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Smelling smells that are not there?
Fri, 03/18/2005 - 16:38Comments
RE: RE: Smelling smells that are not there?
Submitted by batman on Fri, 2005-03-18 - 00:35
What you're experiencing, fall under the simple partial seizures. Simple partial, because you know this is happening while you're conscious.
More information details about Simple Partial Seizures is at www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizure_simplepartial.html
These are then divided into 4 more categories, depending on the types of symptoms. Sensory seizures being for the senses, like smells.
No need to worry about it much. It's just that when it happens, you're having a simple partial seizure.
Bruce IJ
What you're experiencing, fall under the simple partial seizures. Simple partial, because you know this is happening while you're conscious.
More information details about Simple Partial Seizures is at www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizure_simplepartial.html
These are then divided into 4 more categories, depending on the types of symptoms. Sensory seizures being for the senses, like smells.
No need to worry about it much. It's just that when it happens, you're having a simple partial seizure.
Bruce IJ
RE: Smelling smells that are not there?
Submitted by spiz on Sun, 2005-03-13 - 17:16
I smell odors such as burning rubber, garlic, heat smells like an iron left face down or a blanket left too close to a heater, and also have a metallic taste in my mouth. I can have the smells with or without the taste or the taste with or without the smells. They are my warning to sit down and hopefully I have time to before a seizure hits. I have noticed the garlic smell and metallic taste mean a definite seizure where the burning or heat smells are more common on days that I'm jerking. They can be aggravating and even nauseating at times, but I am thankful for them. Beats the heck out of the times they weren't there. Let us know what you find out. Keep in touch! _Spiz