Embarassing BO Issue

[mtbdarby]

I can NOT believe I'm posting this but I can't seem to figure it out:

Lately, I've been sweating very easily just being around the house, etc. I do not believe I've hit menopause yet as I'm only 41 but maybe perimeno???

Anyway, it's not the sweating that's bothering me, it's the BO I seem to have all of a sudden! I did change my deoderant to just a deoderant without aluminum and I use a crystal. I thought that might be it so I switched back to my old standby deoderant/antipersperant Degree but it didn't help.

Just doing stuff around the house my pits sweated a bit, while I was wearing my ibex long sleeve tshirt - and the pits stunk, even with the wool! I can't stand this and it is driving me nuts. Anyone have any suggestions?? Do I need to start taking chlorophyll tablets to offset whatever is going on with my metabolism?

I do have graves disease (hyperthyroid) but am in remission and on no meds. I get my labs checked next month but I don't expect any change. I just have suddenly started with my pits sweating easily and stinking. HELP!

[alpinerabbit]

Have you been stressed? I stink when I am.

too much detail boy oh boy.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Have you increased or changed your nutritional supplements lately?
Years ago I got on a kick of taking extra zinc tablets. After a few weeks of taking them I noticed I was getting weird underarm odor and sweating, also my tongue tasted funny.
I stopped the zinc and it all went away within a few days and never came back. Weird.

[lph]

hey, this isn't embarrassing, not compared to some of the other stuff floating around here

I second that stress-sweat stinks much more than normal exercise sweat. I also notice that my menstrual cycle (I think) affects my sense of smell, I'm not sure when it is but in certain periods I can smell EVERYTHING, from the moldy rice at the back of the fridge to the dead orange at the very bottom of the waste bin, and also get very sensitive to my own smell. Other times I don't smell anything special.

[badger]

I used to have the opposite problem. I was getting increasingly stinky pits. I switched to Lavilin (cream deodorant), then another kind of cream deodorant (and ever stinky pits!). After about a year I finally seem to have gotten rid of all the toxins built up over the years and am now wearing a crystal-based roll on with no stinkiness.

Anyways, that's neither here nor there for you. Since you're going for a dr. check up next month, I would mention this to your doc. Maybe it's to do with your thyroid afterall? Either way, I can certainly sympathise with the pit problem!

[OakLeaf]

Any change in your diet (not necessarily big changes, just eating more of this and less of that) with the colder weather? I think a lot of people eat more meat and richer foods in winter. Dairy products in particular make me reek.

[mtbdarby]

All good thoughts!

I don't think it's stress or it would have showed up earlier. I'd lean toward the change in deoderants. I did do a body cleanse and it started after so I'm thinking maybe it is toxin related. No new nutrional suppliments or diet changes other than eating less junk food.

Unfortunately its only labs next month - no dr. visit. And I'm currently insuranceless until my new job benes kick in May 1st. So I'm trying to figure it out on my own.

Badger, where did you find the roll on crystal? I have the stick and it keeps breaking away.