Stop The Sweat

For many hyperhidrosis sufferers, anxiety it usually a trigger to sweat more and can even be responsible for most of the sweating. Whereas all human beings sweat under conditions of anxiety (the basis of the lie detector test), people with hyperhidrosis will sweat profusely in a very obvious manner.

This also creates a vicious circle. The expectations of the trigger being activated can in themselves cause anxiety and excess sweating. It’s clear that if the anxiety can be controlled or eliminated then the quality of life for someone like this can be increased.

Treatments

Typical treatments for anxiety are well known. Most doctors will prescribe one of the large family of SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) that have been prescribed for many years for millions of people to good effect.

Alternatively, some doctors may prescribe the older class of drugs known as tricyclic antidepressants.

The reason that your doctor may experiment with you between the different types of drugs is to try to control possible side effects.

Side Effects

All drugs have the potential to cause undesirable side effects. The worst of these only occur in a very small minority of patients.

However, for hyperhidrosis sufferers there is the problem that some of these drugs can actually cause excessive sweating, particularly during the night. This is the reason why your doctor may well ask you to try a drug and report to him the degree to which your anxiety diminished and whether you have had any sweat related side effects. If you have, then you can change your medication to a similar but different drug and this type of change is well tolerated.