RE: To Caroline... bright light, noise, smell

[Guest guest]

The wierd thing is, I sometimes, especially during a flare, seem to have

olfactory hallucinations. I smell things that aren't there!! At least nobody

else can smell them. Sometimes it is a nice smell, like baking bread or

chocolate, sometimes flowers, and other times it is like a really rancid, nasty

aroma!! I end up trying to 'smell myself', like my breath, or underarms, or

whatever, as I'm always afraid it's me, even if I know I'm clean. The smells I

smell can be so awful, and to me, so strong, that I can't believe nobody else

can smell them.

Peace and Love

Caroline

> I have the very same sensitivities. I did not realize it was all part of

> the FM until I started talking to people here. At work some of the old

> folks have their TV's blasting so loud. (it is their right, I know that

> and I understand they have hearing problems).... But I might add it

> completely drives me insane to be in a room where the tv is full blast.

> I just can't wait to get away from the noise.

> Light bothers me alot too. I would rather sit in the almost darkness

> than to be around alot of light.

> And smells, they get me. I can literally TASTE what others can just

> smell. I like body sprays and some colognes, but I have to be very

> sparing with it or it will make me sick.

>

> hugs,

> Debra V.

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[Guest guest]

Well, YUCK!!! I've actually never noticed in a car, but then I might have done,

but my brainfog has wiped it away!! I do know I'm really sensitive to the smell

of deisel fuel, when the road is super busy, I can't have the windows down or I

feel like I will pass out!! I actually will start choking!!

Peace and Love

Caroline

> I do that also! For some reason it's especially bad when I'm in a

> moving vehicle. I've noticed that I now get " carsick " a lot, but it's

> not about the movement... it's about the smells! You know how when you

> go by road kill, especially skunk, that makes most folks gag? To me it

> is ten times worse than that but there seems to be no reason for me to

> be smelling it! My kids still think I'm nuts when it happens!

>

> Love from Mardi

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