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Weird Smells Etc
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Hello everyone, I thought I read about this in the past but I am unable to find it even when I search. Does getting a weird smell and sometimes a weird taste mean anything, anything I should worry about? I work in a production plant we always have metal being cut burned etc. But I have also noticed it at night like after dinner if I have a coke. But I atribute that to my neighbors fireplace that does leak in the house. I have noticed since my siezures I do have a hightened sense of smell, a lot… read more

posted May 3, 2022
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Its a type of aura. I only have auras now, mine are like a deja vu or rollercoaster/uprising feeling in my stomach for like 30 seconds. Ive heard or read about people who get a tingling feeling in a limb, bad taste in their mouth, im guessing smelling something is too. Theres multiple different types of auras. You might be in the same boat as me, auras only, as long as im medicated of course. I still cant drive though idk how that will go for you. Good luck 💕

posted May 12, 2022
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Yeah I know how that is and it's been going and it scares the hell out of my daughter and my grandchildren and I passed out that was last week and I was out for 2 seconds and what that's caused by is basically I'm going to a psychiatrist for little bipolar and more depression from the past all wins the time I lost my children seeing them being separated from each other and my oldest minerals by their dad giving them up by my back and wasn't mom's dad's phone that they gave had to take care of them and it wasn't mine and my youngest she was just not to the point same way I couldn't take care of her neither but I'm a mother of three got grandchildren and everything and taking meds for stress and sleep and basically taking three medicines for epilepsy and I'm still waiting on my meds for my little bipolar in my depression and yeah I stay away from chocolate cuz it sets it off and more capping more it'll affected and my heart is not on the right side it's right up next to my rib cage and it's just where it's at it's on the top of my rib cage and I wasn't born with epilepsy I got it winners too I was born with a hard on the wrong side and well with all this going on yeah I did and it's very very nice to meet you man my name is Robin

posted May 14, 2022
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Hi Jim, I can relate to the way you search for reasons for what you're experiencing. I taste metal sometimes too, and hear music very clearly when there isn't any. Just one of the many ways our brains fire off strange signals. Best of luck to you navigating this issue.

posted May 7, 2022
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Very true I do agree and having seizures is not easy to handle and it does scare a lot of people cuz they do not know how to handle them but it's not their fault and it's not our fault because we have epilepsy but I look up my health a lot cuz it's important just like I look up health for people that need to know what's going on

posted May 6, 2022
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

that is a smell/taste that is not there an inner partial seizure (aura seizure) mine is burnt toust or carpet cleaner smell... if i have a partial seizure.

posted May 3, 2022

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