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itisi
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 Posted: 06/12/08 - 15:17 Post subject: Constantly smelling cigarette smoke! |
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| I quit smoking over 2 and a half years now, and for the past 4 days I have been smelling stale cigarette smoke every where I go, home, work and every other place, My husband and I don't smoke anymore, so it isn't him, and he and everyone else I ask if they smell it say no, I feel like I'm losing my mind, at times I even feel like someone is blowing smoke in my face, has anyone else ever experienced this?? or am I just losing it? lol Any advice would be greatly appreciated! |
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gcm
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| Posted: 07/28/08 - 15:32 Post subject: smell of cigarette smoke |
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Have you found any answers to your question? I started experiencing the same thing about a week ago. At first I thought someone in my office was smoking and it was getting sucked into the A/C return and blowing in my office. But then I noticed it in the car and at home. No one else can smell it but me. It is so real that I can almost feel a slight burning in my eyes when I inhale.
I have never smoked but my both of my parents smoked so I am familiar with the odor. I think I must be losing it too!
Please post and let me know if you have found any resources to answer this question. Thanks. |
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starcrestsa
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| Posted: 08/07/08 - 20:53 Post subject: I smell smoke |
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I know how you feel and there are many people out there like us in the same situation. I was surprised. I thought I was going nuts too. Right now I'm gathering as much information I can find from different cases like yourself. I feel that when I go to the Dr. if I do not have any documentation, He'll refer me to a therapist. But we are not alone.
I started to smell smoke this June. Then it dissapeared for a few weeks. Now it started up again. I am tracking what I eat or what I do. I can't really say that I do anything out of the ordinary. Except for 1 thing.
I have been taking Paxil for stress for quite a few years. I started with 20 mg and have dropped to 5mg a day. Recently I started to take 5 mg every other day and try to eventually eliminate it. Shortly after I cut the dosage , the smell smoke went away. I was shocked. I never really gave it much thought until recently. However, this type of medication is difficult to quit and last week , due to some ''issues'', I went back to 5mg a day. Guess what? the smoke smell is back. Recently I read that Seratonin levels may influence our condition. Can't find the article again. Anyway, I'm going to try and cut down on Paxil again and see what happens. I'm still going to see the Dr. but I want to be sure if this may be the cause.
By the way, my dentist last week did a panoramic x-ray and said my sinuses were clear. I've also noticed that my eyes burn or start burning on the onset of the smell. Hope this is of some interest to you and hope that we eventually can get healthy again. By the way, I don't smoke. |
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