Jezza
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Well, I said I would share my ionto experience, so here it is for now, I'm still in the initial treatment period (7 treatments done, 1 per day, 15-20 minute sessions), and I'm using the idromed 4 GS, which requires a 10 day initial treatment period according to the manual, which for now, I'm respecting.
After two treatments I decided that I would focus on treating my hands first, and if I would achieve dryness focus treatment on my feet.
So far, I have not achieved dryness yet, although there arguably has been some improvement.
Treatment 1-3: Started of at 10 mA, didn't notice reduced sweating (like expected), directly after the treatments the sweat came from my hands like in it's worst moments (quite possibly because obviously, you're even more focused on it than normally). After the 3rd treatment I noticed that the sweating had a different structure than normally (hard to explain).
Treatment 4-5: cranked the current up a little to 12 mA (I could do more but in the manual it is advised to keep under 15 mA for hands) I started to notice that my right hand, which I had on the plus pole for the first 5 treatments, was sweating significantly less than the left one, which was very obvious directly after treatment (the plus pole side is known to work better, for whatever reason). However, even my right hand would still sweat at the fingertips, the rest of the fingers were dryer than before, whereas my palms were already quite good from botox treatment (which btw, works perfectly, if it weren't for them not treating my fingers, since it would be excruciatingly painful).
I'm thinking about whether or not this is because the tips are set firmly onto the plates, possibly with no contact to the water...
Treatment 6-7: In the manual it says to change poles after 5 treatments. Since my right hand had not achieved dryness, but was maybe getting there, this was a tough decision, but I decided to stick with it anyway. Subjectively I haven't noticed a change since treatment 4-5.
My preliminary conclusion therefore is that ionto works (it definitely has some effect), but I'm not sure yet if it's going to be enough for me to achieve dryness. Good hopes though, so I'll let you know.
Btw; I have palmoplantar HH, the severity varies trough the day from dry-almost dripping (just not enough to actually drip of my fingers) with most of the time something in between. However, when you shake someone's hand it doesn't really matter if it's just moist or wet, it's uncomfortable all the same and I think the psychological experience is similar too for both parties (giving and receiving the handshake).
After two treatments I decided that I would focus on treating my hands first, and if I would achieve dryness focus treatment on my feet.
So far, I have not achieved dryness yet, although there arguably has been some improvement.
Treatment 1-3: Started of at 10 mA, didn't notice reduced sweating (like expected), directly after the treatments the sweat came from my hands like in it's worst moments (quite possibly because obviously, you're even more focused on it than normally). After the 3rd treatment I noticed that the sweating had a different structure than normally (hard to explain).
Treatment 4-5: cranked the current up a little to 12 mA (I could do more but in the manual it is advised to keep under 15 mA for hands) I started to notice that my right hand, which I had on the plus pole for the first 5 treatments, was sweating significantly less than the left one, which was very obvious directly after treatment (the plus pole side is known to work better, for whatever reason). However, even my right hand would still sweat at the fingertips, the rest of the fingers were dryer than before, whereas my palms were already quite good from botox treatment (which btw, works perfectly, if it weren't for them not treating my fingers, since it would be excruciatingly painful).
I'm thinking about whether or not this is because the tips are set firmly onto the plates, possibly with no contact to the water...
Treatment 6-7: In the manual it says to change poles after 5 treatments. Since my right hand had not achieved dryness, but was maybe getting there, this was a tough decision, but I decided to stick with it anyway. Subjectively I haven't noticed a change since treatment 4-5.
My preliminary conclusion therefore is that ionto works (it definitely has some effect), but I'm not sure yet if it's going to be enough for me to achieve dryness. Good hopes though, so I'll let you know.
Btw; I have palmoplantar HH, the severity varies trough the day from dry-almost dripping (just not enough to actually drip of my fingers) with most of the time something in between. However, when you shake someone's hand it doesn't really matter if it's just moist or wet, it's uncomfortable all the same and I think the psychological experience is similar too for both parties (giving and receiving the handshake).
(oh my) situation I've good hopes that it will work one way or the other eventually.
