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Luke - what are your symptoms? Are you just experiencing anosmia or do you
suffer from parosmia or phantosmia?

anne christie

--- In dysosmia@yahoogroups.com, "Luke Sampson" <luke.sampson@...> wrote:
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> Hi all , here is my two pennies worth :
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> I am currently one sodium valproate tablets , and had been for now a month ,
> and it seem to be working great with only one side effect (my skin was
> really sore, and felt dry) , I had little other symptoms.
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> During the last month it was better than I have been for ages, but since
> Easter Sunday , it's really been playing up again ..... I am due to see my
> doctor this week. I am still on 200 mg , not sure what else they will do
> except up the dosage ?? , the doctors in London say i can go up to 600 mg
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> The three or so weeks I was fairly symptom free, this could be because of
> the tablets, or sometimes in the past , a week or so would pass where the
> symptons would be less frequent and then return with a vengence, so unsure.
>
> Luke





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Hi all , here is my two pennies worth : I am currently one sodium valproate tablets , and had been for now a month , and it seem to be working great with only...
Luke Sampson
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Apr 20, 2009
4:46 pm

Luke - what are your symptoms? Are you just experiencing anosmia or do you suffer from parosmia or phantosmia? anne christie...
Anne
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Apr 21, 2009
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Hi Anne , I have been diagnosed with Cyclical Parosmia by the ENT Hospital in London! Here are my symptoms , i have cheated slightly and copied this from an ...
Luke Sampson
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Apr 21, 2009
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Hi Luke, I know you are on vacation. I just don't think sodium valproate will help you. I was put on that for a year for phantosmia and it did nothing. I...
Anne
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May 4, 2009
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Hi Anne Thanks for the message, if I am honest I am confused ! , I know Mick will agree it doesn't take much!! When I emailed Dr Henkin , he replied back and...
Luke Sampson
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May 12, 2009
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* Parosmia -- distorted sense of smell * Phantosmia -- olfactory hallucinations With parosmia there is a chemical substance that normally produces a certain...
Wuensch, Karl L
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May 12, 2009
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See reading that (Call me thick) , i am not entirely sure what i have got ! One doctor is saying one , and the other doctor is saying the other ! Argghhh...
Luke Sampson
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May 12, 2009
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Hi Luke I reckon treatment will be very similar, yes. Mick ... I ... month ... my ... mg ... of ... the ... r===================== DISCLAIMER...
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Mick, I have to disagree with you on this. Marjorie and I discussed your posts about parosmia vs phantosmia. They are very different disorders and they are...
Anne
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Hi Anne I am still confused whether i have parosmia or phantosmia , and am not big on technical/medical words. Emailing Dr Henkin he says i have phatosmia ,...
Luke Sampson
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May 17, 2009
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Luke, as a former patient of Dr Henkin's (though not a fan of his) I'm guessing he would recognize a case of phantosmia if he heard it described to him. I had...
Anne
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Yes I did explain my symptoms to Dr Henkin and he went with phantosmia , after I said I was from the UK and needed to find out cost, but he couldn’t give...
Luke Sampson
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Hi Anne Sorry for the delay in replying...... i had a letter back from the hospital in London today which was sent to my doctor , I was CC’ed/ Saying ,...
Luke Sampson
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Luke. You definitely have parosmia, that¹s the term that covers ALL distortions, so Dr Lund is correct. What type is the question. If you smell weird stuff...
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May 18, 2009
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Happy to bow to your greater knowledge Anne. Thanks Mick ... in ... and ... am ... an ... me! ... normal ... it can ... me to ... and ... to ... always ... do...
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May 18, 2009
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Hi Luke/Anne Officially parosmia is a wide-ranging term to describe any type of distortion in olfaction. Phantosmia (while still being a parosmia) is more ...
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May 13, 2009
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Luke You are being treated in England I guess and with one theropy? Sodium valproate ?? What is that? Would you expand on that for me please?? tks Harry...
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Hi Harry sorry i am on holiday at present but will reply in more depth later J Luke From: dysosmia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dysosmia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
Luke Sampson
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May 4, 2009
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Man, I am suffering from this disease. Today it has been very rough. Terrible in fact. Mark Nichols From: dysosmia@yahoogroups.com...
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Hi Sorry Harry what is it you wanted to know ..... e.g what sodium valproate is ? I am being treated through the Royal Ear Nose and Throat Hospital in...
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