Imagine this: youβre relaxing at home, maybe reading a book, and suddenlyβ¦ a whiff of something burning. Like toast left too long in the toaster. You jump up, check the kitchen. Nothing. #COVID19smellloss #nasalpolyps #NeurologicalDisorders #olfactoryhallucinations #phantomsmells #phantosmia #SinusInfection
I've had a couple of visual migraine /migraine aura episodes over the last couple of days - quite minor and short lived compared to what I've had in the past.
One weird thing is, that I think I'm getting Phantosomia - smelling something that isn't there, in this case a leather-like smell, it's very faint, but it seems to precede the visual symptoms.
As usual the migraine is associated with stress, and as always there's no headache.
If this carries on, I think it'll be a call to the doctor - which I can do without - particularly if I get sent back to the Neurologist again.
Die ganze Zeit Rauchgerauch, bloss hat es gar keinen Rauch hier.
@emily_rj I also replied to someone on Twitter yesterday about this, maybe it was you. My phantosmia went from cigarette smoke to ashtray to coal to dirty cooking: all sort of smokey. When I was having strong and frequent waves/attacks of all-over tingling and weakness very early in LC, it was accompanied by a metallic/smokey taste that felt like it came from my lungs. I've seen others say that their phantosmia was smokey so maybe it isn't (only?) memory-based.