I have had hyperhidrosis since I was in High School. I am 46 now. I just grew accustomed to my feet being raw under all of my toes, toe joints, and heels. Daytime skin wet all day. it would dry a little try to grow back and if it did it would crack. Cycle would start back next day. I Just set the pain to the side but the smelly shoes made life miserable for me and caused anxiety and bouts of depression. Embarrassed I wouldnt even talk to a doctor about it until my 30’s. Even then they pointed me to all the tricks and trials. Nothing ever really worked. All of a sudden last year my doctor said you have a vitamin d deficiency. Started taking vitamin d and slowly I stopped sweating. It hit me one day when I noticed my sock was dry. Then another day same thing. And for the first time in decades my feet on the bottoms had skin without thick ridges where the sweat area sunk in from non sweat area. No raw painful areas. It’s been six months now. Im not sweating at all!!! I wanted to believe my Cpap machine could be the reason. But I’d been on it for two years. So I read that excess sweat can be from vit d deficiency. It may not be everyone’s problem but please get your vit d level checked!!!! If this helps one person It would be worth me getting my story on here. Took about a month of the vit d in my body to level and then boooom! It’s changed my life. I am not scared to go places or be close to someone at work. I have kept the same pair of shoes for months. My anxiety has eased off tremendously. I will pray for everyone battling this. Stay strong good people.
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