Suggest Treatment For Olfactory Hallucination

Posted on Wed, 20 Jan 2016

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Question : I smell cigarette smoke, and need one is smoking around me, been going on for months... Unless it's a spirit doing it!

Answered by Dr. Alexander H. Sheppe (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Consultation

Detailed Answer:
Hello, and thanks for your question.

What you describe could be a couple of things. One, this smell could have been imprinted in your nose from inhaling smoke in a particularly severe or traumatic time. Or, it could be an olfactory hallucination. I would visit a doctor for a nose exam, and if negative, consider seeing a psychiatrist to consider an atypical neuroleptic like Risperdal.

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