Diagnose me - sudden sensitivity to smell and nausea?

[cosmowife]

Obviously I know this is not really a place for medical advice, but I am wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar.  On Sunday, I got in the car with DH and he had used some sort of hair product.  The smell was really strong and I immediately began to feel nauseous.  Later that day and since then (but especially the next day), I had a bad headache/neck pain and still felt nauseous.  I thought I felt better this morning.  I tried a new perfume on my wrists this morning.  A little while ago, I started to feel the headache and the nausea creeping on again.  Now I feel sick again.  Despite my IUD, I thought that I could be pregnant, but tested and it was negative (it is definitely negative, not just too early or something).  Of course, I google and it says that I have a brain tumor.  Another website just says that I am getting old (I'm 31).  Any ideas?  This has never happened to me before.

[ijack]

obviously you're pregnant!

[jene]

Yep, pregnant!

[cosmowife]

Lol not pregnant! I promise.

[qwerty]

Migraine? I hope you figure out what it is.

[Susie]

I think "pregnant" is the only response you'll get here for those symptoms. If you're worried, test again on a few more days and make an app't w/ your PCP if they're all neg and you still feel off.

[cosmowife]

Dec 19, 2013 13:43:44 GMT -5 qwerty said:

Migraine? I hope you figure out what it is.

I was thinking a precursor to a migraine as well. I've never gotten one before (I rarely even get headaches) but maybe I am going to start getting them or something? This nausea is no joke. I was completely convinced that it was morning sickness but I've been working non-stop every night for a couple months and haven't had time for much else so not thinking pregnant.

[agnes]

In school I used to have the same thing happen when I smelled dry erase markers.

[qwerty]

Dec 19, 2013 13:48:56 GMT -5 cosmowife said:

Dec 19, 2013 13:43:44 GMT -5 qwerty said:

Migraine? I hope you figure out what it is.

I was thinking a precursor to a migraine as well. I've never gotten one before (I rarely even get headaches) but maybe I am going to start getting them or something? This nausea is no joke. I was completely convinced that it was morning sickness but I've been working non-stop every night for a couple months and haven't had time for much else so not thinking pregnant.

When I use certain perfumes or hand soaps, it will trigger headaches right away for my husband. He also gets the nausea. Can you get an appointment with your primary care doctor to rule anything else out?

[cosmowife]

Dec 19, 2013 13:52:57 GMT -5 qwerty said:

Dec 19, 2013 13:48:56 GMT -5 cosmowife said:

I was thinking a precursor to a migraine as well. I've never gotten one before (I rarely even get headaches) but maybe I am going to start getting them or something? This nausea is no joke. I was completely convinced that it was morning sickness but I've been working non-stop every night for a couple months and haven't had time for much else so not thinking pregnant.

When I use certain perfumes or hand soaps, it will trigger headaches right away for my husband. He also gets the nausea. Can you get an appointment with your primary care doctor to rule anything else out?

Yes, it shouldn't be a problem to get an appointment. At least I now know that this is actually a "thing" even though it is weird that it has never happened before and now twice in one week.

[jr009j]

I'm allergic to a lot of perfumes and artificial scents and get the exact same symptoms when I smell them. It has gotten worse as I've gotten older. Perfumes that didn't bug me at 20 now make me nausea and if I don't wash them off quickly enough, I get migraines.

[Deleted]

I can tell I'm getting a cold because my first symptom is sensitivity to smell. But no nausea and I obviously have other cold symptoms in a day or two.

[statlerwaldorf]

I always get nauseous before AF. I figure it must be some sort of hormone thing.

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[bunnysmom]

Maybe if you have been working so much, you're tired or stressed and you're having migraines.

Another option could be your cycle, as in some sort of hormonal change that makes you more sensitive to smell.

[thejen626]

Totally random, but I flew a lot as a kid/teen and young adult. Randomly on a flight home when I was 23, I started having such sharp pains in my forehead. I thought I was going to die. I was sure I was having a brain aneurysm. Landed the plane, I was fine. Then the same thing happened 6 months later, the next time I flew. Turns out I have a "sinus arrhythmia" which gives me these horrible headaches, and my heart skips a beat occasionally. I didn't get an official diagnosis until I was 27.

Sharing just because as our bodies get older, apparently they change for the worse!

I hope you figure out what it is!

[Deleted]

My guess is either fatigue, migraine or pregnant.

Keep a diary for a few days detailing your food, activities, sleep, etc. your six may spot a pattern you can't.

[dr.girlfriend]

Dec 19, 2013 22:35:50 GMT -5 thejen626 said:

Totally random, but I flew a lot as a kid/teen and young adult. Randomly on a flight home when I was 23, I started having such sharp pains in my forehead. I thought I was going to die. I was sure I was having a brain aneurysm. Landed the plane, I was fine. Then the same thing happened 6 months later, the next time I flew. Turns out I have a "sinus arrhythmia" which gives me these horrible headaches, and my heart skips a beat occasionally. I didn't get an official diagnosis until I was 27.

Sharing just because as our bodies get older, apparently they change for the worse!

I hope you figure out what it is!

I have this same thing from time to time when an airplane lands -- I also thought it was an aneurysm the first time, and since then I self-diagnosed that I think I just have a pocket of air in my frontal sinus cavity that responds poorly sometimes to pressure changes.  But that's totally different from sinus arrhythmia, it's not even the same kind of sinus.  That's really weird.

[Deleted]

I wonder if it is a side effect to the IUD? Have you just had it put in?

I found when I was on Mirena I had all sorts of weird side effects.

[yentl]

Migraine for sure. Sometimes they are triggered by hormonal changes, so even if you never had them before, getting an IUD or recently having kids might start to bring them on.

Avoid wearing perfumes and strong smells and carry peppermint oil with you. If you smell that instead of the strong smells, it will help your nausea significantly.

[thejen626]

Dec 20, 2013 11:11:59 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

Dec 19, 2013 22:35:50 GMT -5 thejen626 said:

Totally random, but I flew a lot as a kid/teen and young adult. Randomly on a flight home when I was 23, I started having such sharp pains in my forehead. I thought I was going to die. I was sure I was having a brain aneurysm. Landed the plane, I was fine. Then the same thing happened 6 months later, the next time I flew. Turns out I have a "sinus arrhythmia" which gives me these horrible headaches, and my heart skips a beat occasionally. I didn't get an official diagnosis until I was 27.

Sharing just because as our bodies get older, apparently they change for the worse!

I hope you figure out what it is!

I have this same thing from time to time when an airplane lands -- I also thought it was an aneurysm the first time, and since then I self-diagnosed that I think I just have a pocket of air in my frontal sinus cavity that responds poorly sometimes to pressure changes.  But that's totally different from sinus arrhythmia, it's not even the same kind of sinus.  That's really weird.

I didn't get diagnosed with the sinus arrhythmia until I was 27 and pregnant. They might not be related at all...?

Anyway, I've found that if I take some real pseudo ephedrine while flying, the pressure goes away completely. Or if I don't have sudafed, a few Tylenol and a cocktail really helps. But I always just bring some sudafed in my carry on bag because otherwise I'm just sitting there crying the whole time while landing!