Post by supplementsally on Jul 9, 2011 18:13:07 GMT
Hi! I discovered the bodyodorsupport site in May. I think I may have been on it, or a similar one, in 2008 when all of my problems started.
In Jan. of 2008, I started a new job. By the end of the first day, I knew something was terribly wrong with the air ventilation system. The air was "heavy." Flying insects were coming out of the vent right above me. But most of all, all odors were magnified and hung in the air. As time elapsed, I could actually taste something on my lips and smell a weird chemical smell on the inside of my purse (which I kept open near my desk).
No one else seemed to be sensitive to it though and everyone thought I was crazy and a trouble maker. I started getting dizzy. One day I walked out and told my boss I wasn't coming back until I switched seats.
I started getting sick right away. At the end of the first week, I was wheezing when eating certain foods. I ended up staying for almost two years, like an idiot. It's a long story but although I was going to the doctor almost from the beginning, I was consistently misdiagnosed.
I had the worst smells you can imagine being emitted from my body. I made a huge mistake of leaving food and open beverages on my desk and I'm sure that whatever was in the air settled on my food and caused me to have leaky gut syndrome, in addition to the environmental toxins.
To be fair, as a glamour girl, I had been addicted to perfume and makeup, at one point, so I'm sure I had some stores of toxins but this job pushed me over the edge. I also had some hormonal stuff happening.
Anyway, because I had good health insurance, I was running from one doctor to the next. I never went to any holistic health practitioners because that wasn't covered by my insurance. I never really trusted doctors in the past but I allowed them to persuade me that I was just experiencing peri-menopause. I started taking hormone replacement therapy intermittently. The medication devastated my body while easing the symptoms, ironically. I became malnourished but didn't know it.
I was tired all the time, depressed, sweating like a maniac and eventually became hypoglycemic. The smells became worse, almost like dragons that emerged without any warning and swarmed all around me. Horrible metallic gases and bile smells. Sometimes blood smells; once or twice - straight b.o. but only when taking a new supplement.
No one in my entire family could smell a thing. No doctors either except one and that was because I was sweating. The sweating was horrible, sometimes I would do laundry three times a week.
I felt humiliated and embarrassed constantly. I felt worthless. I contemplated suicide on more than one occasion. I thought I was cursed.
Anyway, I prayed a lot and asked others to pray for me. In April, I started making small breakthroughs. The other thing I should say is that I kept looking for a supplement that could "fix me." I spent hours on the internet and had a notebook filled with research. I wasn't working steadily so I could only dream about getting the supplements I needed.
Finally, I got to see three holistic health practitioners FOR FREE. It was a miracle! I was diagnosed with leaky gut syndrome, and anemia (not the normal kind that show up in tests). My tissues were acidic and I suffered from fungus, yeast and bacteria infestations (from the leaky gut).
I am speaking in the past even though I'm not cured yet because I finally see some light at the end of the tunnel.
This forum has been so helpful. I don't feel alone anymore.
In Jan. of 2008, I started a new job. By the end of the first day, I knew something was terribly wrong with the air ventilation system. The air was "heavy." Flying insects were coming out of the vent right above me. But most of all, all odors were magnified and hung in the air. As time elapsed, I could actually taste something on my lips and smell a weird chemical smell on the inside of my purse (which I kept open near my desk).
No one else seemed to be sensitive to it though and everyone thought I was crazy and a trouble maker. I started getting dizzy. One day I walked out and told my boss I wasn't coming back until I switched seats.
I started getting sick right away. At the end of the first week, I was wheezing when eating certain foods. I ended up staying for almost two years, like an idiot. It's a long story but although I was going to the doctor almost from the beginning, I was consistently misdiagnosed.
I had the worst smells you can imagine being emitted from my body. I made a huge mistake of leaving food and open beverages on my desk and I'm sure that whatever was in the air settled on my food and caused me to have leaky gut syndrome, in addition to the environmental toxins.
To be fair, as a glamour girl, I had been addicted to perfume and makeup, at one point, so I'm sure I had some stores of toxins but this job pushed me over the edge. I also had some hormonal stuff happening.
Anyway, because I had good health insurance, I was running from one doctor to the next. I never went to any holistic health practitioners because that wasn't covered by my insurance. I never really trusted doctors in the past but I allowed them to persuade me that I was just experiencing peri-menopause. I started taking hormone replacement therapy intermittently. The medication devastated my body while easing the symptoms, ironically. I became malnourished but didn't know it.
I was tired all the time, depressed, sweating like a maniac and eventually became hypoglycemic. The smells became worse, almost like dragons that emerged without any warning and swarmed all around me. Horrible metallic gases and bile smells. Sometimes blood smells; once or twice - straight b.o. but only when taking a new supplement.
No one in my entire family could smell a thing. No doctors either except one and that was because I was sweating. The sweating was horrible, sometimes I would do laundry three times a week.
I felt humiliated and embarrassed constantly. I felt worthless. I contemplated suicide on more than one occasion. I thought I was cursed.
Anyway, I prayed a lot and asked others to pray for me. In April, I started making small breakthroughs. The other thing I should say is that I kept looking for a supplement that could "fix me." I spent hours on the internet and had a notebook filled with research. I wasn't working steadily so I could only dream about getting the supplements I needed.
Finally, I got to see three holistic health practitioners FOR FREE. It was a miracle! I was diagnosed with leaky gut syndrome, and anemia (not the normal kind that show up in tests). My tissues were acidic and I suffered from fungus, yeast and bacteria infestations (from the leaky gut).
I am speaking in the past even though I'm not cured yet because I finally see some light at the end of the tunnel.
This forum has been so helpful. I don't feel alone anymore.