mit12 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 How many of you are bothered by perfumes or scented candles? I try to explain to my wife that it feels like someone is sticking a finger in my eye when I smell them, she can not understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Denny Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hey Mit! Perfume, paint, solvent, gas.....yup.....went to play bingo a few years back and as I was at the counter buying cards, a lady walked by who had bathed in perfume....got hit before I got back to the table....had just paid $20 for the feckin cards so I just sat there rockin and dobbin them numbers!! DD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Denny Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hey Mit! Perfume, paint, solvent, gas.....yup.....went to play bingo a few years back and as I was at the counter buying cards, a lady walked by who had bathed in perfume....got hit before I got back to the table....had just paid $20 for the feckin cards so I just sat there rockin and dobbin them numbers!! DD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiny Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 No usually a problem here, but fumes are a trigger for many. Hopefully your wife will come to understand and accept that you just can't handle them. Or some of them anyway. I am allergic to many perfumes and a lot of candle scents. I start coughing and sneezing right quick. Then, the 'offender' looks at me like I am going to give her the plague!!! On a few occasions I have told them that I am allergic to their perfume on my way out the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHfather Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Scents are definitely right up there at the top of the trigger list (not for everyone, of course). I'd say they're very close behind alcohol. In my view, they're high up in the "second place" group that includes barometric pressure changes, stress, some sleeping patterns (shift work, naps), and some foods and food ingredients such as MSG. I'm probably missing some -- really just saying that scents/fumes are very common triggers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kate Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Same here, always started off an attack so much so Ihad to avoid big stores with perfume counters.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senstrom1 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 never triggered by a scent that i am aware of. The barometric thing really kicked my butt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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