Jan 22, 2010 23:51
Im a little concerned. I keep smelling toast. I am not cooking toast. Whilst my unit shares a wall and a ceiling with my neighbours i cannot usually smell things they are cooking and i dont think toast has that strong a smell that i would be able to smell it as clear as it is.
Because i had heard or seen something previously about smelling toast at random times i goggled it. Bad idea. Now i am convinced i am gonna have a stroke!!! Apparently it happens to some people, they smell toast before they have a stroke or a seizure. It wasnt on just one website either, google is a hypercondriacts haven isnt it. But i am a bit worried. It's really weird and freaking me out, mostly because i live alone and it would take a long time for anyone to realise something was wrong with me. Also just before after i turned my tv off i swear i heard a door bell, clear as a, well, bell, like it was being rung in the room i was in. None of my neighbours have door bells because we arent allowed under our strata agreement. I think i am going crazy.
Basically my question is, i dont think i am going to have a stroke, but is it possible that i could have had like something very minor happen seizure like and not even realised it? Or like a brain fart of sorts, or do these things only come in the big convulsing blackout versions. I know people can sometimes have things like very minor brain things or heart things and not even realise they have till something completely unrelated brings it to light. Am i gonna die if i go to sleep or should i just stop googling shit and got to bed. Also if i keep smelling this toast, once i have done a door knock of the neighbours and eliminated them and the preparers of toast, should i be concerned or should i stop thinking about food so much and that might make phantom smells go away?
I will take opinions from actual doctors as well as google doctors and those who tell me to shut up and go to bed. I think i am only concerned because i am on my own and i have often thought what if something bad happens to me, and if its something i saw coming, due to toasted warnings i'd be really pissed.