Feeling I'm going mad... keep smelling things no one else can smell

[listsandbudgets]

No one in the house smokes but iver last few weeks I keep smelling stale cigarette smoke. Also burning smells and a strong scent of poo. Not all the time but regular strong whiffs.

DP and DCs can't smell them at all

Has anyone else experienced this?

[UncomfortableSilence]

Make a GP appointment and in the mean time book a Covid test. Google Covid and smelling cigarette smoke, it's a thing.

[listsandbudgets]

oh god, now I'm a bit scared - I'll book a GP appointment (if I can get one that is but that's another story).

I do have epilepsy and while I've never had this symptom before I suppose it could be related. I may drop an email to the epilepsy nurse and see what she says.

If I'm honest I'd wondered hoped it was simply down to a weird symptom of stress (who's not stressed at the moment by lockdown) .. I'm just so tired

[yellowhighheels]

I've had covid, anosmia still going strong but I'm starting to smell burning. Not sure if you can just get the phantosmia. Definitely do a covid test.

[Sparkletastic]

Very likely connected to your epilepsy. Hope you nurse is helpful.

[Ch3rish]

I've heard about thecigarette smell happening to people recently, it might even have been on threads on here. I don't know what the answer is but you aren't alone. I guess the most likley thing at the moment is that it's covid related

[apricotdreams]

My partner had covid two months ago and the other day told me that he now smells a cigarette smoke smell regularly. Could you have had covid previously?

[Knackeredmommy]

My son compl of smelling smoke when he had Covid

[mintbiscuit]

It was a symptom of covid for me. Chances are it’s more likely to covid than anything sinister.