Sweaty palms -- do you got them?

[gary5]

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Try this:
http://www.odaban.com/

I used to sweat a lot under my arms. I used this a few times and never needed it again. That was like 10 years ago. Oddly, though, after using it, I started to sweat more from my back, but that went away on its own. Anyway, I still keep the bottle in case I'll ever need it again.

It may work for you, it may not, but definitely try it.

Update: I skimmed the web site and it seems that most people use the product every few days or every other week or two. It varies.

 

[MirrorTodd]

Well, it seems like everyone sweats. I agree with the people who said to wipe your hand on your pant leg. It's not a dealbreaker anyway.

 

[sashie19]

Try this:
http://www.odaban.com/

I used to sweat a lot under my arms. I used this a few times and never needed it again. That was like 10 years ago. Oddly, though, after using it, I started to sweat more from my back, but that went away on its own. Anyway, I still keep the bottle in case I'll ever need it again.

It may work for you, it may not, but definitely try it.

Update: I skimmed the web site and it seems that most people use the product every few days or every other week or two. It varies.

Certain Dri works about the same way. My dad used to use it.

http://www.dsehealthcaresolutions.com/index.php?src=gendocs&link=CD_Home

 

[Akimbo752]

Sweat acceptance feels wonderful. Adam Corola had the surgery too, and he said he loves it, and I heart him.

 

[flamestodust]

If it's longterm (childhood onset) and serious, consider pharma options. Ask your physician about some SSRIs, like Lexapro.

 

[biggoron42]

i think all of you saying that those with sweat problems should just wipe their hands on their pants misunderstand how serious the condition can get...my problem is so bad that i even sweat through prescription antiperspirants. im currently trying ssris...

 

[Mithril]

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[rhesuspieces]

If it's longterm (childhood onset) and serious, consider pharma options. Ask your physician about some SSRIs, like Lexapro.

I've never had sweaty palms (if anything I sweat much less than I should) but I DID used to have a severe problem with blushing. An important person would walk into a room and I would turn bright red. I shadowed a psychiatrist extensively back in high school and every single day my face was so red I thought I was going to explode. I'm not the type to get embarrassed easily but I would turn so red that the blushing in itself would embarrass me and make me redder.

I started Zoloft three years ago and as a convenient side effect I haven't had a problem with blushing since. I can pull off an interview without looking like a ripe tomato, which is a huge relief.

I'd imagine the same sympathetic mechanisms that cause blushing in some people also cause profuse sweating in others. If you have a problem with either to the extent that it interferes with your daily function, I'd seriously recommend an SSRI!

 

[XeReX]

There's a sugery where they cut a nerve in your back that keeps your arms/hands/armpits from sweating. Lots of surgeons with this condition get the surgery done. But it's not for just a nervous sweat... it's for a constant hands sweat which some people do have.

Types of surgery

There are three main surgical approaches — two of them with very similar names:

• Sympathectomy has been offered for more than 70 years and involves clipping or removing part of the sympathetic nerve.
• Sympathotomy is a new procedure developed at Mayo Clinic that interrupts the nerve signals without removing the sympathetic nerve. A side benefit is a greatly reduced risk of compensatory sweating.
• Local excision, where targeted sweat glands are removed.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/hyperhidrosis/surgery.html

 

[addo]

Types of surgery

There are three main surgical approaches — two of them with very similar names:

• Sympathectomy has been offered for more than 70 years and involves clipping or removing part of the sympathetic nerve.
• Sympathotomy is a new procedure developed at Mayo Clinic that interrupts the nerve signals without removing the sympathetic nerve. A side benefit is a greatly reduced risk of compensatory sweating.
• Local excision, where targeted sweat glands are removed.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/hyperhidrosis/surgery.html

I dont know about the latter two, but the first option is not a good idea- so many side effects.

 

[NickNaylor]

I definitely got them, in addition to whole body sweating. And it totally sucks. Just one of many reasons why I want to get the heck out of Texas.

 

[Hah]

My hands are BONE dry but they are ice cold like 90% of the time that I apologize during interviews because the difference between is so obvious during the handshake ^_^

 

[addo]

My hands are BONE dry but they are ice cold like 90% of the time that I apologize during interviews because the difference between is so obvious during the handshake ^_^

I think a wet handshake is a lot worse than a cold handshake. A wet handshake can also turn into a sort of clammy/cold handshake, so it really is worse.

 

[shffl]

Palmer hyperhydrosis has plagued me since middle school and still do so now. I have tried everything (OTC topical, prescription topical, botox, the electric shock thing i forgot what it's called, drugs) except for surgery which I opt not to pursue because of the side effects. I have sorta adapted to it (wet scantrons, notes) but having wet controllers after playing games or shaking hands after interviews haunt me. The worst thing is when it comes to lifting weights. I lift heavy on deadlifts and having sweaty palms and gym prohibiting chalk do not help 🙁

Hyperhydrosis is actually one of the reason I want to pursue medicine but I am having trouble incorporating it into my personal statement.....

I have a theory behind all this though. We all know hyperhydrosis is due to excessive stimulation of the sweat glands by the nerves. But what causes it is unknown yet (or at least to me...). My theory that I believe so far but can't prove yet is that this whole thing is a psychological thing. The reason I believe in that is because there are moments where I don't sweat at a situation I would normally sweat but if I realized it and think about it ... I start sweating. That's the simple explanation of what I have but I'm trying to keep this short.

 

[muffeoniv]

ok. So when i am in an intense situation, my palms sweat uncontrollably, and profusely, enough so that i can't leave them on paper or a table for a long time either because the paper starts to curl, or once i move them off the table, voila, there's a palm mark.

But i can fake being comfortable very well, and interview like a charm, they always just end with a *firm* yet ... Swampy handshake.

For some reason they only sweat when it's important people too.

It's like how old people's joints predict the weather, my palms predict someone's importance.

So ... Who else has this?

it's a disease called hyperhydrosis trust me i know lolololol get botoxlol

 

[addo]

I have a theory behind all this though. We all know hyperhydrosis is due to excessive stimulation of the sweat glands by the nerves. But what causes it is unknown yet (or at least to me...). My theory that I believe so far but can't prove yet is that this whole thing is a psychological thing. The reason I believe in that is because there are moments where I don't sweat at a situation I would normally sweat but if I realized it and think about it ... I start sweating. That's the simple explanation of what I have but I'm trying to keep this short.

I agree with you on this. When I am at work, I never sweat because I dont have time to think about it.

 

[tomh98]

My palms down't sweat when I'm nervous but I turn bright red. Not sure why... I'm half English and half Finnish... (are the Finnish an underrepresented minority?)