Hello All,
First post here. I've suffered from generalised hyperhidrosis since ****rty, but it is sweating from the head that I found most difficult to live with. Currently, I don't really enjoy life as such rather just exist. Like many I avoid lots of things because of the embarrassment I feel when sweating heavily. It doesn't take too much to set me off and it dominates my thinking......
I've tried lots of different solutions with limited success: Aluminium Chloride antiperspirants, hypnotherapy, psychotherapy etc.
My Gp (I live in the Uk) is very supportive and currently I take probanthine for situations where I know I'm likely to be most nervous / sweaty. It is largely effective and I feel so much happier when I know I'm going to not stand out / be dripping.
However because of the dry mouth / need to take on an empty stomach etc I don't think I can realistically take it all the time. I therefore have the following questions. Apologies they these repeat things that have been posed on this forum many times before, but I'd welcome thoughts
1) do you think robinul would offer more / be more effective / better tolerated than probanthine or is it quite dependent on the individual and what is good for one is not necessarily good for another?
2) might botox for the scalp work? I know the cost of this is likely to be prohibitive but has anyone had this done / has it worked?
Many thanks for your help.
First post here. I've suffered from generalised hyperhidrosis since ****rty, but it is sweating from the head that I found most difficult to live with. Currently, I don't really enjoy life as such rather just exist. Like many I avoid lots of things because of the embarrassment I feel when sweating heavily. It doesn't take too much to set me off and it dominates my thinking......
I've tried lots of different solutions with limited success: Aluminium Chloride antiperspirants, hypnotherapy, psychotherapy etc.
My Gp (I live in the Uk) is very supportive and currently I take probanthine for situations where I know I'm likely to be most nervous / sweaty. It is largely effective and I feel so much happier when I know I'm going to not stand out / be dripping.
However because of the dry mouth / need to take on an empty stomach etc I don't think I can realistically take it all the time. I therefore have the following questions. Apologies they these repeat things that have been posed on this forum many times before, but I'd welcome thoughts
1) do you think robinul would offer more / be more effective / better tolerated than probanthine or is it quite dependent on the individual and what is good for one is not necessarily good for another?
2) might botox for the scalp work? I know the cost of this is likely to be prohibitive but has anyone had this done / has it worked?
Many thanks for your help.