Hello,

I'm Evan, and I have HH. I've lived with it since about puberty, I'm
32 now. I've tried many of the 'solutions' that are talked about and
most with very limited results. The drionic device I used resulted
in very irritated arm pits and nothing else. By the way, I suffer
from facial and armpit sweating. I was on a myriad of drugs and they
usually comotosed me. I was sluggish, and almost stupid they were
slowing me down so much. I eventually removed myself (very slowly)
from any and all drugs. For years though I assumed that there was
something wrong with me mentally, especially after I built up the
courage to approach my Dr. about it. His sure footed response
was, "Your stressed out, here go see this therapist"! From there I
was in a fog from all the different drugs I was on, that I finally,
after 3 years said enough is enough! Facial sweating, it's
debilitating. Theres nothing worse then standing in front of folks at
work, just having a leisurly conversation, with sweat rolling down my
face! And soaking up my pits! Meanwhile everyone else looks cool as
a cucomber. It's sad, because I have 1 brother and 3 sisters who
never sweat a single drop! No matter what they wear, it's never even
crossed their minds that they might soak it up, cause they won't.
Well, after about 6 months of consulting with Dr's, I had the ETS
procedure in Oct. of 2005. MY facial sweating has stopped
completely. I can now get a haircut without the barber remarking
about how badly I'm sweating and being reluctant to cut my hair. (I
didn't blame him though....) However, my pit sweating is about the
same. Well, I take that back, when I'm at home, it's pretty much
stopped, but like most of us, under stress, i'm gushing!! Regardless
of the situation, if theres some type of stress, positive or
negative, I'll sweat buckets. Not my face though. My face and head
are dry as a bone. I was reading Janets' site and there was one
point wehre she mentioned that after her surgery she didn't sweat at
all because her hormone levels where not right. Well, after my
surgery, for about 3 days I got to experience what it feels like to
be completely dry. To not have any sweat on my body at all,
anywhere!! Regardless of the situation! It was the most liberating
and biggest emotional high I have ever experienced. I've never in my
life known what it feels like to not sweat, except for those couple
of days. In any event, I do suffer from the compensatory sweating,
but for me, to be able to talk to a stranger with suddenlly "beading
up" on my forhead, in just a matter of seconds, right before there
eyes, is a small miracle in and of itself. By the way, I elected not
to have the nerve severed, instead I have it clamped. This way if
there are any complications or something else comes along in the
future then it's all completely reversable. Well, I look forward to
reading more and more posts in this group. I was really really
surprised to find it.

Thanks a lot for letting me vent...does help to talk about our :)
affliction.