Phantom Cigarette Smoke Smell

[actressmouse]

Does anyone else experience "phantom smells"?  I smell cigarette smoke on and off (no one around me or in my home/work place smokes).  It's not all the time, but sometimes it's very strong.  I mentioned this at TCI and the MD recommended a 24 hour EEG if this keeps happening as it could be a type of seizure.  I'm having a sleep study done later this month and the sleep MD agrees and says that the EEG I'm hooked up to during the study may pick this up.  Anyone else have this?

[Sabbynal]

I smell swimming pool. Sometimes it's worse than others. It's a chemical smell that reminds me of being pushed into a swimming pool when I was a kid, or going too far down into the deep end. Only happened after surgery. It has really let up in the past few months. Hope I'm getting rid of it.

Funny, though, I have hyper-sensitive hearing. I can hear upstairs around the corner and behind the door. My kids hate it. Sometimes I pretend to be a superhero with that one.
Cheers,
Abby

[selmaS]

I too am more sensitive to people and the aroma  they trail behind....sometimes it is their perfume, it can also be their deodorant, fabric softeners with a scent...u name it it can gag me....

@wnzday....I do not imagine I could handle that smell  either...yuck....

At least u have a warning system...lol...

[WarmweatherGirl]

I also have phantom smells and an increase in real smells. The phantom smells r usually chemicals or gasoline-like. Ppl ask me if I'm pregnant b/c certain smells r so strong I get nauseated. The worst one is being able 2 smell someone's dirty hair from a mile away! Other ppl's body smells gross me out the most. Good 2 know I'm not alone.

[wnzday]

I would much rather smell ciggerette smoke than what I do, lol. I smell urine! Yes, of all things... As if the normal nausea isn't enough. It's so gross, But that's what I smell. I always know when I am going to be going into another bad flar up because for 2-3 prior I smell Urine, UGH!

[Ana707167]

Thank you so much for sharing your story. I have been smelling cigarette smoke for about 3-4 weeks and also wondered if it was only me. I will ask my doctor to do some blood work and hope for the best. Thank you so much, I appreciate it!!!

[selmaS]

  Syringomyelia is a neuro issue and could very likely be the reason for the phantom smells u notice.....

There r far too many Drs that do not know how we r affected by these conditions...meaning Chiari and Syringomyelia.