[Woolly Bugger]

Last night I woke up and smelled grilled cheese sandwiches cooking in the kitchen. Clear as day. I jumped up and ran downstairs to find the kitchen deserted, of course. This has happened to me many times before. I don't believe I was actually asleep when I smelled the grilled cheese cooking on the stove, but I may have been on the edge.

I have sleep apnea and so wake up many times a night. Perhaps there is some correlation.

Any one else have any experience with this sort of thing?

this happens to me too, but for me, it's always blood

i find myself checking my surroundings and my body, only to find everything normal.

but like you.. i smell it clear as day

actually i've had it with sick, too. and fire.

[wiretwister]

I keep smelling "that burning electric smell" , I smell it but can never find where it comes from .... and no one else ever smells it ... but I have been electrocuted before , maybe a memory of myself burning , maybe just a fried mind ...

[pirilin]

I smell many non existent things during the day. Not in my sleep.

[Mrs. Mania]

It's called olfactory hallucinating or Phantosmia, it is caused by a host of things from seizures to swollen sinuses. I'm sooooooooo glad I'm not the only one this happens too! They advise seeing your Dr. to rule out temporal lobe damage. I haven't done that, I hate Drs.

Originally Posted by Woolly Bugger

Last night I woke up and smelled grilled cheese sandwiches cooking in the kitchen. Clear as day. I jumped up and ran downstairs to find the kitchen deserted, of course. This has happened to me many times before. I don't believe I was actually asleep when I smelled the grilled cheese cooking on the stove, but I may have been on the edge.

I have sleep apnea and so wake up many times a night. Perhaps there is some correlation.

Any one else have any experience with this sort of thing?

I have olfactory hallucinations (rotten chicken), but not as an edge of sleep thing.

When you say edge of sleep, it brings to mind hypnogogic (edge of going into sleep) and hypnopompic (edge going out of sleep) hallucinations. They are of a sort that are pretty common and " normal". (A lot of people freak out and are much-relieved to learn this.)

Of course, I don't know if they are what is happening, but it might be. I'm very familiar with them in the visual realm. They can be über-real. Like 'getting up and walking across room reaching out to touch' real.

Just took a peek to refresh knowledge. Besides being fairly common, they are commonly associated with narcolepsy, insomnia and anxiety. Given that, it wouldn't be surprising if your sleep apnea is involved.

A really brief overview: https://www.sleepassociation.org/pat...-during-sleep/

What do you think?

When i am hungry i often times can taste and smell what i want to eat, especially chocolate and i am awake not asleep