More about smells

I've noticed that I've become more sensitive to smells generally. Scents that I might have ignored in the past are now noticeable by their acridity. Some even seem to be "in my nose" - as if they don't really exist. I'm aware that I have become a little obsessed about these smells, although it's more a case of assuring myself that they are not precursors to a seizure as opposed to panicking about them. But they are certainly more noticeable than they were before.

The best way to describe them is if you imagine that the back of your nose is dry and then some acidic or alkalinic vapour runs past. Because your nose is dry, it can't detect the scent as it normally would, but instead just detects the caustic effect it has on the visceral tissue. An exaggerated equivalent of that is what I experience shortly before seizure, so I am sure you can imagine why the mere detection of something similar to this is disturbing.

It's that smell again...

I had another seizure this morning. Not enough to call the ambulance but still a full-blown epileptic fit. I think it may have been a combination of alcohol and forgetting to take my medication at the right time. I think there must be more than this involved because I've done both of those without fitting but maybe I was just unlucky this time. I hope it's a one-off rather than them coming back again.

But with reference to the title, this seizure was signposted by the strange, strong smell that I experienced just before I had my first fit. An intense smell, like smelling salts in effect, although it didn't smell like that. This time I recognised it before the fit itself kicked in properly. I wasn't panicking but I knew that something was happening. I also felt very strong pins and needles in my hands and tried to say this but was not able to string the words together. It was very annoying. I just said that I wasn't getting frightened or anything, but I couldn't. And that's the last I remember until I came to after the seizure. I spent the rest of the day feeling very tired and slept for a lot of it.