#phantosmia — Public Fediverse posts

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.

#migraine #migraineAura #phantosmia

@NekoArc Only vaguely related but I smoked frae birth till aboot 7 year ago when I promised mah spouse I'd stop on Jan 3 of that year. Due tae drowning (clearly nae fatal) and Long Covid, I now hae #Phantosmia what manifests as, you guessed it, cigarette smoke. I smell this about 70% of the day regardless of where I am.

My Pantosmia hae been relentless fur the past few day. #Phantosmia #OlfactoryHallucinations #Neurodivergent #MentalHealth #IAmVeryBroken

Die ganze Zeit Rauchgerauch, bloss hat es gar keinen Rauch hier.

#Phantosmia

I cannae even BEGIN tae express in words just how fucking annoying #Phantosmia is. Mine manifests mostly as #cigarette smoke. #OlfactoryHallucinations.

@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.

#LongCovid #phantosmia #parosmia

Oh lovely. If i didnae hae enough wrang wi' me, I also hae #Phantosmia #IAmVeryBroken

Random #Covid Thought: I have had occasional #phantosmia for 6 years, as a result of a bad concussion. Irritating, not debilitating. I am currently on day 5 of Covid, and as of Saturday my sense of smell/taste is totally gone. Assuming it comes back in a few weeks, will my phantosmia come back too? I'm praying there will be some kind of magical receptor rewiring that brings back normal but also makes the occasional weird metal smell go away. #CovidSilverLinings