is profuse SWEATING a symptom? - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

aGrandma · 03-21-2007, 06:47 PM

My AH has been sweating very badly every day and to him it is extremely embarrassing. (To me I hardly ever notice it. Maybe it happens to him more during the day when he's at work.) Anyway he thinks it's due to his alcohol abuse. Is that a symptom?
If it is, how long does it take before they stop sweating? (Days?)
I'd hate for him to quit drinking and continue to sweat! Maybe it's something else? Fpr him, the sweating is his #1 reason to quit drinking. (honestly!)

anewday2day · 03-21-2007, 06:49 PM

i sweat alot.. after drinking...it comes outta your pores.. (the alcohol)

denny57 · 03-21-2007, 06:55 PM

It's usually associated with withdrawal. If it happens more at work (where he isn't drinking) it could be that.

aGrandma · 03-21-2007, 06:58 PM

Interesting!! So - it's a withdrawal symptom, and it is also a side-effect of drinking too? (sweating the alcohol out your pores?) So...does that mean it will stop a day or so after quitting drinking? (He's never quit for a day!)

denny57 · 03-21-2007, 07:00 PM

I just came back to add - AH started to have that in the last 4 or 5 years. Really made him angry. Didn't stop the drinking, though. I never heard of it as a side-effect. Just as the alcohol leaves the body, the sweat happens because it craves more.

((()))

aztchr · 03-21-2007, 07:47 PM

My ex experienced this, too. He would say it was because he lived in AZ and worked in construction all day. He always had an answer for everything, but didn't stop the drinking either.

newenglandgirl · 03-21-2007, 07:54 PM

Mine starting sweating a lot too in the last year. Mostly on his top lip. People started asking what was up. I always wondered what it was. Figured it had to do with the drinking.

chero · 03-21-2007, 07:59 PM

Like you guys said, my AH sweats after drinking. Of course, any symptoms he may have and asks me about I tell him are a result of drinking!

He could have an ache in his toe and I'd say it was from drinking! He has been having an ache in his eye that HE thinks is from drinking and I keep saying, "I bet it is! You better quit before it gets worse!"

I crack myself up!

Over_It · 03-21-2007, 08:05 PM

OMG - Chero, that is so funny! My AH does that too - always talks about how he's nauseous, has a headache, is so tired all the time and doesn't know why. DUUUUUHHHH!!!! I tell him it's probably a hangover and he just disagrees.... and then we do it all over again in a day or so.

Amazing how every symptom in the world is probably a result of the drinking!

Mine only did the sweating when he was going through withdrawals. I suspect he was only a breath away from advanced stages.

I'm still laughing about the ache in his eye...not that I want him to have an ache, but the part about "you'd better quit before it gets worse!"

chero · 03-21-2007, 08:07 PM

Whatever works, huh??

Funny thing is I never feel guilty about it!

Janitw · 03-21-2007, 08:30 PM

well my ex used to sweat all the time but he too was in construction work...but for him it was worse at bed time....the kids told me after he left us that my room didnt smell like alcohol anymore.....

hope2bhappy · 03-21-2007, 08:33 PM

Chero and Over_it... I can totally relate to what you are saying.

Anyway... my AH would always sweat as he was sobering up or if he needed a drink. Then, again, whenever he would try to quit drinking on his own. I don't know if he did this when he went through medical detox, though. I don't know about any of you... but this was more prevalent in the later years of his addicition... I'd say about the last 3 (of a 30 year addiction).

GlassPrisoner · 03-21-2007, 10:42 PM

It's a withdraw symptom. It would always start with me about 4-6 hours after my last drink. Then the shakes, then all hell would break loose.

If I was fortunate to fall asleep (or pass out), they (the sweats) would wake me about 4:30 AM. My last set of linens was stained yellow.

Dolorosa · 03-22-2007, 05:30 AM

My XAH sweated profusely too, especially in the morning. He told me it was from the Effexor he was taking. Yeah, right.

Pick-a-name · 03-22-2007, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by aGrandma

Fpr him, the sweating is his #1 reason to quit drinking. (honestly!)

Hey....whatever works!!!!! If that's what it takes for him...GREAT!

My exAH was a nightly drinker (every evening after work until he went to bed) and started getting bad sweats during the night. EWWWW.stinky! I assumed it was withdrawl,too.

Pick-a-name · 03-22-2007, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GlassPrisoner

It's a withdraw symptom. It would always start with me about 4-6 hours after my last drink. Then the shakes, then all hell would break loose.

If I was fortunate to fall asleep (or pass out), they (the sweats) would wake me about 4:30 AM. My last set of linens was stained yellow.

YUP.....sounds familiar. Started happening about a year before my exAH decided to get his "own place"......possibly explains part of the timing! Also, I had stopped sleeping in the same bed,too. Other sleep disturbances besides the sweating....bad dreams,yelling,kicking,etc on top of the sweating,snoring,smell and "equipment failure"..... and a child with heart problems...I needed to at least get some rest.

Hanginon · 03-22-2007, 07:24 AM

I can't stand the sweat from AH. He finally comes to bed and by morning his side of the bed is soaked with that smelly alcohol sweat. I can't stand it. I have spent more nights on the couch rather than lie there in the reaking of it.

chero · 03-22-2007, 04:44 PM

Well, ya'll, I was thinking about the sweat today...and it could be worse...it could be urine!???

chero · 03-22-2007, 04:44 PM

I feel sooo bad that I just said that...hope I didn't offend anyone!???

JessicaNAJ · 03-22-2007, 05:31 PM

I sweat. (especially my armpits yuck!). And really bad in the summer, when I'm working in the yard. Moreso than most people...I'm talking buckets. But I blame it on the Mt. Dew I drink. See, I don't want to admit I'm slightly overweight, so I blame it on the pop. Why not? I should drink more water

ps......don't tell anyone

G didn't sweat too much....but he did drink a lot of water.

03-21-2007, 06:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
aGrandma Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 58	is profuse SWEATING a symptom? My AH has been sweating very badly every day and to him it is extremely embarrassing. (To me I hardly ever notice it. Maybe it happens to him more during the day when he's at work.) Anyway he thinks it's due to his alcohol abuse. Is that a symptom? If it is, how long does it take before they stop sweating? (Days?) I'd hate for him to quit drinking and continue to sweat! Maybe it's something else? Fpr him, the sweating is his #1 reason to quit drinking. (honestly!)

03-21-2007, 06:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
anewday2day sicker than others Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wherever I go there I am..Pacific NW Posts: 58	i sweat alot.. after drinking...it comes outta your pores.. (the alcohol) __________________ All you have is today.. next week maybe.. but today for sure!

03-21-2007, 08:33 PM	#12 (permalink)
hope2bhappy Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Dixie Posts: 613	Chero and Over_it... I can totally relate to what you are saying. Anyway... my AH would always sweat as he was sobering up or if he needed a drink. Then, again, whenever he would try to quit drinking on his own. I don't know if he did this when he went through medical detox, though. I don't know about any of you... but this was more prevalent in the later years of his addicition... I'd say about the last 3 (of a 30 year addiction). __________________ Life may not be the party we hoped for... but since we're here, we might as well dance.

03-21-2007, 10:42 PM	#13 (permalink)
GlassPrisoner Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Murrieta, Ca Posts: 2,683	It's a withdraw symptom. It would always start with me about 4-6 hours after my last drink. Then the shakes, then all hell would break loose. If I was fortunate to fall asleep (or pass out), they (the sweats) would wake me about 4:30 AM. My last set of linens was stained yellow. __________________ Life Happens

03-21-2007, 06:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
denny57 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 5,077	It's usually associated with withdrawal. If it happens more at work (where he isn't drinking) it could be that.

03-21-2007, 06:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
aGrandma Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 58	Interesting!! So - it's a withdrawal symptom, and it is also a side-effect of drinking too? (sweating the alcohol out your pores?) So...does that mean it will stop a day or so after quitting drinking? (He's never quit for a day!)

03-21-2007, 07:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
denny57 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 5,077	I just came back to add - AH started to have that in the last 4 or 5 years. Really made him angry. Didn't stop the drinking, though. I never heard of it as a side-effect. Just as the alcohol leaves the body, the sweat happens because it craves more. ((()))

03-21-2007, 07:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
aztchr Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: phoenix arizona Posts: 741	My ex experienced this, too. He would say it was because he lived in AZ and worked in construction all day. He always had an answer for everything, but didn't stop the drinking either.

03-21-2007, 07:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
newenglandgirl Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: By the sea Posts: 415	Mine starting sweating a lot too in the last year. Mostly on his top lip. People started asking what was up. I always wondered what it was. Figured it had to do with the drinking.

03-21-2007, 07:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
chero full of hope Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,170	Like you guys said, my AH sweats after drinking. Of course, any symptoms he may have and asks me about I tell him are a result of drinking! He could have an ache in his toe and I'd say it was from drinking! He has been having an ache in his eye that HE thinks is from drinking and I keep saying, "I bet it is! You better quit before it gets worse!" I crack myself up!

03-21-2007, 08:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
Over_It Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Central Coast, CA Posts: 77	OMG - Chero, that is so funny! My AH does that too - always talks about how he's nauseous, has a headache, is so tired all the time and doesn't know why. DUUUUUHHHH!!!! I tell him it's probably a hangover and he just disagrees.... and then we do it all over again in a day or so. Amazing how every symptom in the world is probably a result of the drinking! Mine only did the sweating when he was going through withdrawals. I suspect he was only a breath away from advanced stages. I'm still laughing about the ache in his eye...not that I want him to have an ache, but the part about "you'd better quit before it gets worse!"

03-21-2007, 08:07 PM	#10 (permalink)
chero full of hope Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,170	Whatever works, huh?? Funny thing is I never feel guilty about it!

03-21-2007, 08:30 PM	#11 (permalink)
Janitw Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: OHIO Posts: 953	well my ex used to sweat all the time but he too was in construction work...but for him it was worse at bed time....the kids told me after he left us that my room didnt smell like alcohol anymore.....

03-22-2007, 05:30 AM	#14 (permalink)
Dolorosa Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 89	My XAH sweated profusely too, especially in the morning. He told me it was from the Effexor he was taking. Yeah, right.

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03-22-2007, 07:24 AM	#17 (permalink)
Hanginon Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: MN Posts: 35	I can't stand the sweat from AH. He finally comes to bed and by morning his side of the bed is soaked with that smelly alcohol sweat. I can't stand it. I have spent more nights on the couch rather than lie there in the reaking of it.

03-22-2007, 04:44 PM	#18 (permalink)
chero full of hope Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,170	Well, ya'll, I was thinking about the sweat today...and it could be worse...it could be urine!???

03-22-2007, 04:44 PM	#19 (permalink)
chero full of hope Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,170	I feel sooo bad that I just said that...hope I didn't offend anyone!???