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I would love to talk about how this affects us mentally if anyone would like to chime in that would be great

I've been given/read lots of information about HS and depression between closley linked. I just wanted to know if poor mental health is just a byproduct of the symptoms such as the pain, shame, insecurity etc. Or if there's a direct correlation of depression with HS. I do experience poor mental health but I wouldn't say it's only due to my HS.

Recently found out I was diabetic. I'm in stage 3. And I was wondering if there was any side effects or anything I should worry about I also take mental health medications that I worry about interactions even though the doctor said there isn't any. Any help would be very much appreciated thank you

this isnt therapy but i was wondering if anyone had advice/tips about how to deal with the mental weight of HS. im struggling a lot right now due to a bad flare up and its ever so slowly getting better. but its hard for me to deal and i have a lot of panic attacks. anything would be helpful to me right now <3

My mother use to call these fat bumps, boy was she wrong. After having back surgery, I discovered that my pancreas was nicked and I became a type 1 diabetic. There are times when my blood sugar drops and I will be sweating, I have woken up numerous times overheated and sweaty. How do I get help with this? Any suggestions? I was in the hospital in DKA and saw a commercial for HS and realized that that was what I had been dealing with. When I brought it up to my doctor, he basically said ok… read more

My question for you is ? What is the worst part of your HS . I know the answer is all of it but what is the one. The pain, scars,mental stress, or the smell? For me it's all .But the smell is it for me I've had this shit for 30+ years and the every day pain I guess is something I've got used to over the years and the scars really don't bother me but I do feel bad for you ladies and the mental is I will not let HS defeat me I will fight this shit until there is a cure or until they put me in… read more

Having HS has drastically affected my sex life. Most of my lesions are in my groin or “Intimate Area”. If I don’t have a flare up, And I have sex, the friction makes it flare, If I have a flare up, I refrain from doing it, But It depresses and embarrasses me so bad. My fiancé seems to understand, and doesn’t make me feel bad about it, however, we are very sexual people, I have these nasty, pus filled lesions on my skin, that leak and smell bad sometimes. My mental health is getting worse by the… read more

I find that these ones are the worstttttt. I take baths, I put on ointment, I shower twice a day. I don’t know how to keep them at bay.

Anyone have very painful skin as if getting a bump but don’t see or feel any bumps? Having real bad pain in a specific small spot but nothing there.