RE: Re: bright light, noise, smell~~Amy~~

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I haven't been able to drive at nights for years now, for exactly those reasons.

I just can't see anything but the lights, I lose track of the road, can't see

the lines and can't see the exit signs on the highway. I realised it was

downright dangerous for me to be driving at nightime. I still occasionally will

drive to a nearby store or something, if I know the route by heart, and know

there will be little traffic. Of course, this made it very difficult when I was

working, I always had to arrange rides with other people, and a few times when I

couldn't would drive TO work, then call a taxi to get home. I would then have to

find someone willing to take me to pick up my car early the next day. It was a

huge 'hassle'. Even when I had a 'day job', during the winter months it would

still be dark by the time I would get off, so that really didn't solve anything.

Oh well, I managed despite it all.

It is strange that we can 'taste' smells. I always thought I would have made an

excellent 'professional taster', like those who make their living tasting things

like wines or coffees for quality assurance. It really helped as a chef, as I

was able to recreate somebody else's recipes after having had it once. Actually,

I can still do that, and do!! My latest one was for a 'couscous' salad at a

really nice restaurant here. Of course, one thing was obvious by sight alone,

they didn't use couscous at all, but the tiny pasta shaped like little balls. I

made it for my daughter a few weeks after we had eaten there, as she fell in

love with it. It turned out perfectly. Funny how my brain fog will let me

remember the little details when it comes to food!! Luckily I find very few food

aromas offensive. In fact, I love 'smelly' foods like garlic and bleu cheeses. I

adore liver and onions with bacon as well. In fact...I just love food!! LOL!

Peace and Love

Caroline

> Wow...I never knew those were symptoms of FM. I have noticed lately

> that I have a very hard time driving at night. The lights really

> bother me, and some people have those stupid halogen lights or drive

> with their brights on. I can't see at all when that happens. I have

> always been sensitive to flourescent lighting. It makes my eyes feel

> like their crossing & I fall asleep.

>

> My hearing is not sensitive, but that is probably because I am a

> musician & have always been around very loud music. I am pretty hard

> of hearing. But...I do have a nose like a Bloodhound. I can taste the

> smells too...no one else can understand that. I have a farm...and

> most animal smells do not bother me...but we went to the zoo to see

> the elephants & it really got to me. There are also some foods I

> cannot make or eat simply because of the smells.

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