Sweaty Palms

On November 13 2010 16:25 QuantumTheory wrote:
It's normal that your palms sweat, but to that extent? Pervect is right man .....
go ASAP.

Do excuse me as I mean no offense but are you over weight? That might be something..

On November 13 2010 16:18 Pervect wrote:
Same exact thing happened to my friend man, he died literally a week and a half later. See a doctor.

On November 13 2010 16:18 Pervect wrote:
Same exact thing happened to my friend man, he died literally a week and a half later. See a doctor.

On November 13 2010 17:07 Zealotdriver wrote:
Keep a small clean dry towel with you and wipe your hands with it. Change the towel at least once a day.
Also make sure you are living healthily. Drink at least 2 liters of water a day. Exercise daily.
Eat healthy things like vegetables, freshly cooked meat, and starches like whole grains and potatoes. Do not drink soda or coffee. Do not eat candy. Do not drink alcohol. Do not smoke tobacco.

I had intense palm sweating caused by panic attacks during a difficult period in my life. It went away on its own after a while.

On November 13 2010 17:51 Hier wrote:
Sounds like you may have what I suffer from as well; palmoplantar hyperhidrosis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperhidrosis

My palms actively sweat about 85% of the time, considering I am a very calm person. I may be sitting at my desktop reading TL when, quite literally, a puddle of sweat will form on my desk where my hand rested.

In general, you just have to deal with it. Personally I have a paper towel on the left bottom corner of my laptop constantly (where my left hand is), otherwise, as I mentioned above, a pool of sweat forms. My mouse pad is made of squishy material that absorbs water very easily. I cannot use any mouse pad that has one of those hard plastic surfaces, otherwise my mouse gets drenched in my sweat. I have to clean my keyboard and my mouse with a moist paper towel every once in a while., since the keys do get sticky.

There really aren't any easy treatments. Even ignoring something completely ridiculous like surgery, which is straight up unsafe in its own right, there are no good alternatives. My mother at one point forced Drysol (aluminum chloride) onto me; yes my hands looked pretty dry, but that came with its own perks. First it has to be applied regularly, then you'd want to do it at night, when you are sleep, since the stuff is something you don't want to have smudged on everything you touch during the day, it's not like cream you put on and forget about. Supposedly it eats certain fabrics and whatnot, so what I did was sleep with socks on my hands, otherwise your sheets get covered with the crap. At one point I got fed up with it.

Point is, you likely just need to deal with it. Have a small towel always at your desk. Always ask for an empty sheet of paper during tests/exams to protect your exam paper with (I remember some of my tests looked like I've spilled water on them when I was handing them in). At one point you'll get used to it and automatically be wiping your hands constantly, and it becomes less of a pronounced problem and more of an extra habit.

On November 13 2010 18:05 One wrote:
Was it always like that for you or did it get progressively worse as time went on?

On November 13 2010 18:37 Hier wrote:


I can't say. My palms have always sweated, of course, but whether the intensity was abnormal when I was young I just don't remember. I had no idea there could even be a sweating disorder, and since sweating is a natural phenomenon, until recently I assumed it was completely normal for me to sweat that much.