Excessive sweating during peri-menopause

[emily_in_nc]

I carry a bandana pretty much all the time in my purse. I can use it to mop up the ludicrous rivers of sweat from walking up a flight of stairs, and also use it to put my hair up if my sweat-flood ruins my coiffure.

The excess sweat thing is probably my least favorite part of perimenopause. No-one can see my hot flashes or the other personal details I'm experiencing, but the sweat is undeniable. Icky.

Sorry you're suffering, but your experience does make me feel a bit less strange. I also carry a bandanna with me a lot of the time. The older ones that are really soft are perfect for this task!

I wonder if the sweating will moderate once we're totally through with menopause? One can dream....

[KnottedYet]

Sorry you're suffering, but your experience does make me feel a bit less strange. I also carry a bandanna with me a lot of the time. The older ones that are really soft are perfect for this task!

I wonder if the sweating will moderate once we're totally through with menopause? One can dream....

My mom swears it ends when you actually hit menopause proper. She and my Grandma had the same sweat problem.

She says it takes about 10-15 years in our family before it all ends... oh, goodie....

[Trekhawk]

Thank goodness it is winter here because in summer I sweat a huge amount.
I have noticed that it seems worse over the last couple of years but I don't know if that is to do with perimenopause or not. Good to know I am not the only one that finds this annoying.

[Crankin]

I've had it, too. I am almost ten years postmenopause, and it did take a long time to go away.
My hot flashes didn't make me sweat, either, just get incredibly hot.

[new2ride]

I am beyond peri-menopause (had a total hysterectory in 2001) and I've noticed that I am sweating like a pig. I never used to sweat like I do now. Sweat drips down in my eyes when I ride, it drips off of me when I'm working in the yard. Last night I was decorating my bike for the 3 day breast cancer event & sweat was falling off my face. I sweat at night time.

Grant it, it's been extremely hot & humid, but it doesn't matter, I sweat when it's not hot & humid. Every morning like clock work when I'm getting ready for work, I get so hot and I can't stand it (that's probably a hot flash) and I start sweating.

Hopefully, it's like one poster wrote, maybe it's a sign of fitness. When I ride as a crew member for the 3 day, I'm sure I will be soaked at the end of the day.

[zoom-zoom]

Hopefully, it's like one poster wrote, maybe it's a sign of fitness. When I ride as a crew member for the 3 day, I'm sure I will be soaked at the end of the day.

I'll bet your fitness IS the reason for all the sweat. Read this.

[marni]

I don't think that there is a single woman in my gym over a certain age who does not sweat profusely, constantly while working out. Not to mention the running nose! You can just about tell a womans age by how often she swipes her nose while exercising.

I take comfort in the fact that it indicates a sign of of increasing fitness.