Knellie Posted February 22, 2021 Report Share Posted February 22, 2021 Hi Everyone! For the past couple of years, I will get random smells coming in my nose that don't make sense with the environment I am in. I will smell smoke when there is no fire, or a strong smell of food when there is nothing cooking. It comes at random times, not just on bad days. It doesn't bother me a lot, but I was wondering if this is something that only I get. I am wondering if it is related to my migraines. Do any of you get it too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Posted February 23, 2021 Report Share Posted February 23, 2021 @Knellie, I hope you're feeling good today. I've gotten these a few times, not often and very subtly, in the past few years. I suspected it was POTS-related due to the timing, but yeh, I've also heard/read that this can be part of a migraine's "aura". I don't get migraines, at least, not so far (knock wood!!), but I looked it up and they're called something like "olfactory hallucinations", "phantom smells", etc. Hopefully you won't start smelling stuff like rotten trash, dead fish, etc.! 😝 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogini Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 Hi I would mention this to your doctor. I have heard this associated with other conditions not related to POTS which you may want to have checked out to be safe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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