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HELLO I am new and SMELL...................   Message List  
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Re: [dysosmia] Re: HELLO I am new and SMELL...................

Believe me – this group is awesome – I think you may have posted while everyone was on holiday or vacation.  I lost my smell over a year and a half ago and this group is the reason for my sanity!  It helped me to realize that I was not going crazy – like I thought I was!

I lived with the horrible distorted smells for a very long time, due to losing my sense of smell.  I used Zicam gel swabs during and after suffering from  acute bronchitis.  

I still, after a year and a half – have some things that don’t smell right, but mostly I just don’t smell.  The distorted stage is the worst!!  You literally think you are losing your mind.  

But, nothing I took or was treated with did anything for my symptoms.  I’m sorry to say – but you may have to endure the period with not much relief and let it run it’s course.

Good Luck and keep posting!  I promise people are listening and will be your support!

Danna


On 7/6/09 6:30 PM, "jacnbailcathouse" <jacnbailcathouse@...> wrote:


  

  

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 <mailto:dysosmia%40yahoogroups.com> , "jacnbailcathouse" <jacnbailcathouse@...> wrote:
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> 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...
>

  
    




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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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Believe me ­ this group is awesome ­ I think you may have posted while everyone was on holiday or vacation. I lost my smell over a year and a half ago and...
DANNA FRANKS
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sometimes it seems NO ONE is listening- then we all come out of the woodwork like termites! Welcome to this group- it might not solve your problems, but there...
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Jul 7, 2009
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It has been 2 1/2 years for me. Head trauma not illness but those smells sound about right. I do not remember when they finally stopped. They will stop...
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Jul 7, 2009
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Sounds like smell distortion to me - which onset can be due to varied situations.  One of which is sinus infection.  I stumbled upon this Yahoo group, which...
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Jul 7, 2009
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Hi, I have suffered from anosmia for over 9 years now - occasionally alleviated with prescriptions of Prednisolone, typically 30mg for 10 days, but the last...
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The combination of anosmia (with polyps) and asthma suggests that Samters Triad is a possibility. Have your docs mentioned that? Cheers, Karl W. ...
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hi there seems to be a lot of dislike for steroids as a treatment for anosmia - even on this forum! For sure systemic (oral, injected) steroids will have...
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Your story is a lot like mine. I got a sinus infection and the ability to smell went away.  I've had 2 surgerys for polyps and no help.  I've taken...
Robert Riddle
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I have had just the same as you. Polyps, deviated septum, allergies, late onset Asthma and even that horrible virus that killed it off for two years. I have...
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hooray at last someone else who has something good to say about steroids! keep up the support regards paul ________________________________ From: Ian Donohoe...
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Greetings all, I used to visit this forum years ago and the day I came back I see this note which EXACTLY mirrors my experience. Two sinus operations and a...
Jon Viglione
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Yes I used Rhinocort aqua spray for about a year with some sucsess, then it slowly stopped working. I was without taste and smell again for a few months until...
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hi If the steroid works get your doctor to help you find a local steroid preparation that works for you. In the uk we can get drops which work when sprays do...
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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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