Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: cox1058 on June 04, 2013, 05:50:07 PM
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Has anyone else experienced strange smells? I intermittently can smell what is reminiscent of a bonfire smell...... no hard and fast rule but tend to notice it in the evening when I sit to relax after tea. Nobody else can smell it but I sometimes find it so intense I go and spray perfume on my clothes to mask it....
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I think you should mention this to your doctor. Can't remember where I read this but it's something that should be investigated.
It's probably nothing but best to be sure.
Honeyb
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Ive read myself that it could be brain tumour, sinus or anxiety related .....wondered if anyone else had experienced it
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If they have I am sure they will post when they see your topic.
Best to ask your GP about though.
Probably your sinuses.
Honeyb
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Hi
During my two pregnancies I became obsessed about strange smells that noone else could smell and mysteriously disappeared when the babies were born. Hormones?
Lesley
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I think this should be discussed with your GP. It's probably nothing serious but you can't take the risk. Is it always at the same time of day? http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/phantosmia/AN01684
Taz x
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Well I mainly notice it after dinner in the evenings when I just sit watching tv - today I dont have it at all.......
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Interesting article Taz. I knew about the brain tumour one but I often smell things others don't and I see temporal Lobe Epilepsy is mentioned which I was "diagnosed" with some years back. Strange as the olfactory part of the brain isn't in the temporal lobe but would explain why I drive my husband nuts with 'can you smell x y or z ' and he can't!
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Interesting in the article Taz that it mentions a head injury. I get a 'strange' sensation on my left forehead - I fell over about 8/9 years ago, had both hands in my pocket and hit my head on the pavement. It resulted in a cut on my brow bone which fortunately was butterfly stitched, but left my eye and the entire left side of my face very swollen and bruised for several weeks. Whenever I mention the headaches, the doctor says it is a knock-on effect of the anxiety or could be result of nerve damage after that incident. To be honest, I have had so many weird headaches and pains since I was early 20 (now 48), that I think if it was anything serious, I would have been long gone. I also note the mention of sinusitis. I am also thinking that I notice the burning smell more when I have this head sensation - guess there could be a few explanations, but it only lasts a short time and if I put perfume or something on, I forget about it or don't notice it anyway. My husband is convinced that all my symptoms are because I worry - if I don't have anything to worry about, I worry. I was as bad as this in my 20's but after a few years, everything went back to normal and I lived a 'normal' life. This has all started happening over the past couple of years since I was diagnosed as perimenopausal, so I am assuming that it's all linked. Just hope I hurry up and metamorphosise into whatever I am 'changing' into - at least when that is all done and dusted, if the symptoms are still there, then I know I perhaps have some other underlying condition.
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Its highly likely that it is connected to the sinus cavities, I have had it a few times mine was like a sudden sharp ammonia smell others experience a burning smell,, it is very common.
If it was serious you would be getting other symptoms too. Its always worth checking with your GP.
My OH had a brain tumour and never experienced this.
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Thank you - though sorry to hear your other half had a tumour. Strange you mention ammonia - when I last had an awful cold/flu, I got terrible ammonia smell, especially if I was anywhere near tomato sauce!! Aren't we odd lol?
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I have had the weired smells too, I googled it and it says it's hormone change, mine was like after a candle is blown out or after a match being stuck.
I think if we all got together and made a list of everyone's weired symptoms it would be very long and when it's something strange we worry we're the only ones experiencing it.
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I smell smoke when others don't. I've had this for the last two years - strangely enough my hubby can smell smoke too at times, but we never smell it at the same time! That's pretty weird ::)
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Reading this thread has reminded me that I have occasionally smelt something odd, usually after sneezing, that I don't think came from anything actually present - I always assumed it was something to do with whatever the sneeze had done to the inside of my nose. I don't think I've experienced it in quite some time. I used to worry that it was what the world actually smelled like, and the sneeze had just cleared my nose to smell the real world for a short time, or even what the inside of my nose actually smelled like - if that makes any sense at all! I can only liken the smell to a herbal drink called Aqua Libra which I used to sometimes buy, and once saw referred to as smelling like a 'cross between melon and postman's socks'! ;D