I’ve been dealing with hyperhydrosis since grade 9. My self confidence and my social life were completely ruined because of this condition. I started getting botox treatments. They helped, but didn’t stop the sweating enough that I could be completely comfortable. I would still sweat through the baggy sweaters I used to wear to hide my sweaty pits.

Since getting into university it’s gotten much better. Not to say that the condition has gone away. But I can manage it now. I have a couple more tips for anyone else still dealing with this:

1) Always be prepared (like our author said!) – Plan ahead for the situations you’ll be in and dress accordingly. I always keep an extra sweater in my car to cover up if I need to. Another hint: My leather jacket is great. It looks (and feels) sexy (not like the bummy sweaters I’d been wearing), and I can’t sweat through it! A HUGE confidence boost, which in turn slows the sweating!

2) Be honest – I finally told my best friends about the condition (5 years after it started). They were sympathetic, since they’ve dealt with it a little bit too! The response I got? “That’s why you wore sweaters all the time?”
They hadn’t even realized I had such a huge problem!
It really helps knowing you have a few people who you don’t have to hide this from. If one day you sweat and they notice, so what? It’s a medical condition. They know. Change your shirt and move on with your life. Nothing embarrassing about it.

3) Nobody cares – few people bother to care. They’re more concerned about themselves. That’s one thing I’ve learned in university. It’s very anonymous there, and I don’t sit there judging everyone who walks by; so it’s stupid to think you’re the center of attention!

As our author pointed out, it’s all about the confidence. If you worry about sweating, you’re going to sweat. So don’t sweat it!
(hehe, sorry! had to be done!)

Good luck to all of you!

It works, as long as I have my purse around me and I have access to a restroom.

but i have a little more hope now that i’ve read these comments. there are other people having the same problems… i really know how bad it is, how it affects your life and causes problems in social life. we should somehow gather people together online, so that we could share our thoughts and help each other. we shouldn’t let it control our lives! i just look at my friends and think how lucky they are and they dont even realize it. but you know when others judge you because u smell, it’s cos they don’t know your problem. i wouldn’t probably like a person who would smell all the time either.

i hope everyone can somehow find a solution! i really do!! even my biggest enemy wouldn’t deserve this disease.