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[Helene2013]

I just can't stand sweating and cannot stand heat. haha And this is as far as I can remember. I know I have no choice if I'm going to work out but I try to "minimize" it. In my home, basement is not heated in the winter, and you know our Canadian winters can be brutal. I used to open a window but not this past winter. I have 2 fans on. One is a standard one and the other one has 3 mini fans that can blow air differently. That keeps me dry during my bike training. I'm trying very hard to wait before turning them on so I can get used to riding outside in the "heat". But then, I turn it on as I hate dripping. I'm a head sweater too. It does not take me long for drips to fall from forehead.

Outdoor cycling is just around the corner now. But as soon as it is too hot, you won't see me on the bike. Nah....I'm staying cool inside the house doing something else that does not require too much sweating.

[emily_in_nc]

I don't mind sweating lightly, but I don't like the sensation of dripping as I do while doing yoga in our warm studio without A/C, or when running on a hot/humid day (i.e., pretty much every day here!) Cycling is not so problematic as moving fast through air helps with evaporation of sweat, though when I stop, I'm dripping.

I actually googled a bit on hyperhydrosis since I am sweating SO much, but it's not really the same since I don't sweat hard when I am not working out, in cool temps, or when humidity is low.

[Crankin]

One of my kids' teachers had hyperhydrosis. It was awful. It can be cured by the same experimental (although it's probably not experimental now) surgery DS#2 had for his Raynauds. Otherwise, the conventional way to cure involves cracking your ribs open and going in that way, to cut the vagus nerve.

[emily_in_nc]

One of my kids' teachers had hyperhydrosis. It was awful. It can be cured by the same experimental (although it's probably not experimental now) surgery DS#2 had for his Raynauds. Otherwise, the conventional way to cure involves cracking your ribs open and going in that way, to cut the vagus nerve.

Fortunately, I don't have it. From all the websites I checked, it involves sweating profusely at rest or in cool temps. My profuse sweating only occurs when working out. Obviously everyone sweats at different rates when working out , and I just happen to be at the high end of the bell curve. Being menopausal is one "risk factor" for heavier sweating in hot/humid weather and when working out, unfortunately. Check!

They are using botox for hyperhydrosis now, mostly in the armpits, but my sweat is all over, not just in select areas (which is much more common in hyperhydrosis, I've learned -- feet, hands, and armpits are very common areas affected).