Help, I can't stop sweating!

Debjean777

effexor xr will make you sweat too. Did you feel hot also or just sweat?

atrooterisu

I feel hot all the time. Like hot flashes.

maggie0704

This is too weird, i have not seen any posts in this line regarding sweating problems until today. And i just happen to be arguing w/my husband and stressing over the sweating today of all days.
I am on Lexapro & have been for yrs. but just started sweating about 1yr. ago ....i always blamed it on hormones since i had 2 miscarriages last yr. But now i am reading these and wondering if it might be med.
My sweats are horrible!!! All i have to do is something minor like vacuum, and i break into a terrible sweat and if i don't stop and cool off i end up w/soaking wet hair. I can't even go into a store for some reason without breaking into one. I am sweating, but my skin feels cool. And it doesn't matter if it is 50 degrees where i am at, if i am doing ANYTHING that requires any effort at all it starts up. No, i take that back, even when i am working at my desk during week it will come and last for a few hrs. I can be sitting in A/C doing nothing but answering phones & typing and it hits me. Even turning down air doesn't help bcuz it just makes me feel half chilly, half sweaty. Does that make sense?
All that i do know is it has become unbearable! I hate to go out of house bcuz it always ends w/me irritable and uncomfortable.

atrooterisu

You sound just like me? How old are you? I am 23. I hate sweating and I am sick of it. I need help.

maggie0704

Hey atroot....? That's a difficult one!
I am 31. Are you on any meds.? Did you just recently start feeling this way? It is horrible to deal with this. People just think i am overacting, but it is so frustrating and keeps me from doing a lot of things out of the house. Which in turn, just makes me more depressed!

triplexlamb

wow. i just started Lexapro and i notice that i am hot a lot also. not like a summer burning up hot, but more of a comfortable feverish feeling. also i can tell i have been sweating a lot in my sleep.

livinTX

Maybe Wellbutrin since it is not an SSRI? I had terrible sweating problems on Effexor, so I don't recommend that one. Paxil, too, was pretty bad.

maggie0704

not like a summer burning up hot, but more of a comfortable feverish feeling.

I know exactly what your saying!!! But the only thing is that i have been on it for yrs. and it just started 1yr. ago. But now that i think about it, i went up to 20mg last yr. I was on 10mg...that could be the reason!
All i know is it stinks big time!!!!!

Diane246

So, here I am in the same boat! You describe me exactly and I was wondering if you have had any luck locating a solution! please let me know. Its not like random hot flashes, more like any activity, however minor starts the flood of sweat! (I just started a new job and this is soooooooooooooo embarassing!)

maggie0704

Hey Diane!
No, unfortunately i have not found a solution. But i have started to examine different things that could be causing it. I had always assumed it was due to a hormone imbalance (from 2 miscarriages last yr.)
But after being on these boards i realized it could be due to meds. I increased my Lexapro a yr. ago to 20mg. & i think it might be that. But i also read on the internet that the med. i take for my headaches also causes it!!! It is so unfair the side-effects that go along with medication. Most of the time, they are worse than the actual condition.
So for now i just stay inside a lot and basically have a crappy life. I work from home so i am usually comfortable then. But it actually comes even while i am sitting at computer sometimes. It will come and send me into sweats, and last about 2hrs. and then go away. I have heard that large amts. of sugar can worsen things, and of course i am addicted to sweets right now. What are u taking & are there any other things going on that might be contributing to your sweating?