What can I do to prevent excessive sweating?

The medicines can make you sweat too. I have both menopause and a lot of medicine too. Let me know if you find what works please! I go from freezing to sweating in 2 seconds flat.

Sorry but that makes me really want to scream, I have been asked that repeatadly. NO, I am 42 and I am having the same problem. I have been taking cymbalta and just switched to savella to see if I have less sweating. This is misery, within minutes my shoulder lenght hair will become wet underneath and damp all over. Looks like I am going to have to stop these meds all together. I take savella and gabapentin for fibromyalgia and interstitial cystitis pain. I also take a pain med for the IC pain. The combination works great but I can't take this side effect any longer.

I know you don't want to hear this, but I started premenopause at about 35. Had a total hyster. everything removed at 43. I will be 25x's2 in Dec. and STILL going through the hot-freezeing kick. I stopped the HRT. Dr. told me no matter when I quit I would have 2-6 years to suffer, and the meds. do make them come on more often I think.

Night time sweats that bad is most likely not the meds.Sorry.

For myself, I have had my hormones checked multiple times and I am definitely not in peri or menopause. Unfortunately, I know that mine is caused by medication and I don't only have night sweats but during the day. Believe me, medication CAN cause horrific night sweats and awful sweating at other times. I am now taking gabapentin for nerve pain and am hopeful that it will be enough to help me when I stop the cymbalta or savella. I also take an narcotic pain reliever that is known for causing sweating as well.

I have found that making sure to wear natural fiber clothing, and using all cotton bedding do help somewhat. I also keep the ceiling fan on and another fan directly on me while I sleep. I live in the south so humidity is a huge problem for me. Going through this with medication has given me a preview omenopausese and I am not looking forward to that. I did see on here where one person reported success wih Hytrin, I might mention that to my Dr and see what he thinks about trying that.

Good luck to everyone else dealing with this also.

Have you researched the medicaion Hytrin? I found it on another question about excessive sweating and this person had wonderful results.