Does it smell burnt at all? If so, that could be a sign of a stroke. Or, if there's itching involved, it could possibly be a yeast infection in your nose/sinuses.
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I get migraines. I often smell smoke beforehand.
I had that after I came out of a quasi coma. I would have that among hallucinations. i think it’s because I had so little stimulus my brain started making stuff up.
(This is actually studies and is a thing, I was suprised to learn.)
I have chronic headaches and migraines and I do hallucinate smells quite frequently. Have been doing so for about 15 years.
It used to be mostly peanut butter, now it’s mostly a specific incense I used to burn when I was a teen (haven’t burned it in years). Which is good because I hate peanut butter.
It’s a bit unnerving, but not actively harmful according to my neurologist; crossed wires. I’ve gotten in the habit of asking people if they can smell anything, or just ignoring it.
People don’t like to talk about hallucinations, because it’s often seen as a sign of being crazy, but happen to more people and more often than you’d think, any type of hallucinations. Our brains are really finicky, and there are more ways to go wrong than work right.
There’s a book by Oliver sacks called hallucinations that’s quite good. He’s a man who studied neurological disorder, and did a lot of drugs to experience some of the same things as his patients. Very good read if you hallucinate, imho.
Thank you. As I'm sure you know, it's pretty weird and concerning. I'm looking forward to reading that book.