Phantom odors and tastes before attacks

[NeitherHere]

This last season i've been caught off guard by a number of changes.

One of these changes is the unprovoked sense of smelling/tasting cocaine or methamphetamine in my sinuses and upper airways. Now I won't be coy, i'm a recovering poly substance user and cocaine and methamphetamine were DOC'S of mine to some degree but its been almost 2 years since the last time i've even seen EITHER let alone even think about them. I don't get any other associated symptoms, i dont get high when these sensation hits me but usually that same day I get hit with a cluster AND migraine together. Rarely one or the other and consistently both together bouncing back and forth if not concurrent. The cocaine sensory anomaly seems to happen before the absolute most brutal attacks. This also seems to happen on overcast and rainy days as well around noon 

 

Does anyone else have sensory experiences like this before an attack? 

This has never happened before. Even when I was using it never had this sensation. Its as if I just sent a large volume of it up my nose. My sinuses also seem to swell causing congestion during these abnormal experiences too. 

 

I'm not sure what to think here but i'm choosing to accept it as a benefit in the sense that I have some sort of benchmark to recognize "an attack is coming " 

[jon019]

...i can't speak to the connection of these phantom odors to hits or cycle except to say that for years i experienced similar. mine were burnt toast, manure, electrical fire, and a few others. my cycles were very close apart and it never seemed connected to cycle position or hit prodrome. as i recall these were random and "interesting".  is also a symptom of other scary neurological maladies like MS...which i have been tested for multiple times (negative). that its a "tell" is actually a good thing for you...

43 minutes ago, NeitherHere said:

This also seems to happen on overcast and rainy days as well around noon 

...rapid change in barometric pressure...like hi to lo pressure weather wave was a guaranteed trigger for me and many others. re "noon", guessing your particular circadian rhythm...

46 minutes ago, NeitherHere said:

My sinuses also seem to swell causing congestion during these abnormal experiences too. 

...that there is WAY typical of CH...it would surprise if only occurring during these...

 

47 minutes ago, NeitherHere said:

I'm not sure what to think here but i'm choosing to accept it as a benefit in the sense that I have some sort of benchmark to recognize "an attack is coming " 

.....boy howdy, YES! and mega congrats on off loading the monkey...from contacts and research it seems clusterheads are more prone to addictive behavior than "regular" citizens...

best

jon

[dhuddly]

@NeitherHere I explicitly remember smelling an electrical fire smell or similar to it the whole 8 weeks of my last cycle. It was odd but unmistakable. I haven't really looked too far into it other than it's related to the sinuses swelling which can affect our smell. Congrats on 2 years clean too. I will see what I dig up on the elevated sensory levels.