Nicholas
Well-known member
Hi guys,
I am a new sweaty member. I have hyperhidrosis. Or maybe I don't! I mean, how can you even be sure? I just know I sweat so much that it has ruined my life. I would say I have severe facial HH (but of course I sweat a lot in other areas too). In social situations it is triggered by social anxiety, so I feel hot like I'm blushing and I start to drip. In other cases, when I notice I sweat too much I start to get anxious and I sweat even more. Other cases when I sweat a lot are whenever I do any physical activity. Moving a finger is enough for me to start sweating.
As I said, this has become a huge problem for me. Just think that I can't even stay in the sun (even at less than 30 Celsius / 86 Fahrenheit, which is not too hot here), and in just a few moments I am DRIPPING. Just doing nothing. Walking in the sun is a good way for me to turn into a living shower. Put that and social anxiety together and you will understand why I gave up everything and my life is... well, I don't really have a life, I guess.
I see most of you manage to cope with it, somehow, but most of you just have palmar or axillary HH. I know facial HH is the worst, and then I don't want to take risks and try surgery or weird medications, also because I like to do physical activity (riding a bicycle is the only thing I manage to do somehow, even if I sweat tons of water like a fountain), so I am afraid to alter the natural "cooling system" especially on my head.
I can't go on like this of course, so I am trying to cure myself in some way. I'm 24, and miserable because of this crap that has been a disabling issue for several years already. Also, it's getting worse, so I need to act, so that's why I decided to join. I don't like medications at all, so for now I am just focusing on the psychological part and studying that. Maybe it's anxiety that causes HH. And I hope so, because that would mean I (and you) could probably get rid of it. And I don't just mean HH related to SA, but just HH in general. Maybe it's really anxiety (or stress, which is related) that is the real cause of HH in general. The thing is, there are no certain causes of HH, everything seems so uncertain to me. One website says you have HH because you have more glands, another says that it's because the glands are more sensitive to the signals, another one says it's your nervous system that actually sends more signals... From all this, I understand no one knows much yet.
So that's all, and I guess you'll see me around here pretty much during this summer. I just wanted to introduce myself and hear some opinions. I am often just depressed because I really don't know what I could do with my life if I didn't manage to solve this huge problem.
Thanks for listening.
I am a new sweaty member. I have hyperhidrosis. Or maybe I don't! I mean, how can you even be sure? I just know I sweat so much that it has ruined my life. I would say I have severe facial HH (but of course I sweat a lot in other areas too). In social situations it is triggered by social anxiety, so I feel hot like I'm blushing and I start to drip. In other cases, when I notice I sweat too much I start to get anxious and I sweat even more. Other cases when I sweat a lot are whenever I do any physical activity. Moving a finger is enough for me to start sweating.
As I said, this has become a huge problem for me. Just think that I can't even stay in the sun (even at less than 30 Celsius / 86 Fahrenheit, which is not too hot here), and in just a few moments I am DRIPPING. Just doing nothing. Walking in the sun is a good way for me to turn into a living shower. Put that and social anxiety together and you will understand why I gave up everything and my life is... well, I don't really have a life, I guess.
I see most of you manage to cope with it, somehow, but most of you just have palmar or axillary HH. I know facial HH is the worst, and then I don't want to take risks and try surgery or weird medications, also because I like to do physical activity (riding a bicycle is the only thing I manage to do somehow, even if I sweat tons of water like a fountain), so I am afraid to alter the natural "cooling system" especially on my head.
I can't go on like this of course, so I am trying to cure myself in some way. I'm 24, and miserable because of this crap that has been a disabling issue for several years already. Also, it's getting worse, so I need to act, so that's why I decided to join. I don't like medications at all, so for now I am just focusing on the psychological part and studying that. Maybe it's anxiety that causes HH. And I hope so, because that would mean I (and you) could probably get rid of it. And I don't just mean HH related to SA, but just HH in general. Maybe it's really anxiety (or stress, which is related) that is the real cause of HH in general. The thing is, there are no certain causes of HH, everything seems so uncertain to me. One website says you have HH because you have more glands, another says that it's because the glands are more sensitive to the signals, another one says it's your nervous system that actually sends more signals... From all this, I understand no one knows much yet.
So that's all, and I guess you'll see me around here pretty much during this summer. I just wanted to introduce myself and hear some opinions. I am often just depressed because I really don't know what I could do with my life if I didn't manage to solve this huge problem.
Thanks for listening.
