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Very Strange Smells

Mistreatedbycs — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:45:34 GMT

I have no idea what's going on the last week or so but there has been some really strange smells coming my way.

I'm in my store at my desk and all of sudden a foul odor comes across. I had absolutely nothing to do with this and no one else was here.

At home late at night by the computer and a smell of perfume not once but twice comes through the room.

Today, sitting again at my computer in the store, I smell something like Ben Gay.

There is absolutely no explanations for any of this....what could be happening? I know I "lost it" years ago but seriously, I cannot explain this.

Has this happened to anyone else?

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Topaz Gem — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:47:16 GMT

I wonder if it could be ghostly occurrences?

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hckynut — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:52:17 GMT

When I worked in a plastic melting factory, made telephone wire and cable and plastic palettes had to be melted into insulation for wires. That was done via many 500 degree machines to do so.

I smelled plastic at times everywhere I went, but I knew what was causing it and what the smell was from at the time. Only thing that helped was a steam room regularly as it would open all the pores in my body and it would shock you to see what would form on my face and arms during that time.

Might try a "google search" and see if you can come up with anything.

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Firefly3 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:53:16 GMT

Interesting!..........Let me know if u figure this out!

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gazelle77 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:53:28 GMT

???Call the Ghost Busters.... or that lady that speaks to dead people perhaps?

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NanciJ — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:53:54 GMT

It sounds like a neurological based occurrence. If this continues, you should see your doctor. Years ago, I started smelling cherry pipe tobacco in our home. No one that we knew smoked a pipe...no one had been in our home with one. I told my doctor what I was experiencing, and he ordered an EEG. It showed that I was having non convulsive seizures. Once I was treated with medication, the odor disappeared.

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stilltamn8r — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 20:55:17 GMT

Or olfactory hallucinations...or a sinus infection.....

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goodstuff — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:01:56 GMT

I imagine most of us have had things like this happen, where we suddenly catch a whiff of a fragrance and don't know where it's coming from. I don't know if you want to entertain the "ghostly occurrence" theory some have mentioned, but I suppose it could be a neurological or mental thing, where your mind and memory are for some reason bringing smells from the past to your consciousness. It might also be less mysterious. The heating or A/C system or a draught through a window is bringing odors from another area or from within the ventwork. Or a person who was wearing perfume was in the room earlier and leaned against your desk or perhaps brushed against your clothes in an elevator or on the bus earlier in the day, and you pick up the fragrance later at your desk.

Interesting phenomenon. You may figure it out with more thought.

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dooBdoo — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:10:55 GMT

On 7/8/2014 NanciJ said:
It sounds like a neurological based occurrence. If this continues, you should see your doctor. Years ago, I started smelling cherry pipe tobacco in our home. No one that we knew smoked a pipe...no one had been in our home with one. I told my doctor what I was experiencing, and he ordered an EEG. It showed that I was having non convulsive seizures. Once I was treated with medication, the odor disappeared.

That was my thought, NanciJ. I've know of neurological changes during migraine attacks (even without pain) causing this phenomenon. Also, some medications can create olfactory hallucinations (phantosmia).

Take good care of yourself, nantucket shore.

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carba — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:26:05 GMT

It has happened to me, the first time after my Mother suddenly passed away. After the funeral, that night I lit a candle, for her, and all of a sudden that room smelled like a garden in full bloom, it was a regular white candle, nothing to do with fragranced candles. The second time was shortly after my daughter in law passed away, all of a sudden a very strong fragrance hit my nose, I recognized her perfume immediately, we were very close, best friends I'd say, I believe it was her way of letting me know, that she knew why I wasn't at her bedside when she passed away, and that we remained best friends.

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chickenbutt — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:37:18 GMT

Sounds like ghosts to me.

I have a house ghost, I'm pretty sure. This one doesn't seem to do anything too bad but I've had things disappear right out of my hand and right from my immediate environment, when nobody else was around and I hadn't move. It is frustrating, but this one just seems to mess with me in small ways like that.

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dooBdoo — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:51:23 GMT

Many articles on the net. Here's just one, with sources and links if you read it in entirety:

Phantom smells may be a sign of trouble

link goes to: http://www.nbcnews.com/health/body-odd/phantom-smells-may-be-sign-trouble-f1C9926312

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akaburtonfan — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:05:10 GMT

I deal with something similar only what I smell smells just like exhaust from a semi. It's been happening on and off for approx a year.

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champagnepoodle — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:32:28 GMT

YOu should probably see an ENT Dr. It has something to do with your sinus.

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gailcoco — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:36:33 GMT

I had the same thing happen about 10 months ago. I kept smelling some awful incense burning. It would come and go. When I went in for pre-op testing for hip surgery, they swabbed my nostrils to check for MRSA and sure enough - it came back positive for MRSA. I am what they call a MRSA carrier. I was put on antibiotics and the awful smell went away but recent nasal cultures still show as positive for MRSA. I would mention this to your doctor. It could be nothing or it could be something serious. Good Luck. Gail

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Lynneuk — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 01:07:33 GMT

Could you be going through menopause? I am (I think!) and I have noticed that my sense of smell is acute and sensitive. Can't stand certain smells that have never bothered me before.

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betteb — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 01:12:28 GMT

On 7/8/2014 dooBdoo said:
On 7/8/2014 NanciJ said:
It sounds like a neurological based occurrence. If this continues, you should see your doctor. Years ago, I started smelling cherry pipe tobacco in our home. No one that we knew smoked a pipe...no one had been in our home with one. I told my doctor what I was experiencing, and he ordered an EEG. It showed that I was having non convulsive seizures. Once I was treated with medication, the odor disappeared.

That was my thought, NanciJ. I've know of neurological changes during migraine attacks (even without pain) causing this phenomenon. Also, some medications can create olfactory hallucinations (phantosmia).

Take good care of yourself, nantucket shore.

This was my first thought as well. Please see your doctor.(((((((((((nantucket shore)))))))))))

Re: Very Strange Smells

Mistreatedbycs — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 03:31:54 GMT

Only 3 so far and it's been a week so I'll keep track of this continues. Just too strange.

I've been under a lot of pressure since mom is so sick and just trying to do it all! Thanks for all the information.

Another issue is that I'm beating myself for not losing anymore weight with WW, really I'm trying to watch and count but getting into that "deserving" routine and that needs to stop. I think I feel so much stress with managing my mom's house, the business, my house and everything in between I'm feeling down and choosing the wrong foods. It's not like I go eat a whole bag of chips or anything like that, it's just foods with too much fat content in them. I sub some Smart One's and Lean C. once in awhile but those are all salt.

Need to make a day for myself and stick to it.

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lovesrecess — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 04:02:30 GMT

You should ask your doctor to refer you to a neurologist; they are best equipped to diagnose what's causing this.

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Desi — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 04:35:35 GMT

Have you been using zinc lozenges or nasal swabs? They can change your sense of taste and I don't doubt, you sense of smell as well. It's temporary if that's the culprit.