/Emma- increased sweating

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Doing an email at the mo to 's school about topomax side effects etc, one

of which is actually decreased sweating, and while I was looking up the techno

name for it....I came across a site about sweating fullstop which probably says

nothing you guys don't already know, but since you both wondered about it in

previous messages, thought I'd copy what this site says...

" Sweating results from activation of the sympathetic nervous sytem, sometimes

called our flight or fight response in reaction to something in our

enviroment " .........and then goes on about one of the causes being overheated

etc...goes on to say " if excessive sweating continues, your Dr might want to

order blood tests to check your metabolism including your thyroid gland... "

Soooo.....in the case where the sweating actually accompanies or follows a

seizure, I guess the cause would more likely be the stress response, similar to

glucose rising, but if it precedes a seizure or occurs at times when there is no

actual seizure activity going on to provoke a stress response, then maybe

something like a thryoid problem could be involved metabolically as part of the

seizure cause fullstop?

I didn't realise sweating was tied into thyroid function - and here's me

supposedly learning abut thyroid stuff to deal with my own woes. I guess I have

a fair way to go yet in my education

Another site says that " idiopathic hiperhdrosis (excessive sweating) is the most

common form of excessive sweating. It is called idiopathic because no cause can

be found for it. It can develop during childhood or later in life. Sometimes

other relatives may be affected, suggesting a genetic link. It can affect any

part of the body but the palms and soles or the armpits are most commonly

affected areas " .

K - back to looking up DEcreased sweating now