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What Causes Phantom Smells With Nausea, Light Headedness And Blackouts?

Hit with waves of phantom smells along with hot pressure in head like when you close your mouth,hold your nose and try to blow out. Followed by nausea,light headedness,near blackouts,weakness,stumble around like drunk but not drinking,head gets stupid hard to think,short term memory loss. All folloed by a headache. Been coming on for 2 months or more.
Been working furiuosly for 2 months being evicted of indian land when native stepfather died. He was a hoarder and had enough stuff to fill 4 houses and 3 large garages i had to move fast. Been working 14/16 per day 50% driving job and 50% fast pace hard labor at homes. Havent eaten right often.
Have had Hep C geno type 1 for 2 decades. Had very recent blood work. Doc says liver levels and kidneys look a little high but ok. Says phantom smell caused by to much coffee/acid and its bad breath i smell.
Mon, 16 Jun 2014
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Hepatic encephalopathy does that but it needs a lot of ammonia and failing liver for that. get to a neurologist and rule out any organic cause, once ruled out we will seek a psychiatric etiology for these hallucinations .
Seek a neurologist and let them take cre of you.
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What Causes Phantom Smells With Nausea, Light Headedness And Blackouts?

Thank you for asking! Hepatic encephalopathy does that but it needs a lot of ammonia and failing liver for that. get to a neurologist and rule out any organic cause, once ruled out we will seek a psychiatric etiology for these hallucinations . Seek a neurologist and let them take cre of you. regards