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Aniexty and body odor
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With my aniexty I get severe body odor. I can live with the aniexty and panic, but for 9 years I also suffer with body odor which seem to come with the aniexty. It is totally ruining my life. I don't sweat with the disorder but the stronger the aniexty the stronger the odor. Does anyone else suffer from this.
With my aniexty I get severe body odor. I can live with the aniexty and panic, but for 9 years I also suffer with body odor which seem to come with the aniexty. It is totally ruining my life. I don't sweat with the disorder but the stronger the aniexty the stronger the odor. Does anyone else suffer from this.
The same exact thing happens to me Stressedout 2013! I have never had any medical issues other than I'm low in iron. I was taking a multivitamin every day & was fine. About 3 months ago..just about when I seemed to get a sinus/ear infection, I started emitting an odor. I don't excessively sweat but I have noticed now, when I'm at work, once I get stressed, I smell even more & then It gets worse if someone comes by me because I know they must smell me because I smell myself. I stopped taking the iron & the muti-vitamin, try to eat more fruit & vegs/day, only drink no caffeine beverages, don't eat alot of fast food as I thought maybe that's what was doing it even thought I've been taking the same muti-vitamin for 2 years now. My primary did blood work, urine test & my gyno tested & did cultures too. Everything came back normal. I don't drink, don't smoke or do drugs. Primary says probably peri-menopausal & nothing I can do about it. I take 2-3 showers a day w/antibacterial soap & Vagisil PH balance wash all over...it helps slightly but an hour or two later... starts again. Started taking Re-Phresh pro-biotic supplement ($28 for 30 days worth) worked ~98% for ~3 weeks!... I thought it was my answer. Now, back to smelling again even though still taking Re-Phresh. I dont know how much longer I can deal with this. I don't want to be out around people & staying in after work & being a hermit..not going anywhere if it's not necessary. Can anyone offer some help to me please??
I just wrote a whole discription and it didnt post so I will try to reiterate my plight. I am older than most of you that have posted concerns. My question is regarding diagnosis by what type of dr. I am a suffer as well but in my case it's intermitten. I will get stressed out and begin to emit a foul odor. I've been to my primary care dr, as well as 2 gyno. Bloodtest normal I'm on no medications. I even stopped taking my vitamins after this last incident, which was this week. I figured i would try to just give my system a rest. It started for me I would say about 3 yrs ago...but not everyday. It's so weird because I too hear comments like what's that smell , it's like I'm rotting on the inside. My drs say I'm normal...my spouse says I don't smell..it's mainly at when I'm stressed at work and then it goes away. I don't think it's the olfactory blah blah blah ..if that was the case I'd try to think money bags to make that appear(haha)..anyway I just really want some guidance ...walking into a hospital and saying I'm here because sometimes I smell weird sounds like I'm crazy...it's a real anxiety problem as a whole and worse because I don't know when it's going to happen. ..other things I noticed was my perfume not working even on normal days......please help .......this situation is a hard one to bear..it's not only an affliction that you deal with medically but socially... I'm begining to feel like a hermit ~this *****!
The underlying problem here to most of your cases of bad body odor is stress caused by anxiety or other causes..Therefore the most effective way to eliminate this problem completely is to attack the stress problem not hide behind it with doedorant.Remember before you had this problem, remember those pleasant natural smells of yours. These present odors are not natural, and neither is stress. Stress is created by you. Noone else but yourself. This stress comes from negative emotions which come from thoughts you choose to have (even though you do not want or like these thoughts). So what needs to be done is to change these thought that bring about these negative emotions. Think in more self enhancing ways. Because when you really think about it it is an utter waste of time applying any amount of your energy to stressful thoughts and not doing the things in life you want to because of its effects (bad body odor amongst other things). you could die in two weeks, why not think in a positive way and live happy until the inevitable than think self defeating thought and live unhappy. These thoughts have nothing to do with YOU and these problems are just conditions that can be overcome. Just be aware of the undesirable thoughts that brings you the stress in your life and think differently about it and with a lot of practice you will be free off unwanted thoughts that bring about these stressful responses and in effect eradicating this bad odor problem. Hey, its your mind you can chose to either take control of it or allow yourself to think these 'stinking' and useless thoughts that bring about these horrible feelings. Its up to you.
Hello!
After reading many of the comments I find that I'm not alone with these terrible problems, anxiety and B.O. I have tried every deodorant and antiperspirant, but nothing worked. One day I stumbled across a video on youtube, and it has been life-changing. At first I didn't believe it at all, a guy who said he could sweat as much he wanted and not get any odor, that he didn't even need a deodorant. This he had made through a drastic change in his diet; he had become a fruitarian.
A fruitarian is someone who just eats raw (preferably organic) fruits and vegetables. (Occasionally some nuts). This first seemed completely crazy to me, but I gave it a try. After only a few days on the diet, i noticed a reduce in body odor. It would come and go a little, some days I had no odor, other days a quite strong one. When the body produces an odor, it is because it is trying to get rid of toxins; body odor is actually the smell of your body detoxifying. When you stop eating toxins, you stop smelling. Of course, this takes time, and the odor won't be gone for several months after adapting to a fruitarian lifestyle. But it will eventually completely disappear! :)
This is no easy task. I think it has been the hardest change I have ever made in my entire life. I took i gradually, and went on and off several times. But if you are persistent and don't give up, this will change your life. This diet won't only help with odor. It also helps with anxiety and other mental disorders, it gives you tremendous amounts of energy and vitality, an immune system that will fight off nearly all sickness and a happy mood nearly always. As said before, this is not easy. If you want to try this, it is a good thing to take it gradually, or fast a couple of days before starting. A good thing to start with is to have some meals a day that is only fruit, and making the meals with other foodstuffs less frequent and in smaller amounts. Another good thing to know is that the biggest sources of B.O. is meat, cheese, dairy and eggs. In my transition period, I ate a vegan diet when I didn't eat fruit. This also really helps.
So good luck, I know exactly how terrible it is to be in your situation, where anxiety contributes to body odor, and body odor contributes to anxiety. Please give this a try. You won't regret it. :)
After reading many of the comments I find that I'm not alone with these terrible problems, anxiety and B.O. I have tried every deodorant and antiperspirant, but nothing worked. One day I stumbled across a video on youtube, and it has been life-changing. At first I didn't believe it at all, a guy who said he could sweat as much he wanted and not get any odor, that he didn't even need a deodorant. This he had made through a drastic change in his diet; he had become a fruitarian.
A fruitarian is someone who just eats raw (preferably organic) fruits and vegetables. (Occasionally some nuts). This first seemed completely crazy to me, but I gave it a try. After only a few days on the diet, i noticed a reduce in body odor. It would come and go a little, some days I had no odor, other days a quite strong one. When the body produces an odor, it is because it is trying to get rid of toxins; body odor is actually the smell of your body detoxifying. When you stop eating toxins, you stop smelling. Of course, this takes time, and the odor won't be gone for several months after adapting to a fruitarian lifestyle. But it will eventually completely disappear! :)
This is no easy task. I think it has been the hardest change I have ever made in my entire life. I took i gradually, and went on and off several times. But if you are persistent and don't give up, this will change your life. This diet won't only help with odor. It also helps with anxiety and other mental disorders, it gives you tremendous amounts of energy and vitality, an immune system that will fight off nearly all sickness and a happy mood nearly always. As said before, this is not easy. If you want to try this, it is a good thing to take it gradually, or fast a couple of days before starting. A good thing to start with is to have some meals a day that is only fruit, and making the meals with other foodstuffs less frequent and in smaller amounts. Another good thing to know is that the biggest sources of B.O. is meat, cheese, dairy and eggs. In my transition period, I ate a vegan diet when I didn't eat fruit. This also really helps.
So good luck, I know exactly how terrible it is to be in your situation, where anxiety contributes to body odor, and body odor contributes to anxiety. Please give this a try. You won't regret it. :)
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