Re: [dysosmia] Re: HELLO I am new and SMELL...................
I suffered with phantosmia (horrible smells all the time with no rational explanation) for about 1 year. I had head trauma about 6 weeks before the smells started. Saw internists, neurologists, ENT doctors, gastroenterologists..not one could explain the smells and not one could suggest a course of action to eliminate the smells. Finally went to University of Pennsylvania smell and taste clinic...Dr. Richard Doty...Lots of testing...some medical explanation at the end of the day...but the smells went away on their own..no treatment ever really worked.
Subject: [dysosmia] Re: HELLO I am new and SMELL...................
Hi Does anyone come to this group?...Will be kinda hard to post to myself and get a different point of view...HMMMM?????--- In dysosmia@yahoogroups.com, "jacnbailcathouse" <jacnbailcathouse@...> wrote: > > LOL..but really, the sudden horrid smell I have been smelling since i got sick 2 months ago is irritating to say the least. > I got sick 2 mos ago with some kind of mutant flu or something, I was with SINUS, and bronchial, fever and on ANTI-B 3 different kinds, and still have a cough somewhat...NOW....after about the first few days of the illness i started smelling BLEACH, then AMMONIA, and i was looking all over trying to find the source of the smell, having someone come over to see if they could smell it...NOPE just a clean house smell...I smelled it at the store, in my house but not outside. > I was going mad.. > Then I started smelling something like a DIRTY WET ASHTRAY/cigarette smoke smell....I do not smoke, nor do I have anyone or anything in my home that would smell like that....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH > now I get worried I am smelling smoke running about looking and checking plugs, cords, appliances, the breaker box, then it goes from smoke smell to wet cigarette ashtray smell..yuck! > I do not smell it outside however....sometimes I seem to think I taste it but????,,,,I had a break from this for about a week when I had gotten better, then a few days ago it started again and have pot nasal drip....I am thinkinh maybe I have a hidden sinus infection or something, but these horrible smells.....just gross... >
LOL..but really, the sudden horrid smell I have been smelling since i got sick 2 months ago is irritating to say the least. I got sick 2 mos ago with some kind...
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Felicity Bedggood
fjb01@...
Jul 7, 2009 9:58 am
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I suffered with phantosmia (horrible smells all the time with no rational explanation) for about 1 year. I had head trauma about 6 weeks before the smells...
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