Once upon a time I created a blog post about the phantom smells I was experiencing. Somehow one person stumbled upon that post and commented, then another, then another... Over the last 5 years or so it has gathered over 70 comments. So I created a new home for that post here, separate from my personal blog.
If your own phantosmia experience has led you here, I'm sorry! Hopefully you'll find some helpful information in the comments section, or at least some comfort in knowing you're not alone.
You may also be interested to know that there is a Yahoo group dedicated to this very subject:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Parosmia/
Good luck and good health!
Kathy
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Parosmia and Phantosmia: "Phantosmia involves olfactory hallucinations -- that is, there is no odorant present, but the affected person reports smelling something, usually something unpleasant."
The strangest phenomenon. I've been experiencing it fairly often lately. I'm sitting here at work, and there's a vague smell in my nose like I've been smelling chlorine, like at the pool. The other night it was foods, and the night before that, it was an oily smell, like that VO5 hair treatment in a tube. I wish I could explain it, but it seems I'm going to have to do more research. The only problem with that is once you start reading those sorts of things, it would be easy to be convinced you have all those ailments.
The strangest phenomenon. I've been experiencing it fairly often lately. I'm sitting here at work, and there's a vague smell in my nose like I've been smelling chlorine, like at the pool. The other night it was foods, and the night before that, it was an oily smell, like that VO5 hair treatment in a tube. I wish I could explain it, but it seems I'm going to have to do more research. The only problem with that is once you start reading those sorts of things, it would be easy to be convinced you have all those ailments.
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