I've been suffering from Body Odor since high school, several years now. It's become a constant fear in the back of my mind that shapes everything i do. Everything revolves around it. It hurts, and from reading some of the other posts, there are alot of people who can identify with that pain and fear. I just wish things were different. Like many who have posted have described, I shower multiple times a day, and putting on deodorant is like a ritual, I place so much importance on it.

The most frustrating thing about my Body Odor , is that I can't smell it the way so many other people have been able to. I can't decide if certain deodorants work better than others, or if treatments have been working or what. All I have are the reactions of people to go by.

This is something I tried, and I offer it here for others to try, to see if it might work. If you're like me, you've tried everything, and will try anything. I've decided that whatever problem I have, it doesn't have to do with hygiene or type of deodorant, but something internal. Here is what you can try, to see if a difference can be made:

I take a zinc tablet of 50 mg every two days, and magnesium every day.
Most importantly, I took a colon cleanser. If nothing else, this has made me alot more comfortable. I used to have heavy bloating and gas after meals, but the colon cleanser has fixed that. The colon cleanser I used was this: http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=100104&navAction=jump&navCou...
all though a better product that does the same thing can certainly be found. This is just the product I happened upon. I strongly urge you to try a product like this. It's helpful anyway.

I hope people try this solution, and respond as to whether it worked, and to what extent. Personally, I just don't know. I can't tell, and that is one of the worst paranoias I have to live with. I hope this helps someone.