Mozart22
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I've had hyperhidrosis for about 7 years. It started right around the time I started taking Paxil for social anxiety. I strongly suspect that Paxil is what caused my extreme sweating. A few months ago I successfully stopped taking
Paxil but I'm still waiting for the crazy sweating to stop. I sweat all over but the worst is the face and forehead because it's the hardest to hide. It's there for all to see.
Now to those people who say that being nervous and anxious causing the sweating, yes that's true but it's also true that plenty of other things cause it too. I could be all alone in a room, no stress or anxiety, but if the weather is hot and humid I will sweat VERY much. Also if I do even mild physical activity like walk for 10 minutes or go up stairs, it makes me sweat a lot. So this is not just an anxiety thing, even alone I will sweat like crazy.
Anyway I had tried Avert (Robinul/glycopyrolate) a few times before and never noticed any significant effect. A few days ago I decided to test it out again, just in case. It's not like I had anything else to help my extreme sweating. Maybe just maybe this time it would work. So I took 4 mg of Avert
on an empty stomach and waited 2 hours without eating. I went out to buy groceries and noticed that my hands were very dry. This is good! My hands are usually sweaty and clammy. Then as I walked around the supermarket I noticed that my forehead and face were dry.
Usually when I do any physical activity like walking up and down the many aisles of a supermarket, I get rather sweaty by the time I'm at the checkout counter. I have to wipe off the sweat several times. But this time that was not the case. I could not believe it. This hadn't happened in 7 years. There I was walking around pushing a cart and all and I was bone dry!
I got giddy and started walking all over the supermarket just for the hell of it. When I got back home, I realized that I had forget to buy something, so decided to go to the 7-Eleven which is a 12 minute walk from my house. Normally even this 12 minute walk would make me pretty sweaty, but not this time, I was bone dry.
So I'm very, very pleased to have experienced this thanks to the 4mg of Avert. But I also consider this to be only a moderate victory for a few reasons. First of all I don't think I can start taking Avert everyday because I've heard from people that it can wear off over time. It's well known that when you take a drug for long periods of time, you body gets used to it and it won't work as well as before. Also it comes with a few minor side effects like dry throat and dry mouth. Having a dry mouth often leads to lots of cavities because your teeth need plenty of saliva. Also Avert is a bit expensive. I've also heard that sometimes it will work and sometimes it won't??? It didn't work for me the first few times I tried it but this time it did, so maybe the results can be inconsistent sometimes.
It feels really good to have something to help out for special days or special events but for most days I will likely have to go without it.
Paxil but I'm still waiting for the crazy sweating to stop. I sweat all over but the worst is the face and forehead because it's the hardest to hide. It's there for all to see.
Now to those people who say that being nervous and anxious causing the sweating, yes that's true but it's also true that plenty of other things cause it too. I could be all alone in a room, no stress or anxiety, but if the weather is hot and humid I will sweat VERY much. Also if I do even mild physical activity like walk for 10 minutes or go up stairs, it makes me sweat a lot. So this is not just an anxiety thing, even alone I will sweat like crazy.
Anyway I had tried Avert (Robinul/glycopyrolate) a few times before and never noticed any significant effect. A few days ago I decided to test it out again, just in case. It's not like I had anything else to help my extreme sweating. Maybe just maybe this time it would work. So I took 4 mg of Avert
on an empty stomach and waited 2 hours without eating. I went out to buy groceries and noticed that my hands were very dry. This is good! My hands are usually sweaty and clammy. Then as I walked around the supermarket I noticed that my forehead and face were dry.
Usually when I do any physical activity like walking up and down the many aisles of a supermarket, I get rather sweaty by the time I'm at the checkout counter. I have to wipe off the sweat several times. But this time that was not the case. I could not believe it. This hadn't happened in 7 years. There I was walking around pushing a cart and all and I was bone dry!
I got giddy and started walking all over the supermarket just for the hell of it. When I got back home, I realized that I had forget to buy something, so decided to go to the 7-Eleven which is a 12 minute walk from my house. Normally even this 12 minute walk would make me pretty sweaty, but not this time, I was bone dry.
So I'm very, very pleased to have experienced this thanks to the 4mg of Avert. But I also consider this to be only a moderate victory for a few reasons. First of all I don't think I can start taking Avert everyday because I've heard from people that it can wear off over time. It's well known that when you take a drug for long periods of time, you body gets used to it and it won't work as well as before. Also it comes with a few minor side effects like dry throat and dry mouth. Having a dry mouth often leads to lots of cavities because your teeth need plenty of saliva. Also Avert is a bit expensive. I've also heard that sometimes it will work and sometimes it won't??? It didn't work for me the first few times I tried it but this time it did, so maybe the results can be inconsistent sometimes.
It feels really good to have something to help out for special days or special events but for most days I will likely have to go without it.
