tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232044836514463573.post3951077804211352904..comments2018-06-23T09:37:32.819+01:00Comments on I Can. You Can. We Can.: My Super-Power.... Hyperosmia!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095737674630296207noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232044836514463573.post-87781978335200961872013-08-05T03:45:49.247+01:002013-08-05T03:45:49.247+01:00I've really enjoyed reading this, I've alw...I've really enjoyed reading this, I've always thought I was the only one with these rare problems. I too have frequent migraines, but I take Topamax daily as a preventative and have for many years and it has decreased them to 2 or 3 a month instead of daily like yours. I too am able to smell everything! And I love that you guys all talk about smokers, I'm an ex-smoker I hated the way people, myself included, smelled after smoking and yes I think the smoking did dull my sense of smell a little. I am like the you all in the sense I can not go into Lush, but places with milder smells are ok in moderation and I have to use candles and plugins to mask the incoming smells from my neighbors. I live in apartments and I always seem to move by someone who smokes or cooks bad food. And Jujubie like you I can almost always smell pot, it surprises me too, and annoys. I will have to find out my blood type to see if it has any significance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232044836514463573.post-83022907207019021902012-08-23T16:58:57.522+01:002012-08-23T16:58:57.522+01:00Hello Nicole,
It is strange reading about how you...Hello Nicole,<br /><br />It is strange reading about how your body reacts with hyperosmia. As I read about people with this condition I am not so sure it is all that rare. <br /><br />Funny you would call it your super power. I do as well. I also call many smells my Kryptonite. <br /><br />I am inspired by your outlook on living with this problem. It is quite debilitating for me. I am retired now but when I was working I'm sure I caused others a lot of pain with my constant complaining. I understood their frustration but if I didn't fight my brain would just stop functioning.<br /><br />I was so looking forward to retiring because I had plans to move to the Philippines. The island life must be a relief from all the city smells, right? Well, it didn't turn out that way. Little did I know Filipinos see burning trash and other things as a sign of life. Burning fire wood is one of the main cooking fuels. <br /><br />Like you, I have a big problem with loud sounds as well. There again, Filipinos love loud. Seems the love loud anything. They talk loud, sing loud and turn the bass up all the way until the speakers sound like they are going to shake apart. <br /><br />Wish I could sound as positive as you do but migraines every day are a real problem for me and my family. <br /><br />Seems that if I don't get away from whatever smell that is bothering me at the time the pain only increases. If I allow this to happen the pain will remain for days if not a week or so. <br /><br />I just don't think there are enough people that know they have this problem for the medical community to even care to study it and come up with some kind of cure or treatment. Most doctors I have seen and complained about this condition want to say it is psychological. I think they fail to take into account that after dealing with our surroundings and this condition daily, it most likely will become psychological. <br /><br />I saw something once on a science program about putting something in your brain that intercepts some signal that is sent when you smell. <br /><br />I hope your readers may have some new information. <br /><br />Thanks for your article. <br /><br />ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06300443115729984736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232044836514463573.post-87337770084606901072011-08-16T15:19:27.293+01:002011-08-16T15:19:27.293+01:00What an interesting read! I find that we have so ...What an interesting read! I find that we have so many similar "gifts". My sense of smell is always on high. I smell any piece of furniture that comes into a building, even two floors away. Would you believe that as I walk past lockers in a school, I can identify the weed smokers? (Like a dog, I am!) I also have the same hypersensitivity for food but some odours I cannot stand, one of them being grapefruit and grated citrus zest. I love perfumes (always thought I should have been a "nez") but unlike you, I can't walk into a "Lush" store or any boutique with scented candles. It's too overpowering.<br /><br />You and I need to get together and cook!Jujubienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232044836514463573.post-45025614078744919592011-08-16T15:08:07.888+01:002011-08-16T15:08:07.888+01:00Sounds like a great excuse to indulge in Smarties!...Sounds like a great excuse to indulge in Smarties! I had no idea it could be learned - I must try it!<br /><br />In a similar vein, with my eyes shut, I can tell when things are close to my nose because the bridge vibrates! The closer something gets, the more intense the vibration! It was years before I could wear sunglasses because of it! And when I first had to have reading glasses, it was quite difficult - even now, I cannot keep them on for long because I find myself physically trying to 'back away' from them! I have to regularly take them off and have a break!<br /><br />It's so refreshing to find other people with quirks! I grew up thinking I was the only one! LOL!<br /><br />N xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095737674630296207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232044836514463573.post-63188894835084439292011-08-16T13:58:12.688+01:002011-08-16T13:58:12.688+01:00Fascinating stuff! I can definitely smell more thi...Fascinating stuff! I can definitely smell more things than most people - as I walk down the street I can identify the perfume or deodorant of most passers by. Fortunately the accentuated bad smells are mostly smoke which, like you, I'm particularly sensitive to. With the windows shut I wake up in the night if the chap downstairs lights up.<br /><br />Like you I also have a rare blood group, B-, which only 2% of the population have. <br /><br />My experience of synaesthesia is I can feel colours with my fingertips. I don't see it as a super-power, as a child I read of someone who could do it and taught myself, practising with Smarties! Yellow feels slimy, and red feels smooth, for instance. Give it a try!<br /><br />Berry xBerrynoreply@blogger.com