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10/22/07 #7 - Smelling odors as part of Migraine experience?

By Ask the Clinician, Health Guide Monday, October 22, 2007
Full Question:Hello, I am a migraine sufferer only for past 2 years. I am now 41. I have read a lot about migraines & causes etc, but have never heard of anyone who has ever mentioned "smells or odours" as part of their "migraine experience". I am wondering if anyone has as ...
10/22/07 #6 - Daughter with terrible pain in the left side of her head?
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Sandy Slade
6/18/11 4:13pm

Hi, My name is Sandy I have had migraines since I was a child I am now 45 and for the last 6 years I have had a very sensitive sense of smell.Loads of smells set a migraine off.  and I can even smell peoples b o now which is not very nice. I had been smelling gas and like a sewerage smell in our street for 2 years but no one else coiuld smell it. It is not very nice. I do feel for you. The only thing suggested to me was to carry something with a smell that you like which does not set your migraine off and sniff it . It sort of counteracts the other smell. I use the cold cream muscle relaxant. Its menthal and it has levementhal in it. It helps me. Good luck in finding your own personal smell. I hope it helps.

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By Ask the Clinician, Health Guide— Last Modified: 06/19/11, First Published: 10/22/07