Hello all. I have posted on other boards and gotten no responses. Here's hoping more activity on this board. I am in the evaluation stage at this point. I have had a persistent bad smell issue for 2 years that has increased from sporadic to daily, where I wake up in the morning fine, and then the bad smell turns on suddenly, like a light switch, within an hour or two usually, and remains throughout the day. It is a burnt, chemical type smell, unpleasant. ENT-sinus/nasal issues have been ruled out, no brain lesions, tumors etc, so I was referred to a neurologist who I saw last week. He has ordered an EEG which I will have next week. Neuro suspects I may be having seizures. Since I'm not scheduled to see him again for a few weeks, I was hoping I might get some information in the meantime. My questions for now are: 1. When the smell initially turns on, is that likely the start of the seizure? 2. Why does the smell persist all day for hours on end? In other words, if the initial trigger of the bad smell signals that I just had a seizure, then why would the smell still remain? 3. Could I perhaps be having more than one seizure a day then?
I don't lose consciousness at all-I just can keep doing whatever I'm doing.
So it will remain to be seen if I do get a confirmed diagnosis of seizure activity, and I know that if I do, medication would be likely, and I'm well aware of the various medications, but not all the nuances of the various types of seizures, and I never would have guessed this could be what my issue might be!!
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!!
I don't lose consciousness at all-I just can keep doing whatever I'm doing.
So it will remain to be seen if I do get a confirmed diagnosis of seizure activity, and I know that if I do, medication would be likely, and I'm well aware of the various medications, but not all the nuances of the various types of seizures, and I never would have guessed this could be what my issue might be!!
Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!!