Heightened Sense of Smell
GrannyMayOz
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Has anyone else found this?
I noticed it first when I could smell lettuce from 10 paces away in my son's kitchen. Hadn't really known lettuce had much of a smell before now. But I've noticed it with other things since then too. Can smell things a mile away! (Well, almost
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I noticed it first when I could smell lettuce from 10 paces away in my son's kitchen. Hadn't really known lettuce had much of a smell before now. But I've noticed it with other things since then too. Can smell things a mile away! (Well, almost
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Sometimes I notice this too. On the other hand I think it can also be a sign of a zinc deficiency.
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It happens occasionally. The first few times I drove myself nuts thinking I was either pregnant or crazy.0
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LOL. Not grumbling, just observing and giggling... why is there always a fearful way to interpret everything? Is zinc the one that you stick your tongue out and if it trembles then you need to supplement? I wish they were all that simple to discover!Sometimes I notice this too. On the other hand I think it can also be a sign of a zinc deficiency.
Oh noooooooo LOL Well I'm definitely not pregnant, I'm 58. Crazy is very likely thoughsweetteadrinker2 wrote: »It happens occasionally. The first few times I drove myself nuts thinking I was either pregnant or crazy.
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LOL My sense of smell when I was pregnant was insane! I have found though that I can smell sugar now. It's very prominent.0
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Me too. It smells disgusting doesn't it Sajyana? I can't believe how addicted I was to that. Truth to tell I think I'm afraid to try it again in case it makes me sick. Not that I have any desire to try it again for any other reasonLOL My sense of smell when I was pregnant was insane! I have found though that I can smell sugar now. It's very prominent.
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I can't smell or taste anything
They promised me that whenI quit smoking I wouldbe able to sell and taste again and have energy and breathe better ...liars
Only thing that happened was I gained 20 kilos. Three years later I'm still waiting to smell anything.0 -
@kuranda10, I can finally smell and taste again but for me it took years and I was a very light smoker. Quitting really started me on the weight gain too. I guess I was more of an emotional smoker and replaced it for food. I do know now if I were to start smoking again I would just be a fat smoker and it was way too hard to quit. I do not want to have to do it again. I blew a 4 year quit. That was dumb of me. Not this time.0
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I was going to say pregnant as well! Perhaps you are evolving into a super person?!0
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Yes, Granny, sugar smells awful. As do bakery products now.
@kuranda10 My Mum can't smell much and therefore can't taste much as well. Specialists say it has to do with the vasculitis she had. Apparently losing your sense of smell can be a side effect of some inflammatory conditions.
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@Kuranda Oh I hope that your sense of smell does return. It helps you enjoy your food after all.
@Shades I'm an ex-smoker but it was 37 years ago that I quit. My hubby quit a couple of times before he really meant it. Sounds as if you're wiser this time around.
@Totaloblivia Yeah, I could make medical history But I don't really want to be tied down with a child younger than my grandchildren LOL
@Sajyana oh yes, bakeries stink don't they?0 -
I don't have much of a sense of smell, but what I do have has been heightened. My smelling sense has been killed by nasal allergies, but like I said, where I can smell, it's way stronger!! But it is intermittent. So anyone with nasal allergies might consider this as well.0
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Phew! I was starting to fear I was pregnant again! 3 under 3 is hard enough. I have no interest in 4 under 4!0
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Phew! I was starting to fear I was pregnant again! 3 under 3 is hard enough. I have no interest in 4 under 4!
My Grandma had twins and 5 under 5! Then went on to have another 3. I don't know how she did it. She once said to me that if it had been available in the 40's, she would have taken contraceptives.
@GrannyMayOz I send the kids into the bakery on their own now. The baker has known us for about 7 years and he must like our kids. He often gives them free buns.
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I stopped at 2. I love children, but am not so good with babies. I don't have the built-in decoder of why they're crying so I never felt that I was a good mother until they could talk to me.Phew! I was starting to fear I was pregnant again! 3 under 3 is hard enough. I have no interest in 4 under 4!
I knew a lady with 3 boys. They meant to get around to 'fixing' hubby but didn't do it in time and got twin boys. But they did stop there! The eldest would have been 7 when the twins were born.My Grandma had twins and 5 under 5! Then went on to have another 3. I don't know how she did it. She once said to me that if it had been available in the 40's, she would have taken contraceptives.
That's cute. And all that time you'd gone in and had to pay@GrannyMayOz I send the kids into the bakery on their own now. The baker has known us for about 7 years and he must like our kids. He often gives them free buns.
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GrannyMayOz wrote: »I stopped at 2. I love children, but am not so good with babies. I don't have the built-in decoder of why they're crying so I never felt that I was a good mother until they could talk to me.
That's funny, because I have the baby part down. It's when they start talking (back) that I begin feeling incompetent, even with my training in psychology. LOL In fact, just yesterday I was looking at my youngest, who is now 6 months and just gave up breastfeeding (sadly), and I was starting to wish I hadn't closed up shop. Babies are so irresistible to me. 0 -
That's funny, because I have the baby part down. It's when they start talking (back) that I begin feeling incompetent, even with my training in psychology. LOL In fact, just yesterday I was looking at my youngest, who is now 6 months and just gave up breastfeeding (sadly), and I was starting to wish I hadn't closed up shop. Babies are so irresistible to me.
You sound like my husband. He was babysitting newborns (alone) when he was 12 and absolutely droooools over any young babies. I'm sorry about your feelings on breastfeeding. I did 3 months with my first and 6 months with my second, but the second drew blood (internally) so that was that It was my fault, I shouldn't have allowed him to push me so hard with his hands while pulling in the opposite direction with his mouth, but I allowed anyone to do anything to me in those days, which is a whole 'nother story outside of the scope of this forum
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GrannyMayOz wrote: »That's funny, because I have the baby part down. It's when they start talking (back) that I begin feeling incompetent, even with my training in psychology. LOL In fact, just yesterday I was looking at my youngest, who is now 6 months and just gave up breastfeeding (sadly), and I was starting to wish I hadn't closed up shop. Babies are so irresistible to me.
You sound like my husband. He was babysitting newborns (alone) when he was 12 and absolutely droooools over any young babies. I'm sorry about your feelings on breastfeeding. I did 3 months with my first and 6 months with my second, but the second drew blood (internally) so that was that It was my fault, I shouldn't have allowed him to push me so hard with his hands while pulling in the opposite direction with his mouth, but I allowed anyone to do anything to me in those days, which is a whole 'nother story outside of the scope of this forum
Goodness gracious, that sounds painful!!!0 -
It was. I endured the pain every feed for about a week until one day I couldn't take it any more. I put my finger in to break his lip seal and blood spattered across his cheek. No wonder I'd been in pain! The pain of engorgement going cold turkey was easier to take LOL0
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My goodness, seriously!? 0
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I thought I was crazy. Yes can smell EVERYTHING. sweet stuff smells gross so I can tell when someone brings junk food into the office and stores it in their file cabinet drawer. Lol
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No kidding. I have a cubicle near the break room and every day I want to bury my nose like a dog when people start toasting their breads and eating their commercially-packaged snacks. The flavored coffee they make in the afternoon drives me to distraction.0
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*nodding*My goodness, seriously!?
ROFLThinnerHill wrote: »I thought I was crazy. Yes can smell EVERYTHING. sweet stuff smells gross so I can tell when someone brings junk food into the office and stores it in their file cabinet drawer. Lol
Oooh yuk!!! Can you ask to be moved?octobubbles wrote: »No kidding. I have a cubicle near the break room and every day I want to bury my nose like a dog when people start toasting their breads and eating their commercially-packaged snacks. The flavored coffee they make in the afternoon drives me to distraction.
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The girl who sits next to me at work has had a bag of mini marshmallows sitting on top of her filing cabinet for a couple of weeks now. Every time I walk by, I can smell that sickly sweet smell of marshmallows and it makes me feel sick. I can't imagine ever wanting to eat something that sweet again...yuck.0
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GrannyMayOz wrote: »Oooh yuk!!! Can you ask to be moved?
Oh, they know I want to be moved, for more reasons than just that. It's not going to happen until they want to rearrange again (I have been moved twice already, and this is the second incarnation of this current cubicle). I suspect that there'll be another move in the next 12 months, so I'll see what happens.
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oh gosh, the smell of baked goods, bread , doughnuts, cookies,, UGH, i am in the middle of a solid long low carb run, and gosh yes my nose can sniff out just about everything I cant have,, lol0
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@octobubbles I hope it happens soon for you - and that you get to be far from that kitchen!
@timwhoa LOL Do you find you want the things though?0
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