Posted by dj on June 27, 2000, at 8:01:05
In reply to Re: Andrew Weil / dj / not sweating, posted by Janice on June 26, 2000, at 23:56:10
> dj your interests don't seem to end, nor do your information gathering capabilities!
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> do you know anything about not sweating. I don't sweat (well I did on Effexor) but other than this I don't sweat. I run alot, and I get hot, but I don't sweat...sometimes I feel like I am about to break out into goosebumps.
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> Know anything about this dj?Interesting, Janice. Other than the expression that: "Horses sweat, men perspire and women glow" (which I'm not certain the origin of) I've read little about your affliction. I don't know if the quoted saying refers to a general fact or a fanciful thought of someones. I imagine woman have an equal number of sweat glands to men and sweat equally, generally, though historically men would be the ones out working in the fields and sweating there while the women would glow (and sweat) in the kitchen.
I did a quick search for no sweat on Dr. Weil's site and came up with nothing. However if there was a particular name for this, it might come up under that...so, sorry no insights on that front. You might check his site under heatstroke though, as I imagine that if you overheated too much, that might be a danger...
I receive weekly e-mails from Dr. Weil's site (many of which I don't pay much attention to)that outline the questions of the week he is addressing. I was directed toward his writings by the referring Dr. at the Vancouver General Hospital affiliated Tzu Chi Institute for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine. Dr. Weil's runs an educational facility on the same in Arizona and has written some interesting books on health and healing. His core belief is that the body has tremendous healing powers and the role of the physician is to help patients tap into them.
So, having remembered reading a sweating reference there (as I sweat a fair amount, and even more when I was on ADs) at one time it sprang to mind and I happened to receive my weekly e-mail from him at the moment I was contemplating Shar's post.
I also have pretty good research skills and lots of info. at my fingertips, both on-line and off, and am often attempting to see how it all fits together sytematically. : )A few years back I did 54 hours worth of testing on interest, aptitude, academic abilitiy, etc. I scored in the 90th percentile on various fronts and was encouraged to pursue post-grad. studies, which I've yet to do...but may. In the post-testing discussion the person explaining the results to me indicated that I had the ability to synthesize a lot of info. and make a lot of creative connections as do scientists like Dr. Weil and Oliver Sacks. However my mind/body gets a bit too clouded and overloaded when working through some of this info. sometimes - part of my process I guess...
Both of the counsellors I conferred with last year encouraged me to pursue the counselling studies at the Haven and when having coffee with one of them, recently, he noted that a mediation process I'm working on could be a Master's level thesis, so who knows what lies ahead when the clouds part...and the sun shines, as it is generally doing on this coast, these days. ; )
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