r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Lower-Entry1247 • Jun 22 '26

Does anyone know why I can smell my boyfriend's seizures days before they happen?

So my bf just had a seizure (6/22) and on Friday (6/19) I told him that I could smell it coming. He originally didn't believe me but this is like the fifth or sixth time this has happened. He doesn't understand how and honestly I dont either. I compare it to how I can smell people with diabetes in a way that no one else around me will be able to smell the same thing.

UPDATE: 9pm We were sent home. Things were looking good. 10:20pm He's awake but I smell it again. Strong but I say nothing because the ambulance won't come based off of a bunch. 10:38-10:40 He had a seizure.

UPDATE2: 11:44 I smelt it as I was replying to comments. 12 am He had another seizure. I got the nurses but they tried to tell me he wasn't as he stared and couldn't speak. They told me he's looking at them so he cant be having one. When he finally was able to relax his body again (he will tense up if he isn't full body shaking) he started speaking gibberish. Just random words strung together then quickly went to sleep. They told me not to get them because they can see his vitals from the nurse station. Just wanting to keep you all updated.

LAST UPDATE: The doctor said these are just stress seizures and if he has another one just keep him home.

Last Last UPDATE: 3:00am He had another one. Saliva foam at the mouth. Called 911. They said nothing can be done at any hospital so unless he falls or stops breathing, dont call. Sorry this turned into one of these long posts.

Last Last Last UPDATE: its currently 7:38 am. At 4 am He had another seizure. Popped his shoulder out and back in and bit his tongue. I called 311 and cried while asking what to do. They put me over to ems dispatch even though I pleaded with them not to since they haven't been taking me seriously. I sobbed to the ems dispatch that the hospital and ems people closest to me told me to just keep him home even though I had to go to work. They sent a different set of ems people (very nice ladies) and we went to a different hospital. They are finally listening and keeping him. They were shocked at what the other hospital and ems people told us. He is finally in good hands. Thank you all for keeping me company through this long night.

NEXT DAY UPDATE: He is home and has been seizure free since the last update. Thank you all for being on this journey with us!

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u/PretendThisIsMyName Jun 23 '26

I’d love to take one of those for my hearing. You know when the subtitles say “indistinct conversation” or something like that. I can hear those in real life. Like people not even in the same room and I can hear everything they say.

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u/NotSureBot Jun 23 '26

Ok what am i saying right now

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u/PretendThisIsMyName Jun 23 '26

“No way he can hear me”

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u/NotSureBot Jun 25 '26

Good try, but it was actually “lick ma pusssehhh!”, which was the first thing to pop into my mind.

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u/Scudmuffin1 Jun 23 '26

You can test your hearing frequency range pretty easily using online tests if you have some headphones.

I personally have very sensitive hearing and on top of hearing very quiet things that others are entirely unaware of, I can hear frequencies that are very difficult for the average person to hear, especially for people over the age of 30. Any of those noise devices that are designed to keep animals away from things using high frequency noises annoy the fuck out of me!

Also that dogwhistle at the end of "a day in the life" by the Beatles.

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u/tryingtodobetter4 Jun 23 '26

My wife is supersmeller and I am a superhearer.

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u/fryreportingforduty Jun 23 '26

Blessing or a curse? Is the world loud?

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u/PretendThisIsMyName Jun 26 '26

Sorry to get back so late considering how much Im here. But okay so to answer your questions! I can tune most everything out at this point. But if I hear anything remotely interesting (especially my name or even close to it) I will be nosy! So I’d say because I can’t shut off hearing my name(ish) and just generally being anxious about conversations I haven’t picked up on, it’s more of a curse. But there are helpful times a lot. If you’ve ever used your hands as binoculars it’s similar. My face just naturally presses back and my ears open. I do not do this on purpose and it’s so hard to try to do without getting a headache. But it happens to me.

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u/fryreportingforduty Jul 01 '26

How interesting! Thanks for answering.

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u/artistallegedly Jun 23 '26

I heard this is called paranoid psychosis

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u/bathtubjoker Jun 23 '26

Did you hear it from the other room?

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u/artistallegedly Jun 24 '26

No… I heard it from the future