A writer and stay-at-home mom, I recently found out that my chronic, unexplained illness is caused by scented products. Follow me on my quest to live fragrance-free. I think this is gonna be one long quest. Sigh.
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Posted by Peace Lily on October 1, 2008 at 4:14 am
Sorry to hear about your plight, not a lover soaps, lotions, etc with fragrance in them, I want to be smell clean not perfumy.
Heavy fragrances give me a headache and will move away from anyone wearing them, this can be a problem at time of course.
I enjoyed reading you blog and look forward to visiting again.
Take care.
Posted by Sherri Cornelius on October 2, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Hi, Lily. Yeah, the perfume thing is how it started for me. That was such an obvious one that I’ve avoided perfume since college, but I never applied the same logic to other products until recently.
Thanks for visiting.
Posted by Mason on October 9, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Okay, so I’m trying out meds for this problem, and there is some luck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbicort
It’s an inhaler for asthma and it works really well for me. For me, the asthma is one of the worst symptoms, and getting rid of that feels like half the battle.
The other half is the sinus and headaches and dizzyness, which is sadly still there.
Oh, I also watched this movie, Safe. I saw it years ago, but watching it again, now, is an experience I have never gone through. It was really weird watching a movie that so closely resembled my life. It’s not the best movie ever, but I think making my wife watch it made her understand a little bit more.
Posted by Sherri Cornelius on October 10, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Sorry, Mason, you got caught in the spam filter on your first comment.
I’ve been using Primatene Mist before I ride my bike. It helps with the asthma symptoms. Unfortunately, the sinus thing is the worst for me, usually develops into a migraine, and I’m still looking for something to help with that.