Re: Blood brain barrier (reply)

[Guest guest]

Barb that is exactly how my chemical sensitities began several years ago.

Long before Lyme or Mold......I'm a Aspartame survivor which is where MCS began

for me...:-(( One of the things that have helped me over the years is I kept

a journal on different exposures.....this helped me down the road to identify

them more quickly or to beware of sensitivities....

Keep a smile on your face, love in your heart and walk with the angels,

holding hands in the " Chain of LOVE " ....

Angel HUGGZZZZZ

or Angel

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 02/22/2006 1:22:55 PM US Mountain Standard Time,

barb1283@... writes:

> What I thought is what a strange and powerful odor and why aren't

> other people paying any attention to it. They were just going about

> their business. It seemed like a weird movie in which you are only

> person noticing something that is obviously wrong. I thought other

> people would be looking at each other, like 'eew. what's that!!!' and

> steering away from it but everyone just looked as if they didn't

> notice. I did wonder if this is what people in my group experience.

> I hope not. This was a one time experience at this point although I

> seem to notice odors or stinkiness more than I used to in stores. Do

> you all have a heightened sense of smell too?

>

> ******my nose and sense of smell works overtime....LOL Although it isn't all

that

> bad as it alerts me of places I don't need to be. One of my favorite linen

> stores I can't go in anymore.....I can't buy new tires and sit and wait for

> them to be installed. Where I made a mistake was clean with all the no no

> products and they were creating my sensitivities every time I used them....<

> shaking head> I had this idea that it wasn't clean if I couldn't smell the

> clean!! WRONG When I had the aspartame poisoning things started

> changing....then Lyme and wowzier more things were added, then the MOLD

exposure tripped me

> out.....What I could be around with Lyme, I now can't go near....To me it

> appears, that toxic exposures make MCS worse or creates MCS in people that

have

> been poisoned.

>

> *******Don't be afraid or discouraged, just use it as a prevention.....You

> do so many things right already, like not going down an isle that your body

> reacts to. I personally don't believe that someone who has had serious mold

> exposure, Lyme disease or Aspartame poisoning can avoid developing chemical

> sensitivities.

*****I view my heightened sense of smell as an opportunity to protect

myself.

Keep a smile on your face, love in your heart and walk with the angels,

holding hands in the " Chain of LOVE " ....

Angel HUGGZZZZZ

or Angel

[Guest guest]

Now I'm concerned about what you and said. Did it seem to you

that you smelled things more strongly than you did before? That is

something I have noticed. I thought it was because I've cleaned up

my house so well, that I am 'used' to very clean air and so now

things are smelling stinky to me because I've become accustomed to

very, very clean air, but I have had this where smells seem very

strong for me and I will stop going down an aile and go detour

around it to avoid it. Is this what you are went/are going

through?? I must admit I have found the symptoms of chemical

sensitivity that you all describe difficult to believe myself, even

though you are sound so intelligent and 'sane'.

>

> Barb that is exactly how my chemical sensitities began several

years ago.

> Long before Lyme or Mold......I'm a Aspartame survivor which is

where MCS began

> for me...:-(( One of the things that have helped me over the

years is I kept

> a

[Guest guest]

Yes the ability to detect fragrances and chemicals does help keep you

out of danger, but it becomes a problem when you have no control of

the situation like in my apartment and all of the chemicals I get

from other apartments. You can't open the window when others are

doing wash because the exhaust are by the windows, can't turn on the

ac because of fragrance coming through vents. I can even tell when

someone takes a shower or uses mouth wash in another apartment.

Unfortunatley don't know where else is safe.

In , LymeAngl@... wrote:

>

> In a message dated 02/22/2006 1:22:55 PM US Mountain Standard Time,

> barb1283@... writes:

>

> > What I thought is what a strange and powerful odor and why aren't

> > other people paying any attention to it. They were just going

about

> > their business. It seemed like a weird movie in which you are

only

> > person noticing something that is obviously wrong. I thought

other

> > people would be looking at each other, like 'eew. what's that!!!'

and

> > steering away from it but everyone just looked as if they didn't

> > notice. I did wonder if this is what people in my group

experience.

> > I hope not. This was a one time experience at this point

although I

> > seem to notice odors or stinkiness more than I used to in

stores. Do

> > you all have a heightened sense of smell too?

> >

> > ******my nose and sense of smell works overtime....LOL Although

it isn't all

> that

> > bad as it alerts me of places I don't need to be. One of my

favorite linen

> > stores I can't go in anymore.....I can't buy new tires and sit

and wait for

> > them to be installed. Where I made a mistake was clean with all

the no no

> > products and they were creating my sensitivities every time I

used them....<

> > shaking head> I had this idea that it wasn't clean if I couldn't

smell the

> > clean!! WRONG When I had the aspartame poisoning things started

> > changing....then Lyme and wowzier more things were added, then

the MOLD exposure tripped me

> > out.....What I could be around with Lyme, I now can't go

near....To me it

> > appears, that toxic exposures make MCS worse or creates MCS in

people that have

> > been poisoned.

> >

> > *******Don't be afraid or discouraged, just use it as a

prevention.....You

> > do so many things right already, like not going down an isle

that your body

> > reacts to. I personally don't believe that someone who has had

serious mold

> > exposure, Lyme disease or Aspartame poisoning can avoid

developing chemical

> > sensitivities.

>

> *****I view my heightened sense of smell as an opportunity to

protect

> myself.

>

> Keep a smile on your face, love in your heart and walk with the

angels,

> holding hands in the " Chain of LOVE " ....

>

> Angel HUGGZZZZZ

> or Angel

>

[Guest guest]

I just remember when I first starting having this problem with

chemicals one of the first things I noticed was I use to wash my

delicates in Ivory Snow and hang them on the line. Soon after

getting all my sinus trouble with mold I began to notice that my wash

just smelled too fresh or something. I remember the shampoo my

daughter had really bothered me and my husband. Soon it was cooking

odors and then cleaning products. I used all of this stuff all my

life until getting sinus trouble from mold. I guess what happens

with me is my sinuses are so inflammed that it is like they get

burned when I am exposed to these chemicals. Sometimes I get the

feeling that I could vomit but that is usually when I get a migrane.

If I feel some pain in my head, ear, even my legs I look around to

see if there is something in the area that could be causing me

problems. I don't really take pain pills so after I get away from

the problem I feel better after I can get the congestion out of me.

I seem to get congested when exposed to stuff. Of course the longer I

am exposed to something the longer it takes to feel better. So in a

store I can just get out of an area if something is bothering me.

> >

> > Barb that is exactly how my chemical sensitities began several

> years ago.

> > Long before Lyme or Mold......I'm a Aspartame survivor which is

> where MCS began

> > for me...:-(( One of the things that have helped me over the

> years is I kept

> > a

>

[Guest guest]

my nose smells everything now. I understand the feelong like your in a movie

thing

[Guest guest]

Ever since I got sick from mold I cant handle even cookong smells.

Janet

[Guest guest]

I felt like the people around me were not acting like they should with

such a powerful and terrible smell. You would think they would be

making faces and looking at each other, like 'what's THAT', but they

were like robots without any reaction. That is what seemed like a

movie. Like they were in a different world than I was in. I hope it

was a one time thing but it did make me think of all of you with

chemical sensitivity. How you must feel when others don't notice.

>

> my nose smells everything now. I understand the feelong like your in

a movie

> thing

[Guest guest]

I wonder if fungal infection or toxins, whatever, destroys part of

brain barrier so that there is less between your brain and your

environment and that is why such strong reactions. I seem to smell

things more strongly now than before and been wondering about it.

>

> my nose smells everything now. I understand the feelong like your in

a movie

> thing

>

[Guest guest]

I react to to smells and Lowes about kills me when I'm in there.

Shopping in malls around all the clothes swells me up and gets to me

too. I will shop on-line lots of times. I asked a lot if people smell

what I'm smelling and most times I hear no and I can't figure how I

smell it and they can't. I can tell my boss when ac/heat shuts down

b/c the musty smell come bolting out bad and I smell it everytime.

Least gets the maintenance here faster by me detecting shutdown.

Perfumed detergents I'll never get how people use them on their clothes

etc. When my sister gives me some clothes she no longer wants washed

in Gain, it takes forever to get the perfumey smell out of the

clothes.

Rhonda

> >

> > my nose smells everything now. I understand the feelong like your

in

> a movie

> > thing

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Yes cooking odors really make me feel sick. That is my worse time of

day. My husband does most of the cooking because it makes me feel soo

sick. I especially have trouble with my neighbors cooking cabbage

so much.

>

> Ever since I got sick from mold I cant handle even cookong smells.

> Janet

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