Unrelated But: Nausea with Smells

[Purplegirl2]

I get motion sick easily. Sometimes after brushing my teeth or showering, the smell of the product makes me feel so nauseated, like I am in the car & I got car sick. It can last up to a few days, and I have to avoid anything too pungent. But I can also have fleeting nausea moments with smells. This seems to happen especially if I have been on a long car trip recently (and I was not the driver). The smell of leather makes my car sickness worse.

Anyone else have this issue? Anything I can do about it when I have an episode? I try to avoid taking dramamine (car sickness meds) because it makes me drowsy.

[Nackapan]

I get nausea with a vestibular disturbance. Smells don't help but not the cause.The other nausea can be hormonal like when you are pregnant or out of balance

Smells definitely set that off. Coffee ,beer , ripe bananas

I am very rarely passenger as been only driver in household.

I tok am not a good traveller .I've even been known to feel sick driving!

Never been on very long car journeys ever.

Motorways the worst I think.

J have strong Jamaican ginger beer yo soo and ginger biscuits. With a carb. Di blood sugars don't go up and down.

Several breaks too

A hankie with an essential oil yih like csn help breathing and distraction techniques.

Are you sure the nausea isn't connected to b12 deficiency in some way.

I'm sure it's listed

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Try more foods with b6 ....... sickness injections contain b6

I've had terrible sickness especially when on HRT. Took me a while to find out.

Beef,pork oats peas rice pasta even potato banana

[deniseinmilden]

Yes, exactly that.

Only cure for me was lots (daily SI for years) of B12 and supporting supplements.

[Sleepybunny]

Hi,

I wonder if there might be a connection with B12 deficiency.

Migraine can be associated with B12 deficiency and migraine in turn can be linked with motion sickness, sensitivity to scents/smells and other sensory sensitivity eg light sensitivity.

It's possible to have migraines without any headache.

I have a form of chronic migraine with visual migraine symptoms which I believe was triggered by B12 deficiency.

Migraine can run in families.

Articles that mention migraine and B12

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

sciencedirect.com/science/a...

If you want to know more, there are Migraine Forums on HU.

If you search online for "Walton Centre Migraine" it should show a link to an NHS booklet about migraine which mentions travel sickness, sensory sensitivity etc.

Are you getting enough B12?

[Gambit62 Administrator]

Like Sleepybunny your question reminded me of migraines - they come in many forms and don't always have headaches and for some people are triggered by smells - tobacco is the one that springs to mind for me. Mine can also be eased by some aromas - peppermint, lavender. I do get headaches but the worst impact for me is the effect on the gut.You may find the heads-up podcast series produced by the National Migraine Centre contains some episodes of interest - I'm pretty sure one focuses on effects on the gut.

nationalmigrainecentre.org....