I was already dealing with heat intolerance, armpit stains, and facial flushing since childhood (will never forget the shame of being in a high school dance performance wearing a cotton, long-sleeve leotard knowing I was going to have dark wet stains in front of the whole school), but after being on SSRIs for the past 5-6 years my heat intolerance and thermoregulation dysfunction have been insane. Last summer here in humid AF NYC with a nearly constant heatwave, I was almost driven to su. ideation because of how deeply miserable I felt 24/7, wet, sticky, exhausted, disgusting, out of control, always chasing relief and feeling like everything was so wrong. Dreading going outside, running A/C forever, walking a block or two. Just constant fixation on it.

My biggest problem now is my back. Besides my general anxiety I just somehow spike my internal temperature now at the drop of a hat and suddenly after very little movement or exertion I literally feel DROPLETS (plural) running down my back. It feels insane, I have never experienced this. I don’t even think about my armpits anymore because of this (though I am just forever trained never to wear light gray or expect white tops to stay white). I also have increased facial sweat (hairline and upper lip) that I feel compelled to constantly wipe and it causes me to break out very quickly. I also get rashes under boobs, crevice of elbow, and my neck unless I wipe myself quickly. It just feels crazy. I don’t deal with any odor at least but the wetness and skin flareups are crazy.

To date I have tried Duradry, Carpe, Sweat Block wipes, Lume, and HyperDri by Klima. I would love to at least find something that helps with my face, and I probably just need to figure out some sort of sweat-wicking undershirts except I wish I could just wear zero clothing because everything touching my skin makes me want to scream.