I know I've posted about sweating before, but I have another question which I feel deserves a new thread. First, some background: I've always had a sweating problem, at least since puberty. Regardless of my weight (have been anywhere from size 5 to size 20), I sweated the same amount. Especially on my upper lip and in the crotch area. It soaks right through thin pantiliners.
Yeah, I know...that's gross. Anyway, I recently started taking spironolactone in addition to metformin and lutera (birth control). I've started to sweat more now. Yes, apparently it WAS possible to sweat more. I know it's a diuretic, so it makes me retain less water. I think that's the connection--my body has more water to "let out" and I guess the floodgates have opened. I work out on a regular basis and am in good shape for my size, but if I walk from the parking lot to the store, my forehead is soaked even though my pulse does not go up.
Another possibility I've considered-- Spironolactone treats hirsutism through reducing the androgens produced in your system (a.k.a. testosterone). Such a hormone imbalance causes a person's basal body temperature to be lower (mine was always 97.5 instead of 98.6). I don't have a thermometer to test this theory, but maybe, since I'm now taking medication to correct that imbalance, my body temperature has "normalized" to 98.6, and I am just warmer feeling than normal. It was sixty degrees out today and I guessed it was about 75, based on how I felt.
What do you think? I've told my doctor I sweat a lot, and he doesn't seem to think there is any connection, besides the fact that zoloft (which I also take) can increase perspiration in a small amount of people.
I know there's no treatment for hyperhidrosis (besides botox and surgery), but maybe this will taper of some day.
Sweaty Betty
