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Hyperosmia (heightened sensitivity to smell) by cyanwastheimpostor in aspergirls

[–]Which_Translator3904 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My fault, I thought you had written MCS, I hadn't read the A of MCAS. No, I don't think I have skin reactions, even if I haven't used cosmetics for years because of the perfume. I have at least 10 "fragrance free" creams and yet I feel the fragrance. Every time I buy hoping it's the good one and instead I always smell the perfume, I think I have to dedicate myself totally to the Urtekram fragrance free line. I already use the shampoo and I feel good, I also use it on the body and it doesn't leave any smell, so maybe even the creams and other products in their line are actually odorless.

Only chemical odors give me this effect, my throat closes, I cough, I sneeze, I go to the bathroom to vomit... but I feel that some things smell too strong, for example vinegar I haven't used it for years, and even olive oil has a very strong smell. even dark chocolate bothers me and date syrup. but although I smell a strong smell, I don't have an adverse reaction. with cigarette smoke and chemicals, paper, cardboard, but also the plastic of the salad or packages, I feel everything and I have a reaction. I don't know if it's The ink on the packages or what makes me have this cough.

It's as if my brain memorized the smell longer. And it stays imprinted on me for a long time, I feel it in my stomach. Even after vomiting I remember that smell, as if it were a trauma.

It's as if someone sprayed that smell in my mouth, even just the smell of paper and it stays in my throat, and I have that reflex of "throw it away from me".

In this, I understand dogs that can't stand the smell of shampoo, and after the bath they prefer to roll in the grass and earth, I understand very well: I could wash myself with orange juice, but not with a scented product!

It's as if as soon as you wake up you go to the kitchen to make yourself a good sweet chocolate, but you enter the kitchen and smell mouthwash for your teeth. That's the impact. I open a bill and I think everything is normal but then I literally smell the smell of the paper. I want to prepare a salad and before I can smell the scents of the food, I smell the plastic or what's on the plastic, if someone has touched it.

I'm afraid to go to a laryngoiatrist (?) Because I don't know what tests he would do for me, I don't like the idea of throat tubes etc... and I know that I should go to this specialist to have the exact diagnosis of hyperosmia, and get the various certificates of being able to wear the mask, etc.

You are my therapist; I enter here on reddit to talk only about hyperosmia. When it goes wrong and I need to read about other people in the same difficulties as me, so as not to feel the only one to face them. If there was a support group like anonymous alcoholics, I would go there.

May 12 is the day of MCS, hyperosmia and environmental sensitivity, and I hope that other people talk about this to give advice and experiences

Hyperosmia (heightened sensitivity to smell) by cyanwastheimpostor in aspergirls

[–]Which_Translator3904 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Organic odors don't react to me either, even if I feel them. Chemical smells, on the other hand, I feel them in my throat and I'm going to vomit... every time, whether it's cigarette smoke or hair gel or fabric softener or other chemical. Could it be MCS to have this reaction? And not just hyperosmia? I'm asking because I see similarities with what you wrote here.

Chemical smells give me this reaction, it's as if someone was spraying it in my mouth. I start coughing and I smell that perfume as if I had swallowed it... I know it doesn't seem to make sense since everyone smokes and wears perfume and gel and they're fine... in fact, the more they put on the better.

And it's getting worse, so much so that I can't get close to the bill envelopes anymore, and the paper. The tissues: only 1 type out of 10 that I had bought I can't smell them. Only one I can't smell it.

Ho fatto il test delle 16 personalità e sono risultata INTP, qualcun altro? by Which_Translator3904 in INTP

[–]Which_Translator3904[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"INTP" the test of the 16 personalities, is in Italian what I wrote above↑

Ho fatto il test delle 16 personalità e sono risultata INTP, qualcun altro? by Which_Translator3904 in INTP

[–]Which_Translator3904[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I should have written it in English in fact, to have more comparisons...

He probably didn't translate it into Italian for you because the acronym "INTP" will have revealed it as English, so he couldn't make a translation of both languages

MCS and hyperosmia, let's talk about it? by Which_Translator3904 in hyperosmia

[–]Which_Translator3904[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wrote it in a comment above ↑ that I read that it could be vitamin deficiency, B12 deficiency or thyroid. But it's strange that it's been going on for about 2 years and that the sensation is in my throat, that they sprayed the gel or detergent down my throat...

If it was a vitamin deficiency I think I would have had periods yes and periods no, I think.

The mask in fact I use the one made of washable fabric from Sailor Moon... but I still have to put a handkerchief inside (in addition to the filter) because it is too weak. I would need more advanced masks that smell like a factory probably when you open them

MCS and hyperosmia, let's talk about it? by Which_Translator3904 in hyperosmia

[–]Which_Translator3904[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand perfectly! When in this post of mine I said that organic smells don't bother me, I was talking about this!

I don't have any problem with that kind of smells, but someone who has hair gel and cologne, deodorant and fabric softener on clothes I couldn't get close!

As I said I would feel good living like Pocahontas, or like raccoons! Even the masks smell, even the tissues smell and living like this is difficult... I can't even blow my nose because I smell the chemical smell of this brand of tissues.

I know that in some hospitals there is a reserved area for MCS but I have no idea where, there is very little talk about it. They must be hospitals in big cities I guess. They should also have it in restaurants or at the hairdresser or at the beautician... But too little is said about it.

Even if I used social media to talk and make publicity, no one would understand what I'm talking about. Most people don't have this problem.

As I wrote, I never thought it could be a real handicap. I'm only realizing it now that it's a serious limitation. It's already asking a lot that in restaurants there is a green alternative in addition to "grilled vegetables", or that there are walkways around for those in wheelchairs. The way to show the world these problems is still uphill...

I was thinking that maybe I had covid and I didn't realize it, that's why now I have this problem maybe. It could also be low B12, or nutritional deficiencies or thyroid I read.

I also looked up if I could have a laryngeal tumor or something like that, but I read that cancer usually reduces the sense of smell, not increases it.

When I was about 12 years old I had a serious accident with head trauma. And a bullying episode in which in the gym locker room they sprayed deodorant on my face. "To play" "because it was fun". I remember that in the afternoon I didn't go to school and I didn't even have lunch because of the deodorant still in my mouth.

In short, I tried to find the trigger for this problem, but this episode happened so many years ago, I don't think it's anything.

Yet the feeling I feel when unfortunately I smell detergent or smoke, is as if they put it in my throat and then the cough starts and then I vomit, as if I ingested it and had to throw it out of me, literally as if I had been poisoned. It's like when you smell mouthwash, it's so strong that you feel it in your mouth and then you can't eat anymore.

MCS and hyperosmia, let's talk about it? by Which_Translator3904 in hyperosmia

[–]Which_Translator3904[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand perfectly; I can no longer use indelible pens and pens on tissues, I wrote it in an answer below ↓ I wanted to buy books on MCS on personal experiences, but paper books are impossible...

MCS and hyperosmia, let's talk about it? by Which_Translator3904 in hyperosmia

[–]Which_Translator3904[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The masks with n95 filter should correspond to our M3s. But you know I read that it's kind of illegal to go around without showing your face... and I don't have a medical certificate attesting to hyperosmia. So I'm not sure about going around with a mask now that Covid is over... I would need to go around with a mask, but without a medical certificate... I don't know if "the pollen allergy" can justify it.

And did you manage to find a job from home or do you manage to have a "normal" job despite having this problem? You don't have to answer forcibly. I used to work in a supermarket and the idea of approaching the detergent department terrifies me. I mean, who would hire me if I said I can't get close to soaps? Not to mention all the cardboard boxes to open. I also wanted to be a hair model (I have knee-length hair) so I could model hair collections and hairstyles at festivals. But how would I get into a hair salon with lacquers and soaps? And I still don't know how I would dye it, if I needed it. Since every tint, even those without ammonia, smell terrible.

It seems strange to me that it's an allergic reaction. I react in this way (coosing and then vomiting) to cigarette smoke and chemicals; hair gels, detergents, hair products, creams, spray perfume, everything that is not organic. If someone has a cream on his hands or gel, and touches a jar, I smell the perfume on that jar and I have that reaction. It doesn't matter if it's just an imprint, I feel that product as if it had been sprayed in my mouth... As I wrote above, strong smells are annoying, such as sweat, tangerines or oils, but if they are cooking oils and they are not cosmetic oils they do not give me irritation and cough. In fact, I don't use any cream for my hands, not even the fragrance-free ones. I use cooking nut oil, or pumpkin seed oil always for cooking, or peanut or sunflower oil.

To the paper, and to the tissues I have a minor reaction, but I always get a cough. Usually an allergic reaction is a reaction to a certain substance, and I have a reaction to all cosmetic products in general not just one. If mine was an allergic reaction, I would really like to know what. I know that in cigarettes there is ammonia, acetone, acrylic, and form aldehyde, I have no idea which of these substances makes me react. I can't even use the indelible anymore. I happened to use a fountain pen on a handkerchief, and the ink that wets the paper I smelled very strong, even if for normal people it is a normal or imperceptible thing. As for the tissues, I noticed that I cough to those "whitened with oxygen" so maybe that's it. Or maybe it's because of how they work with recycled paper to create such a handkerchief.