HUGE sweating problem

[DrBones]

hey guys,
I know this probably doesn't belong here.. but I'm curious if anybody has any thoughts or information on excessive sweating.
Right from the second I hop out of the shower.. weather I'm hot, cold, or just fine.. My armpits start sweating LIKE CRAZY... I don't even buy white shirts any more because i wear them 3 or 4 times and they have disgusting pit stains... The only place I sweat is my arm pits.. but I have a tendancy to get hot REALLY easily.
I used to have a lot of anxiety, but it has pretty much completely gone away since I broke up with my GF a few months ago. I have noticed that if i drink coffee, I sweat almost 2 times as much..
I don't have too much stress, other than money.. but I don't tend to stress about it overly...
I don't have headaches or any major health issues as far as I know, other than some some shoulder problems and some upper spine subluxations... but I'd really like to find out what causes this...

I try to take my daily vitamins
Vitamin C
Multi-vitamin
zinc
vitamin B
Calcium

Is there any health problems that make you sweat so much? Or is it just the luck of draw and I was doomed to have over active arm pit sweat glands?

What about supplements to help prevent it?

I'm sick of having drenched arm pits

Thanks

 

[BlkWS6]

Go to your dermatologist and get Drysol now! You probably have hyperhidrosis, which is excessive perspiration. I used to have pit stains all the time whether it was 20* outside or 100* Drysol is absolutely awesome.........no stains at all. It may irritate your skin a little bit, but there are things you can do to lessen that. If you dont want to get prescription strength yet, you can get a product called CertainDri over the counter in the deodorant section. It also contains Aluminum Chloride (active ingredient) but at a much, much smaller concentration ( I believe 12% as opposed to 20% or so)

 

[DrBones]

Isnt aluminum chloride the active ingrediant in anti-persperants?
I use anti-persperants, but I've heard the aluminum in it is TERRIBLE for you... Doesn't aluminum cause AlsTimers (however you spell it?)
I think I'll go talk to my doc about it! Thanks for the ideas
Does anybody else know much about sweating problems?

 

[bigdelt69]

I also have a terrible arm pit sweating problem. It sucks, I never even wear a grey shirt any more because of it. And yes alumium is terrible for you.

 

[PolishHammer1977]

I also have a terrible arm pit sweating problem. It sucks, I never even wear a grey shirt any more because of it. And yes alumium is terrible for you.

lol

You should have seen the night in college, when I decided to wear the thin grey shirt.
Lets just say that a buddy poured a 7 beer pitcher on me to even out the persperation. lol.
I have the grey shirt disease too. When I stopped drinking my sweats stopped. I still have a grey phobia though.

 

[Sebass67]

My theory is that my body is always so ready to go and do something like a workout or a run that i sweat when i give it a hint of any physical activity...

I do find however that when i do cardio or workouts on many days in a row my body temp. must be up because it is a lot easier to sweat.

It's healthy anyhow...and at least i know i am having some influence on my own function.

 

[DrBones]

It may be healthy... but it REALLY sucks...
No grey shirts... no dark colored shirts.... they get a big black mark in the pits... I'm pretty much limited to black clothes... and god forbid any female to put their arm around my mid section and even slightly lift up.. or they can a hand covered in sweat... Luckily I dont stink... then I would just lock myself in my room...

 

[Sebass67]

True true...
I guess any of the above replies will prob end up helping you out.

I think we might just have to make a vancouver crew get together or something...

 

[DrBones]

I think we might just have to make a vancouver crew get together or something

That would be pretty cool... I wonder how many guys on here are from good ol' vancouver?

 

[BlkWS6]

Yes, it is an active ingredient but not nearly close to the concentration in Drysol or other such products. My dermatologist gave me no warning about aluminum chloride, and I could not find any negative information on the Internet regarding it. Also I use Drysol maybe once every 2-3 weeks and it prevents me from sweating for that long. You dont need to use it every night, and it is not like you are bathing in it. You apply it very sparingly to the armpits. I have been using it for over a year now, without a single side effect except some itching in the armpit area. I would like to see a study linking aluminum chloride to Alzheimers haha!