So, just slightly embarrassing- I always have sweaty armpits. And sweaty armpits= stinky armpits!!! I've used homeopathy for many years and would love to find the right combo for this problem for me. I have filled out the questionnaire below:

First Name: nic
Age: 27
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 115

CHIEF COMPLAINT:

1. BOTH excessive sweating and body odor (especially under the arms)

2. I can't remember exactly when it became a problem. It's been for at least 4 years. My sweating seems to be more of a mental condition than physical (anxiety vs. temperature). Also, anytime I wear sleeves, the fabric (whether synthetic or natural) caused my underarms to sweat. I do best in tank tops.

3. Cold weather is worse- it seems to bring on a different kind of sweat. That, and the combination of long sleeves (limited air circulation to the underarms) seems to make BO more likely.

4. It can occur at any time during the day.

5. While sweating and BO can occur anytime, incidence is definitely higher when anxious or nervous.

GENERAL QUESTIONS
6. Environment: cold weather!

7. What position is most uncomfortable for you? I have a hard time sitting in any position for too long- i'm very fidgety.

8. a)Do you tend to be chilly or warm? I tend to be cold more often than not but experience occasional hot flashes
b) Do you perspire a great deal? Yes. This is the issue!

9. Describe what your tongue looks like. Mostly pink with the occasional white bits (not always)

MENTAL/EMOTIONAL
10. What do you worry about? How do you deal with
worries? I tend to run on the anxious/worry side of things

11. How do you keep your house/your desk/your room/your study/your bathroom? clean (dirty free) but I have a few clothes piles

12. How easily do you cry? In what situations? I seem to cry more easily as I get older- more emotional. I chalk it up to becoming more of a woman

13. When you are upset, what do you do to help yourself feel better? try to rationalize the situation


14. What makes you angry? What do you do when you're angry? focus focus obsess...get over it....


15. Do you have an emotion that predominates; such as anger, depression, irritability, anxiety, jealousy, joy...or possibly two emotions that tend to alternate predictably? not really but i do get irritable a lot

16. What fears do you have? no control

17. What have been the most difficult circumstances in your life? How did you cope? figuring out what i want to be when i grow up...still working on that!

18. What are the greatest joys you have had in
your life? taking long trips (months)- no responsibilities, no schedules, no worries

19. What was your childhood like? lots of yelling

20. What bothers you most in other people? How,
if at all, do you express it? weakness and insecurity

21. What causes the most problems in your relationships? stubbornness

22. Do you have any recurring dreams? What are they about? i feel like i have a lot of nightmares- varying stories but typically themes of being chased or hunted

23. What would you need to feel happy? sense of accomplishment and pride...I already have that, but I want it to keep growing

24. What do you do for work? Ideally, what would
you like to do? fashion business...I would like to possess a skill or a craft and market myself (rather than work for someone else)


25. If you were made President for a day, what would you change? no idea

26. When people have criticized you, what were they complaining about? Similarly, when people have praised you, what did you receive praise for?
too lazy to think about this one right now

27. What would you like to change most about
yourself?
i wish i didnt have such high expectations for myself and could relax and enjoy things

FOOD
28. How do you feel before, during and after
meals? How do you feel if you go without a
meal?
i love eating

29. What would you most like to eat (if you did
not have to consider calories, fat, anything
you've read about the right way to eat)?
pastries

30. What foods do you dislike and refuse to eat?
What foods do you react badly to, and in what
way?
blue cheese- makes me wanna hurl. i eat (or will at least try) pretty much everything else.

31. How much do you drink in a day? Include
sodas, juice, coffee, tea, milk, and
alcoholic beverages as well as water. How
thirsty do you tend to get? What temperature would you like your drinks to be? tea with milk in the morning, maybe afternoon coffee, and a constant supply of water throughout the day and night. maybe go out for drinks one to two nights a week where i'll have one to three drinks (only when i try)

SLEEP
32. How is your sleep? sometimes take herbal or allopathic drugs to sleep
33. Do you do anything during sleep? (speak,
laugh, shriek, toss about, grind your teeth, drool, snore, walk, talk, etc.)
no
34. Do you have trouble falling asleep? What keeps you awake? Do you wake always at a certain time? What causes you to wake up? What position do you sleep in? some sleep difficulty. i tend to focus on getting enough sleep. if something is bothering me i will not be able to fall asleep. i sleep on my side with a pillow between my knees.

WOMEN
35. Number of pregnancies, number of children,
number of miscarriages, number of abortions
none

36. At what age did your menses begin? If you
have gone through menopause, at what age?
13

37. How frequently do they (or did they) come?
regularly, i have been on birth control for 10 years

38. What about their duration, abundance, colour,
time of day when flow is greatest; any odour
or clots?
4-5 days. one heavy day, the rest light.

39. How do you (did you) feel before, during and
after menses?
cry a few days before

HEALTH HISTORY
40. What medications are you taking at present? birth control and on and off medication for anxiety
41. How frequently do you get colds and flus?
rarely- i used to get colds/flus a lot and then i began with homeopathy and it totally changed my immune system. i usually just get to the "im coming down with something" phase and then it rarely gets worse.

42. Have you had any childhood illnesses twice,
or in a very severe form, or after puberty?
no

43. Have you had any vaccinations since the
standard childhood ones? Have you ever had an
adverse or unusual reaction to a vaccination?
yellow fever for travel- no reaction

44. Have you had any surgery? What and when?
dental- many years ago

45. Have you had at any time (mention year):
warts, cysts, Polyps, or tumors? Where were they located? How were they treated?
no

46. Do you tend to have any discharges (nasal,
vaginal, etc.)? What is the color, consistency?
vaginal- mucous-like

SENSITIVITY
47. a) Do you tend to need a smaller dose of
medications than most other people?
no

b) Do you need less anaesthesia than others,
or have a hard time coming out of it?
no

c) Do you tend to react to vitamins and herbs
and/or need hypoallergenic vitamins?
no

d) Are you sensitive to paint fumes, exhuast,
dry cleaning fluid, fragrances etc.?
headaches maybe

48. Family history: Mention diseases, causes
and ages of deaths of father, mother,
sisters, brothers and grandparents on both
sides.
moms side:
grandfather- heart attack (at 60)
grandmother- old age (at 94)

dads side:
grandfather- stroke (at 88)
grandmother- stomach cancer (at 75)
father- suicide (at 58)

49. Construct a time line: Mention from birth
on to the present day, all IMPORTANT events
(emotional and physical traumas,
heartbreaks, divorces, work-related events,
diseases or traumas your mother had while
being pregnant with you, family stress,
death in the family or of friends,
disappointment, etc.) Mention the symptoms
experienced at those moments or which you
can date to those traumas.
biggest one- father suicide at age 20

50. When you stand in line at the bank or supermarket, how do you feel?
like i have time to read in touch or play on my iphone

51. When your family member was last sick, what did you do?
nobody really gets sick

52. How is your sexual energy?
low

53. How do you react to consolation
appreciative

54. What part of your life do you have the most difficulty coping with.
self expectations

55. What are your hobbies?
trying to figure that out

wow, this was longer (and more personal) that I expected to post on a forum message board. I have done a fair amount of internet research on what remedies might work for excessive sweating and body odor, but i know that homeopathy works on a case by case basis and couldn't really do it without some guidance!

Thank you!!

Dear Nic
Sweating is actually a good thing.
People that do not sweat should worry.
smelly /stinky sweating is subjective-everyone has their own version of what 'smells'.

so my reply is general and not specific to you or your case: you need to ask your "own" homeopath regards "your" specifics.If you have done this already -may I ask what your homeopath has come up with?
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In "general" your skin is an ellimination organ,thus what is within gets expelled out via one of your ellimination organs.
1-If there is a smell it may be due to internal toxins being expelled.
2- It may be strong spices you have ingested being expelled (garlic will do this).
3-Various patient-Miasmatic predispositions have certain smells (more on this search miasmatic casetaking in homeopathy).

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