Hi,
I'm pretty new here, and glad to have found a whole forum of people with the same weird problem!
Just a little about me:
I've had hyperhidrosis since about age 6-7. One of my earliest memories is of having difficulty holding the pencil because my hands were sweating so badly. My problem areas are my hands and feet: I actually used to sweat a ton from my armpits, but after using certain dri (kind of like non-prescription drysol) for about a year it totally went away, even though I haven't used certain dri in about 8 years. I think it destroyed some of my sweat glands or something (yay!) The hands and feet haven't been so easy to remedy - certain dri doesn't work for those. I tried iontophoresis, which kinda works, but is a pain in the a** with the spillage of water and the pain involved. It also seems to be sort of inconsistent, and figuring out dosage has been a pain. I haven't been using it lately because my sweating isn't as intense in the winter and 4mg of glyco takes care of it mostly, but might need to go back to it this summer (I sweat more in temps above 60-65).
My question:
My question is about using glyco in iontophoresis. I'm thinking the 4mg of glyco I'm taking won't cut it this summer. It's already not cutting it in 75 degree spring weather. Today I tried 5mg, and though I'm my hands are dry as hell, so are my mouth, throat, and eyes. I've been hoarse all day.
So, I'm thinking I'm going to have to return to iontophoresis this summer, and I'm hoping adding them to the water will improve effectiveness. Has anyone tried this, and if so, did it work? How much did you have to use, and how did you crush them? I don't have a mortar and pestle or anything like that, and I"m just wondering if I can break them with my hands.
Thanks a lot!
I'm pretty new here, and glad to have found a whole forum of people with the same weird problem!
Just a little about me:
I've had hyperhidrosis since about age 6-7. One of my earliest memories is of having difficulty holding the pencil because my hands were sweating so badly. My problem areas are my hands and feet: I actually used to sweat a ton from my armpits, but after using certain dri (kind of like non-prescription drysol) for about a year it totally went away, even though I haven't used certain dri in about 8 years. I think it destroyed some of my sweat glands or something (yay!) The hands and feet haven't been so easy to remedy - certain dri doesn't work for those. I tried iontophoresis, which kinda works, but is a pain in the a** with the spillage of water and the pain involved. It also seems to be sort of inconsistent, and figuring out dosage has been a pain. I haven't been using it lately because my sweating isn't as intense in the winter and 4mg of glyco takes care of it mostly, but might need to go back to it this summer (I sweat more in temps above 60-65).
My question:
My question is about using glyco in iontophoresis. I'm thinking the 4mg of glyco I'm taking won't cut it this summer. It's already not cutting it in 75 degree spring weather. Today I tried 5mg, and though I'm my hands are dry as hell, so are my mouth, throat, and eyes. I've been hoarse all day.
So, I'm thinking I'm going to have to return to iontophoresis this summer, and I'm hoping adding them to the water will improve effectiveness. Has anyone tried this, and if so, did it work? How much did you have to use, and how did you crush them? I don't have a mortar and pestle or anything like that, and I"m just wondering if I can break them with my hands.
Thanks a lot!