I Lost My Sense of Smell

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ReformedAutomaton

Smells Like...nothing

I lost my sense of smell due to a head injury in Dec 2005. I could not smell anything for a year and still only smell occasionally. Very strong odors such as bathrooms are perceptible but not strong at all. Barely...

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Written on June 11th, 2007
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mrmoo1231

Phantom Smells

Or olfactory hallucinations, whatever you call them, they suck! I started to read this new book at the library about a woman who started to lose her sense of smell the same way I think I'm losing mine-- caused by an OTC nasal...

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Written on August 8th, 2010
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lesshissMORECAT

As Far As I Know, I Never Had Mine...

Just one more thing that spiraled me off on a course of being different and not fitting in from the very earliest of ages...
... but I guess if you are going to be missing a sense, this is the one to not have... most people just...

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Written on March 24th, 2011
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valek

Can Barely Smell Anything

well over a year ago i almost completely lost my sense of smell.
i can still taste food quite well, but I can only smell things if they are REALLY strong.
like if i drive past a dead skunk on the road, or if something really strong is...

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Written on November 17th, 2009
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velosapien

I Can't Smell Sh!t.

I don't know if I lost my sense of smell, or if I never had one to begin with. Either way, I can't smell a thing.
In school, when someone farted in assembly I'd have to pretend I could smell it or people would think it was me...

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Written on February 11th, 2008
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lesshissMORECAT

Doing Clothes Is Another Issue

If something, anything, bad happened during this process and my clothes come out smelling nasty, how would I even know?
Sometimes I tell myself that I'm going to find the first trustworthy person I can find at work and ask them if I...

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Written on March 25th, 2011
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"i saw a specialist, who gave me prescription nasal spray to try, and i used it and it didnt really make a difference, and i was told the only other option would be surgery, which i really wasnt excited about doing..."
"It seems to me that I would have better things to do than to go around cunningly tricking people into thinking that I have no sense of smell..."
"Wasn't awful, but wasn't worth buying and getting a bigger belly for :- D Now a person who can smell probably can tell you exactly whether it was worth getting cause they can probably detect what some of the ingredients are..."

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