and the other a psychologist, you'd think this'd make it easier to tell them but I'm really not sure. I've thought about seeing another GP (there's a surgery by my school which I could go to during my lunch break) but I'm not too sure, because my parents could just find my medical records (I think, I'm not sure if they can but I'd imagine there is some system like this?) and read it all. I've read every single internet page about cures for HH, watched every single YouTube video and read every book I can find. I'd like to try botox, it's expensive but I think it'd be worth if it lasted 4-8 months. I know it'd hurt, but I really don't care. 20 minutes or so would definitely be worth several months of dry under arms. Has anyone had this done? How did you find it? Was it worth the money?
Another thing I've found is MiraDry. I'm not really too sure on how it works, as far as I know it heats up the sweat gland and effectively disables it permanently. It's only available in the US and Japan and costs about $2.5-3k. Has anyone heard much about this? It's a relatively new thing so not many people have had it yet, but it looks promising.
One last thing, I was wondering if there were any tablets you could take? I've not come across any, but if so I'd love to research them and maybe see what a GP would say about prescribing them to me.
If you've got this far, then thank you!! I know this is terribly long, but I'm sure many of you can appreciate how much HH is ruining my life right now and some answers or support would reaaaaally help me.
Thank you
I've only recently come to terms with the fact that I have hyperhidrosis, but I've been sweating excessively ever since I was 12 or so. As I'm getting older I'm finding that it's getting much, much worse. My feet are always sweaty, they don't drip or anything too drastic but my socks are always damp when I take them off. But that doesn't really bother me, the worse thing is under my arms. Unless I'm just sitting around at home, I'm constantly sweating under my arms. Every morning I get the bus to school, the bus picks me up right outside my house, most days I'm waiting (in the cold, I live in England - hardly a warm climate!) for a matter of minutes, by the time I sit down on the bus I notice that I'm wet already, and then it's non-stop 'till I get home. I have to wear a black jumper/pullover every single day to try and hide it, but as the weather is getting somewhat warmer it's not the most comfortable thing to wear. But it's not just at school, if I even have a conversation with a member of family somewhere in the house I get wet too. Maybe this is a psychological problem?
It's my dream to be a flight attendant, ever since I was young I have dreamed of wearing that amazing uniform walking down the aisles of aircraft, but only recently I've realised that my dream may not be the best thing for me. However, I'm determined not to let my 'problem' get in the way.
I've tried every 'normal' anti-persperant brand that there is. About a month ago I learnt about PersipreX, I tried not to get my hopes high about this because I really didn't think it would work but the online reviews sang nothing but praises about this product, but it didn't work for me. I tried it every single night for the first week, it reduced my sweating by about 50%. After the first week you're only meant to apply it a every 2-3 nights because it's apparently strong enough. But by the second day I might as well not even be wearing it because it just doesn't work.
Now I don't know what to do. I'd really like to tell my parents, but I just find it so awkward. We never really talk about anything, let alone our personal problems. One of my parents is a doctor (ex pharmacist) and the other a psychologist, you'd think this'd make it easier to tell them but I'm really not sure. I've thought about seeing another GP (there's a surgery by my school which I could go to during my lunch break) but I'm not too sure, because my parents could just find my medical records (I think, I'm not sure if they can but I'd imagine there is some system like this?) and read it all. I've read every single internet page about cures for HH, watched every single YouTube video and read every book I can find. I'd like to try botox, it's expensive but I think it'd be worth if it lasted 4-8 months. I know it'd hurt, but I really don't care. 20 minutes or so would definitely be worth several months of dry under arms. Has anyone had this done? How did you find it? Was it worth the money?
Another thing I've found is MiraDry. I'm not really too sure on how it works, as far as I know it heats up the sweat gland and effectively disables it permanently. It's only available in the US and Japan and costs about $2.5-3k. Has anyone heard much about this? It's a relatively new thing so not many people have had it yet, but it looks promising.
One last thing, I was wondering if there were any tablets you could take? I've not come across any, but if so I'd love to research them and maybe see what a GP would say about prescribing them to me.
If you've got this far, then thank you!! I know this is terribly long, but I'm sure many of you can appreciate how much HH is ruining my life right now and some answers or support would reaaaaally help me.
Thank you