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Does anyone smell things that aren't there
Wed, 01/13/2010 - 10:02I have olfacttory hullcinations. It's a skunk like smell that may last anywhere between 5 minutes to 12 hrs. When having them food tastes foul and I get filled with anxiety and depression. I've taken 9 medications over 25 yrs and some helped for short periods but since 1999 the seizures have been intractable.
I'm on 300 dilantin, 100 tegretol, 275 lyrica, 425 lamictal, and 3.0 ativan
I become an emotional wreck when having them. If you have these seizures how do you deal with them?
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Re: Does anyone smell things that aren't there
Submitted by amber1981 on Fri, 2010-01-22 - 20:47
I smell skunks and pot...........Weird I know because I don't smoke pot and I will smell it in the weirdest places like the other day I smelled it at a tire shop. Then it's always when I am in a car that I smell a skunk. My daughter will agree with me but nobody else smells it! I think she is just trying to make me feel like I am not losing it! It's irritating because I will smell things a lot and I always ask whoever I am with, "do you smell that?" I can't even trust my own nose anymore....ugh............
Amber
I smell skunks and pot...........Weird I know because I don't smoke pot and I will smell it in the weirdest places like the other day I smelled it at a tire shop. Then it's always when I am in a car that I smell a skunk. My daughter will agree with me but nobody else smells it! I think she is just trying to make me feel like I am not losing it! It's irritating because I will smell things a lot and I always ask whoever I am with, "do you smell that?" I can't even trust my own nose anymore....ugh............
Amber
Re: Does anyone smell things that aren't there
Submitted by MT_GREER on Wed, 2010-01-20 - 21:00
I do sometimes smell things that no one else does & its always a bad smell. When this happens I cant eat or even stand to look at food. I have no idea as to why I do this tho.