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Re: Just got Botox for excessive sweating from meds!

Posted by djmmm on February 2, 2004, at 16:09:09

In reply to Just got Botox for excessive sweating from meds!, posted by utopizen on February 2, 2004, at 15:57:43

> Should work in 3 days, and optimal results in a week. I can use my prescription Drysol (20% alluminum chloride, versus OTC products containing 1-2%) in the interim.
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> Asked my doc, "is it okay to use my Desoxyn (methamphetamine HCL) for my ADD over the next few days?"
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> And he not only said yes, but he got all excited, and said, "Hey, that might even help it! We ussually have patients try to exercise the arms for the first hour to get it spreading around in the area!"
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> I felt like I gave him a new topic to write a paper on, I love when I do that with a doc.
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> Drysol use to work at around 20mg/day, but now I'm up to 50mg/day and may add on 20-30mg of Adderall XR, because over the past year I've developed narcolepsy. I also take Xyrem now, which by itself will cause daytime sweating too.
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> Botox isn't the only option, it's just the best. It doesn't enter any area besides the area applied (in my case, just the underarms). And it lasts for 6-9 months. It's $1500, plus a consult fee that cost me $150.
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> But it's worth every penny for me. Now I can use my meds like I'm supposed to, and go to class, and not over-dose on Drysol (painfully irritating) and still smell. I'm a clean kid, I don't deserve to have people think I didn't bother putting on some OTC deodorant.
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> Other options include surgery, but I believe it's got a 40% failure rate, perhaps higher in patients will underarm perspiration. It also can cause nasty side effects as well, but is covered by insurance.
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> Meds may work, if Drysol doesn't help on its own. Clonidine, a few others. Most will cause terrible dry mouth I suspect. Haven't tried any meds. I'm already on a beta blocker for my social anxiety and Klonopin too...
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> I don't need any more dry mouth, and want to use my Evoxac again starting in a week to make sure I don't have dry mouth anymore!
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> So anyway, there's hope. It's expensive to get Botox for $1500 every 6 months, so try Drysol or others unless you can afford it.
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> I'm poor, I just put it on a credit card and hope this will help me go to classes and take my meds enough to get good grades to make enough money to keep getting it. Maybe in a few years they'll make Botox under $1000, since more and more are getting it.
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> Anyway, it's very hygienic, but talk to your dermatologist first and ask about alternatives. Botox is nice because since you're paying out of pocket, they hook you up.
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> Same day appointment for my consult and next day procedure. Painless, 15 minutes, and I walk out. 98% efficacy rate. Your dermatologist is the best person to refer you to a good doc who does this, or let you try other options.

You paid WAY too much for your Botox injections...how many did you get? Typically they run in the hundreds of $$ range (at least in Florida and Washington)....anyway...I hope they help :) I use a beta-blocker for excessive sweating (amoung other things) and it seems to work just fine.


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