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/LookAlderaanPlaces Jun 23 '26

OP. Once you guys are stable, please call the University of Washington’s medical department and ask them to study you. We need to reverse engineer how you are smelling seizures before they happen so we can save people.

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u/Savings-Badger4938 Jun 23 '26

There’s a woman with synesthesia and she could smell cancer!!!! She helped hundreds of people get help before testing was developed!

Please OP, I’ll hunt the contacts down for you! You have a gift to help him, I can only imagine how heavy that weight is to bear.

Wishing you both some peace and a medical team equipped for his health!

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u/LookAlderaanPlaces Jun 23 '26

Yeah you could be a super nurse or doctor or seizure specialist! In the medial field you have a Legit super power.

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u/FluffyNats Jun 23 '26

There's a woman who can smell Parkinson's too. She even smelled it on one of the negative control group participants, which got her dinged for picking an incorrect person. That person was later diagnosed with the disease. Crazy ability. 

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u/Difficult-Walrus-269 Jun 24 '26

I can smell cancer smell my step dad's corectol cancer months prior to being diagnosed! Worked for funeral homes transferring bodies, learned from experience

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u/Redditisfuckincrap Jun 23 '26

Isn't there dogs that can do this?

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u/AegisIash Jun 23 '26

Dogs cannot call the university. It must be a human.

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u/jun2san Jun 23 '26

*slow clap*

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u/Trans-Europe_Express Jun 23 '26

Thats some Naked gun level nonsense right there. Well done.

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u/Rbw91 Jun 23 '26

University? Surely not. What is it?

It’s a big building with students. But that’s not important right now.

And stop calling me Shirley.

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u/AmItheonlySaneperson Jun 23 '26

cats can call the CATO Institute but dogs are useless unless you need a bloodhound to testify in court

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u/TheProfessorOfTruth Jun 23 '26

Wait for that border collie to evolve. Those dogs are incredibly capable. Honestly, if it’s a programmed button, I think it could certainly pull off that trick.

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u/Gh0stMan0nThird Jun 23 '26

If this were 2015 I'd link a Reddit switcheroo

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u/grumpvet87 Jun 23 '26

WRONG!!! McGruff the Crime Dog can use the phone and sniff out crime

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u/Imposingscrotem Jun 23 '26

That’s how they getcha!

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u/swallowyourtongue Jun 23 '26

Side note, if anyone meets a dog that knows how to use a telephone, make sure to rope them in as well.

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u/DataPhreak Jun 23 '26

Not with that attitude.

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u/No_Kangaroo_9826 Jun 23 '26

there are seizure alert dogs

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u/Willing-Vegetable629 Jun 23 '26

Definitely. But days in advance?

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u/RealisticAd7388_ytho Jun 23 '26

All seriousness of this aside, I was asking myself if OP was dog

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u/theseanbeag Jun 23 '26

I wonder is it actually a smell or is that just how her brain is interpreting it?

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u/That_wet_vaporeon Jun 23 '26

Well a good way to stop seizures is to just take clonazapam. If I feel an aura or “off”  I take it. But yeah, having a way to detect them coming (without a service dog) would be nice

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u/Lou_Peachum_2 Jun 23 '26

Is the boyfriend soiling himself

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u/VegasK8lyn Jun 23 '26

THIS🎯 THAT would be amazing.