To gauge how much the sweating problems affect your day to day life have a look at some questions we regularly ask our patients to see if they qualify for medication or BOTOX® injections.

• How many times per day do you think or worry about sweating?
• How many times per day do you change clothes? Bathe?
• Do you carry “supplies” (such as pads, extra clothes, napkins, powders, antiperspirants, or towels) to help you manage your sweat?
• How often do you have to purchase new clothing or shoes? Do you find that you make such purchases more frequently than other people?
• How many minutes or hours per day do you spend “dealing” with sweat?
• Have you tried any topical solutions (antiperspirants, powders, or deodorants) designed to control sweating? If yes, how many different types?
• Do you ever change your social plans due to excessive sweating or fear of excessive sweating?
• Have you ever damaged reading or writing material, artwork, paperwork, a musical instrument, or an electric or metallic device due to sweating?
• Does excessive sweating affect your work performance or career choices?
• Have you experienced skin irritation or infections due to excessive sweating or your attempts to manage excessive sweating?
• Does sweating in public cause you distress?
• When you are in a situation involving contact with other people, or when you think about such a situation, do you experience sweating?
• Have you ever lost friends or a job due to excessive sweating?