Things smell funny lately

[cjsmith]

For the past few days or maybe a week, many things have smelled... odd... to me. On Tuesday, Spaghetti-Os smelled like rosemary. A cheeseburger smelled like fresh cut paper (or cardboard?) Wednesday, and even more disturbingly, last night a cheeseburger smelled like nothing at all! It had mustard on it. How can I not smell at least the mustard? Potato chips and french fries both smell somewhat sour, but they taste okay. My body's waste products smell like old fish; conversely, bad breath smells fecal. Today, driving in traffic, I was sure I should be smelling icky car exhaust smells, but what my nose reported was a pot of freshly drained pasta.

This is mildly disturbing. What is going on with my body? Does this have something to do with the new nutritional supplements I just started? I am sure at least the bit about my body's waste products does indeed relate to that; among other things, I'm taking 1.8g of "marine lipid concentrate", whatever that may be, twice a day. But what's going on with my olfactory sense?

Comments

[ziactrice.livejournal.com]

Well, Vitamin C has most of the effects you've just described on me, except the wonky smell-er problem. It sounds as if you are either taking too high a dose, or are allergic to something. Cut everything, wait two weeks, and start over one a time at 150 mg or LESS.

Or, even better, make changes to your real food diet and stop taking vitamins for most things. I eat purslane (which is really high in omega-fatty acids) and fish. I eat oysters for zinc - I even crave them at Certain Time in the Month - prevent anemia.

However, changes in your sense of smell can indicate really Nasty Health weirdities. So, if it doesn't stop real quick when you stop the supplements, beat a path to your doc's door and make him LISTEN.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Wow. I have no trouble at all with Vitamin C, even when I megadose (which isn't often).

Yah, if I could eat fish or seafood of any kind at all I'd have less of a problem...