Enhanced sense of smell?

[Tubbynomo 18]

Not sure if I'm imagining it but it seems like my sense of smell is more acute. The bad part is that I can smell everyone's breath. It's quite off-putting. It was much more noticeable right after surgery and has since diminished some. Am I the only one?

[Darianna75 131]

I'm having the same thing! It's not so bad now 3 weeks out but it was awful in the beginning !!

[Sandy17051 8]

My sense of smell is on over-drive anymore! It seems like more food smells are making me want to gag. I can't stand the smell of anything fried, extra sweet (IE: pancake syrup), and spaghetti. I am a little over 7 months post-op and it seems like I'm not liking the smells of many things more than right after surgery.

[MichiganChic 3,262]

Mine was like that, too. I don't notice it so much any more. I'm not sure if I got used to it, or if it subsided. I've had worse problems

[elfnow 277]

I attributed this to cessation of CPAP use... But I felt like my sense of smell was more acute than I expected. Combined with a stomach bug in my 3-4th weeks and I had to keep reminding myself "NO. You have an IUD. You haven't done anything. It's not possible."

What's sucky is my partner does have a particular odor to him that I never really liked, but between CPAP use and sinus surgeries, I thought I had no sense of smell left!! Three years without smelling anything and suddenly now I can smell EVERYTHING and I'm not happy about that....

My partner leaned in for a casual kiss one time and his facial hair smelled like he'd been going down on an armpit. I feel like I am showering constantly and washing all my BO parts... And then we'll be in the car and he'll put his arm up and I'll be like OMG IS THAT ME WHEN DID I BATHE LAST DID I FORGET DEODORANT OH LORD I SMELL TERRIBLE... I'm trying to not freak out bc part of me knows it's HIM but it's making me crazy esp. if I DID forget deodorant right then. One of my friends assures me it's not just me feeling that way, but now idk how to deal with all that.

[Gina1010 86]

Yes my sense of smell was very sensitive for a few weeks or maybe months but it did go away. It was horrible but it gets better.

[TooFluffy 32]

Ditto here on the enhance sence of smell! It does lessen after a few weeks.

[Seela 1,187]

Funny, I posted about this months ago. I remember I could smell catsup from accross the room! For me it normalized after a little while.