Excessive sweating during peri-menopause

[ny biker]

Y'know, take it back to the beginning...

What don't you like about sweating?

Is it a matter of having to wear more, and more delicate, clothes at work than one normally would? That seems like the only issue that's really a problem ... if you're not sensitive to wool, converting an entire wardrobe to washable summer-weight wool would be expensive, but would probably eliminate any issues.

If it's odor, that's not sweat volume, that's body chemistry. Usually (though not always) remedied by a clean diet and/or a change in toiletries or detergent.

Is it trying to get your fluid and electrolyte intake in balance? That's an issue for me, and I'm probably going to wind up seeing a sports nutritionist sooner than later.

Something else?

To the extent that it's related to menopause, remember that you're just beginning to sweat, almost, a little bit, like a man. The way men sweat, with acceptance from themselves and others, all their lives.

(And pigs don't sweat.)

I was at a shopping mall on Saturday (during the high heat/high humidity heat wave, with heat index ~ 120). The mall was very warm, and the shoe store I was in was even worse. I was returning a pair of shoes and exchanging another pair for a different size, which needed to be ordered. So I was standing at the counter for several minutes, which had hot pendant lights above it. I started to sweat alot. Sweat running down my face, down my neck, down my back, down my chest, hair getting wet. It was embarrassing. And very uncomfortable. When I could finally get out of there, I had to hurry to the ladies room in a nearby department store, grab a huge pile of paper towels and completely towel off. Had to take my dress off to dry off my chest and back. If I had needed to shop for clothes after that, I wouldn't have been able to because I was so sticky and my bra was soaked. It was disgusting.

And I'm sure the people working at that shoe store thought there was something wrong with me. They (mostly men) were there all day and looked perfectly dry; I was there for a few minutes and was dripping with sweat even though I was standing still.