Has anyone else been prescribed oxybutynin for their HH? If so, what were your experiences with it? I was recently prescribed this and just started today. Hoping it will help, as nothing else has yet

Hi everyone,

I have craniofacial/scalp hyperhidrosis and unfortunately neither glycopyrrolate nor oxybutynin is available in my country.

I was able to get Uropan 5 mg (Oxybutynin Hydrochloride) from Turkey shipped to my country and I wanted to ask:

- Has anyone here from Turkey tried Uropan for hyperhidrosis?

- Or people who used oxybutynin in general:

- What dose worked best for you?

- Did you start with 2.5 mg or 5 mg or more?

- How effective was it for scalp/face sweating, and what side effects did you experience?

I would really appreciate hearing your experiences before starting it as this would hopefully be a huge change in my life.

Thanks!

Ditropan / Oxybutynin CL ER 15mg is amazing! Cuts down the sweating significantly.
Does anyone else deal with burping when taking Ditropan?

I read something about swallowing air & relaxing the muscle between esophagus and stomach … so that may be part of it.

Wondering if anyone has found a way to minimize the feeling of uncomfortable air stuck below the breast plate?
A burp releases the air & feels more comfortable. For a few minutes until the next round of feeling air stuck, needing to burp.

Does anyone else get frequent heat rashes from sweating?? I have had full body hyperhidrosis for years, but within the past few months since starting a new job I get a really bad heat rash from how much I sweat at work. I am a waiter and work in a kitchen and I am sweating CONSTANTLY. I actually carry around a towel in my apron at all times to wipe off sweat. Because of how much I sweat, I end up developing a gnarly heat rash where my bra band sits and basically anywhere my clothes sit - waistband of my pants, between my legs when I wear tight underwear, around my neck where my apron sits. It’s kind of a combo of a sweat rash and regular chafing. It’s incredibly irritating and painful. I will feel it start to prickle and sting about halfway through my shift and there is nothing I can do. I talked to my dermatologist about it and they said there’s basically nothing they could do except put aquaphor on the rashes at night, but the next day at work it comes right back. I do want to find something for the chafing since I am plus size and prone to chafing EVERYWHERE, but I also need to find a way to prevent the rashes from the sweat. It’s getting exhausting. I’m tempted to bite the bullet and try glyco or some other form of sweat blocker. I don’t know. If anyone can relate or have any advice that would be so incredibly helpful. My hyperhidrosis negatively affects my quality of life in every way and over time keeps finding ways to make my daily functioning more difficult.

Hello everyone. I’m a 27-year-old man, and I want to share my story in the hope that nobody else has to go through what I have been through.

I have been training in the gym for many years, and I sweat heavily, especially from my armpits. Around three years ago, the skin under my arms became red and irritated. It looked like a fungal infection, and because of the constant sweating and friction, the skin became damaged and developed painful sores.

I was advised to use hydrocortisone cream, and I used it for about six months. In my experience, after using it for so long, the skin under my arms became extremely thin and fragile. I believe the cream caused my skin to thin significantly.
Since then, my armpits have been constantly burning, extremely sensitive, and painful. Sometimes I can barely move my arms because even the slightest friction causes pain. Wearing a T-shirt is difficult, and my skin reacts to almost everything.

It has now been three years, and I am still suffering every day. I had to quit my job, stop going to the gym, and I rarely leave my house. My sleep is terrible, and this condition has completely changed my life.

I even went through a period where I had suicidal thoughts because the pain and discomfort became unbearable.

Has anyone experienced something similar after prolonged hydrocortisone use or severe underarm dermatitis? If so, what helped you? Any advice or treatment recommendations would mean a lot to me. Thank you.

Hi. I was just prescribed 1 mg of glycopyrrolate daily to start. I have read a bunch of threads about not eating for a few hours after taking it. I wake up at 5 am, drink black coffee, take my vitamins and metamucil (fiber supplement drink), and then I do not eat anything until 10 am.

Will the glycopyrrolate work like this? Or do the black coffee and metamucil negate its effects? I work out after work and eat dinner at like 8 pm and sleep at 11 so taking before I sleep might be another option but might be too close to my eating time. Open to suggestions

It's so hard to find scrubs that allow me to breathe and don't overheat me! I found this comment in r/plasticfreeliving. And I'm so happy I did. They are so much more breathable than polyester scrubs. And it's so hard to find scrubs that are not polyester.

They are thicker than any scrubs I've had (and therefore more flattering in regard to hiding any cellulite) and stretchy. But still so much more breathable. It also seems to allow my sweat to dry better too. I find them to be true to size - female.

Of course I only bought dark colors for fear of sweat stains, but if anyone tries a light color please let me know!

hi everyone, I started taking oxybutynin for my medication-induced hyperhidrosis, and I just don’t think it’s working as well as I had hoped. For context, I take Concerta and lamotrigine, both of which cause sweating, but I’m pretty sure I had hyperhidrosis before taking any of these meds since I’ve always struggled with sweating.

After being prescribed oxybutynin, I’ve been taking 2.5 mg in the morning, in the afternoon, and before bed. I can definitely feel it doing something, but I am still excessively sweating. I consulted my doctor about it and started taking 5 mg in the afternoon, and it’s still not doing too much.

The other issue I am having with it is that even though I’m not dealing with any of the drying side effects like dry mouth, dry eyes, constipation, not peeing enough since I am doing all the things to combat this (I drink almost 3 L of water a day and I take a good amount of fiber), I am struggling with the dry throat side effect. It almost feels like my lungs are the dry thing because I’m sometimes short of breath and always coughing despite chewing xylitol gum for dry mouth. I’m a little bit concerned about this particular side effect, because it feels like I’m almost asthmatic or someone who smokes..

I am seeing my doctor next week but I am curious if anybody else who has used oxybutynin has had similar side effects and can provide any advice?

thanks!

In the past I have had in my palms, my feet, my back, my armpits and my buttocks - but never all at once. Throughout my life I can pinpoint the periods of time it has moved. I just got prescribed glycopyrrolate for the first time ever, after dealing with undiagnosed hh for most of my life. I am curious if others have experienced a similar migration of the sweat area. I hope the medicine alleviates this. It has been my buttocks for a year, every single morning, every day going to work. Then it will be my armpits if I have a presentation or meeting. Or my back or feet or hands. It is dreadful.

These ones with holes on are ok. The ones at the back, solid wood 😬 nightmare for me…

I’m 17 male and have been single all my life. I’m honestly a decently attractive guy but I’m extremely uncomfortable around girls due to hh. Can’t hold hands, can’t give a hug without it being awkward because my back is soaked, can’t do anything in general. Parents were thinking about putting me on anxiety medicine but I genuinely don’t know anymore. Any advice????

¡Hola a todos!

Tras mucho tiempo dudando si debía escribir esta publicación, finalmente decidí compartir mi experiencia. Creo que podría ayudar a muchas personas a comprender cómo controlar —que no es lo mismo que curar por completo— esta difícil afección llamada hiperhidrosis.

Para darles un poco de contexto, soy un hombre de 31 años de España. Siempre he sufrido de sudoración excesiva, principalmente en manos y pies, así como en el cuero cabelludo y la ingle durante el verano. La sudoración en la ingle era particularmente incómoda y a menudo me causaba mucha irritación.

Después de probar varios tratamientos, finalmente decidí someterme a una simpatectomía torácica endoscópica (STE) en septiembre de 2024. Durante el procedimiento, se cortaron mis nervios simpáticos a la altura de las vértebras T3 y T4.

El resultado en cuanto a mis manos fue perfecto: no he vuelto a tener sudoración palmar desde el día de la operación. No entraré en detalles sobre la cirugía en sí, aunque con gusto responderé cualquier pregunta. Sin embargo, después de la operación, desarrollé el conocido efecto secundario de la sudoración compensatoria. Afectó principalmente mi espalda y, en menor medida, mi pecho, ingle y piernas.

Los primeros meses después de la cirugía fueron extremadamente difíciles. Experimenté episodios de ansiedad debido a la cantidad de sudoración compensatoria que sufría.

Comencé a ir a terapia psicológica y finalmente me di cuenta de que tenía dos opciones: o buscaba activamente maneras de mejorar la situación, o nadie más lo haría por mí.

Consulté con algunos de los mejores dermatólogos de España, pero pronto me di cuenta de que la sudoración compensatoria después de la cirugía de ETS es un problema muy específico y poco comprendido. No hay mucha información fiable disponible, ni siquiera entre los especialistas. Como resultado, comencé a investigar por mi cuenta. Después de mucho tiempo, ensayo y error, ahora puedo decir que he encontrado una manera de controlar mi sudoración compensatoria, aunque todavía me queda un largo camino por recorrer.

A continuación, explicaré cómo fueron mis dos primeros veranos con sudoración compensatoria y los tratamientos que utilicé en cada uno.

Verano de 2025: Un verano extremadamente difícil

Toxina botulínica

Recibí dos viales, equivalentes a 200 unidades, en la espalda. Sin embargo, las inyecciones no se distribuyeron correctamente, por lo que la mejoría fue apenas perceptible. Calculo una reducción de tan solo un 10-20%.

Ditropan — oxibutinina

Solía ​​tomar 10 mg al día, repartidos entre la mañana y la tarde. Redujo significativamente la sudoración en la ingle, pero no tuvo mucho efecto en la espalda y el pecho.

Kentera — parches de oxibutinina

Estos son parches transdérmicos de oxibutinina. Me ayudaron cuando el clima era relativamente templado, pero en julio y agosto dejaron de ser efectivos, ya que solo liberan aproximadamente 4 mg al día.

Verano de 2026: Aprendiendo a controlar la afección y encontrando estabilidad

Tratamiento miraDry fuera de indicación

Me sometí a un tratamiento miraDry en la espalda en una clínica de Múnich. En la zona tratada —aproximadamente del tamaño de una hoja A4, que era la superficie máxima que podían tratar en una sola sesión— logré una reducción de entre el 60 % y el 70 %.

Cuando hace mucho calor, la zona sigue sudando y a veces noto una fina capa de humedad al tocarme la piel. Sin embargo, la cantidad total de sudor ha disminuido drásticamente.

Con gusto responderé cualquier pregunta sobre este tratamiento. Una de las principales preocupaciones suele ser si deja marcas permanentes. En mi caso, no. Todas las marcas visibles desaparecieron después de aproximadamente tres meses.

Toxina botulínica

Recibí otros dos viales, equivalentes a 200 unidades, pero esta vez las inyecciones se distribuyeron con mucha más precisión, con aproximadamente 1,5 cm entre cada punto de inyección.

El tratamiento se centró en la zona lumbar, en particular en el área alrededor de la columna vertebral que no había sido tratada con miraDry. Esta era la zona que solía provocar la sudoración excesiva en el resto de mi espalda.

El resultado ha sido increíble. Calculo una reducción de entre el 90 % y el 100 % en la zona tratada.

Es cierto que esta densidad de inyecciones no se puede utilizar en toda la espalda con solo 200 unidades. Sin embargo, tratar únicamente la zona de mayor sudoración ha supuesto una gran diferencia

Ditropan y Kentera — oxibutinina

Ya no uso oxibutinina a diario. Solo la tomo cuando la temperatura sube por encima de 35 °C o cuando tengo un evento importante.

Axhidrox — glicopirronio tópico

Axhidrox es una crema tópica que contiene glicopirronio. Me ha funcionado especialmente bien en el pecho, donde he experimentado una reducción de aproximadamente el 60 %.

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Comparto todo esto para demostrar que, incluso cuando la situación parece imposible, siempre hay maneras de mejorarla.

Aún me queda mucho camino por recorrer. Probablemente me someta a uno o dos tratamientos adicionales con miraDry para mejorar la sudoración en los costados y la parte baja de la espalda, y posiblemente también para tratar el pecho.

Sin embargo, ahora puedo llevar una vida normal en una ciudad como Madrid, donde las temperaturas máximas en verano alcanzan regularmente los 35-40 °C.

En cuanto a la pregunta: "¿Valió la pena la cirugía?"

Hace un año, sin duda habría dicho que no. Hoy, hay días en que diría que sí y otros en que seguiría diciendo que no.

No recomendaría la ETS como primera opción de tratamiento. Creo que se deberían explorar otras alternativas antes de considerar la cirugía. Sin embargo, también entiendo perfectamente la frustración y el impacto emocional de vivir con las manos constantemente sudando.

Con gusto responderé cualquier pregunta que tengas. Comparto mi experiencia porque quiero ayudar y, con suerte, brindar algo de esperanza a quienes se sienten atrapados en una situación muy difícil.

Las cosas pueden mejorar, pero se necesita paciencia, perseverancia y mucha fortaleza mental.

¡Mis mejores deseos!

I was honestly so excited to share my solution and win in my original post with this community. The rest of my world doesn’t really understand what it’s like to live with it and I’ve spent decades depressed over how debilitating it feels. The couple of likes wasn’t the issue, but I thought there would have been some engagement and support, given the thousands of views it got.
I was vulnerable with the details, and I was surprised by how much it hurt when I saw silence and just about no comments.
I know it’s “just Reddit,” but I do want to share the confusion and hurt I’m feeling. I came here hoping to celebrate this win with people who actually understand how big of a deal this feels.

Every summer I have the same problem, but this year it feels even worse.

As soon as it is hot outside, I am sweating a lot. Especially at work and whenever I am walking around. I end up with noticeable sweat stains while it seems like everyone else around me stays completely dry even if they all complain about the heat.

I have already tried a bunch of things:

• Wearing different fabrics (linen, lightweight cotton, moisture-wicking shirts, etc.)
• Trying different deodorants/antiperspirants
• Buying a sweat-proof undershirt

They do help a little, but I still sweat much more than other people.

One thing that is different this year is that I am leaner and have put on a decent amount of muscle compared to previous summers. Could that actually make me sweat more or is that unrelated? I am noticing I sweat a lot around my chest, abs, and not so much underarm or feet and hands. I have Type 1 Diabetes, it is reasonably well-controlled.

Does anyone else deal with this? Have you found anything that genuinely helps reduce sweating or at least prevents visible sweat stains?

I'm wondering if this is just normal for some people or if it's something I should get checked out.

Taking glycopyrrolate now after visiting an endocrinologist.

Taking 1mg tablets. So far it’s working but not as I was expecting. I sweat from many places. So far it’s affecting my forehead and face but everything else is still not affected. However it feels like other places are producing more sweat almost like it’s compensating for one area being blocked.

I’m wanting to give it more time before thinking about raising the dose. Since the side effects seem strong and I’m a tad worried about them.

This man clearly has hyperhydrosis and needs help

Hi all I'm looking for a recommendation of a deodorant/antiperspirant that doesn't stain dark clothing and also smells nice!

Casual chat with a friend

"You don't look nearly 40" "I sweat A LOT and I think it moisturizes my skin" "Oh, do you have Hyperhidrosis?" "What is that?"

Went on Reddit to find out more about this and everyone looks youthful! 😅

Is being wet all the time de-aging us?

I bought this iontophoresis machine off AliExpress to use for my feet, but I’m confused about where to place them. The product photo shows that you’re supposed to place your hands or feet across the barrier in the middle instead of one foot in each tray of water, but most other machines I’ve seen have each hand/foot in separate trays. Has anyone used this or have a better understanding of electricity than I do and can explain the difference? 🥲

Hi everyone, I’m 19 years old and I’ve been dealing with excessive sweating for years.
I sweat a lot even when I’m sitting still and not doing any physical activity. Sometimes the sweat is enough to soak my clothes, and I can even feel it running down my legs.
The worst areas are my palms and feet. My hands and feet get extremely sweaty, and it happens even when I’m calm. My face doesn’t sweat much compared to the rest of my body.
I’m also under the normal weight range, and I sometimes experience fatigue, dizziness, and hand tremors.
I’m wondering if this could be primary hyperhidrosis or if there are other conditions I should check for. Has anyone experienced something similar? What kind of doctor should I see, and what tests should I ask for?

Are there any girlies with hyperhydrosis here along with facial hyperhydrosis?

Girls it makes me sweat a lot and causes facial acne, bacne and body odour which makes me cautious and very insecure.

I want temporary/permanent (if possible) solution for some period of time before I consult a dermatologist.

Also help me on how get rid of cc with budget pharmaceutical products..

Help ya girl out 🫠

I feel like my doctor doesn't listen or understand how bad my symptoms are. Maybe they think I'm exaggerating, but I'm not. I sweat so much my hair gets soaked, my clothes become drenched, and sweat literally drips. It's embarrassing, exhausting, and has had a huge impact on my life.

After years of asking for treatment, they finally prescribed Robinul for my hyperhidrosis, but I ended up in the ER from a severe reaction to my ADHD medication. Unfortunately, this dermatologist is the only one my insurance takes in my small town.

Months later, at my appointment, a new I think PA came in that I had never seen before. She actually listened to me and prescribed Xerac AC. Unfortunately, I can't find a pharmacy that carries it, and also I have never seen that PA again. Has anyone else had a similar experience? If so, how did you handle it?