[Apocryphal]

Hello,
Does anyone else get plagued by bad smells and tastes?
I often smell/taste blood for no reason. It can become quite pervasive. My friend was talking to me earlier and all I could focus on was the intrusive smell of blood. But no nose bleeds or trickling down the back of my throat to indicate an actual bleed. It happens with other smells like smelling people's perfume/aftershave when they are no where me. Sometimes it can be scary it makes me wonder if they are there but invisible.

[Elysium]

Hey there!!

I occasionally get this, but mostly with cigarette smoke when no one around is smoking, or of brush fires when there is no fire anywhere. I'm not sure why this happens.

I know that there is such a thing as olfactory hallucinations, which just means that you have hallucinations that come as odors. I don't know if this is what you're experiencing, but I would mention it to your MD. Sometimes these anomalies can be a symptom of neurological issues. It might be good to just get a checkup.

Hope this helps. Take care!!

[Pomegranate]

with Elysium. Go get checked out by your family doctor first. Tell him what's happening. That's the place to start to find out what's causing this.

[Apocryphal]

Thank you both for the replies. I am seeing my doctor later this week so I shall mention it then and see what he says.