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I get really sick every time I travel in NYC subway. The stinky smell give me headache, congested nose, nausea, and low degree fever. I am very frustrated because other passengers seem do not feel a thing. I'm basically disabled because 90% subway trains and buses, cars, buildings, houses make me sick. What can I do? And what are these? Who has similar issue?
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Is it possible you could experiment with wearing a small mask to see which ones you could tolerate wearing while you're exposed to smells? Building material stores and paint stores carry masks.
The reason we're sensitive to the smells is because our system is overwhelmed by all the toxins from Lyme etc and we cannot process more.
Some of us are also difficult detoxers genetically. That can be discovered by testing.
Best to detox in an FIR sauna of some kind to lessen the toxin load. I sweated once a week on a biomat and six months later, suddenly became less sensitive to smells. Then I continued to sweat out in an FIR portable tent. It's a gradual process and a needed one.
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Ellen101
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I have had issues with fumes since I was a kid. Busses, carnivals, trains all sorts of things like that have made me ill. I really don't think lyme is to blame just that we are all different and so various things can make us ill.
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I have the same issue...I live in nyc...I travel rarely but when I do I always feel like everything is spinning and always scared that I will pass out...it SUCKS!!
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Have you ever tried a fir sauna? It has helped me so much with MCS,
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- Sadly, you are not the only one. Sadly, it appears as so when you just try to get from one place to another.
If you have a LLMD, be sure to tell them as this is a an important symptom not just of lyme, other tick-borne infection but of liver involvement and brain chemistry that has become challenged due to lyme complexities.
Mold exposure, chemical exposures may also have just met their limit for you.
So, be sure your LLMD is informed. Some medication changes and support changes sound in order. MCS affects many who have lyme complex. And treatment for MCS and support methods often help but it takes time and time away from things that are irritating to the sensitive brain and overwhelmed liver.
LIVER & KIDNEY SUPPORT & and several HERXHEIMER support links, too. -
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Keebler
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- Curious and certain that you are NOT alone as a NYC transit customer with the reactions you describe
(whether MCS or otherwise - - maybe just have a good "poison detector" in your nose / brain)
here are many links that may be of some enlightenment - especially about the spraying (not good for anyone, really).
Go to Google ADVANCED search and create a search for:
NYC+subways, "multiple chemical sensitivities" -
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- BTW, I'm not in NYC but I cannot tolerate taxi cabs. I used to ask them before they came to get me to take out their "fresheners" and put them in the truck and air out the cab. But that was not enough.
While many taxis no long allow smoking but many drivers would still do this when no passenger was in the cab, so that was very hard.
The worst, though, they have all kinds of "fresheners" & "scent" stuff that you can't spot so easily. Language barriers also make it hard to communicate this (or so the driver will make it seem).
I just can't ride in any taxi anymore. Public transport stopped being okay for me a long time ago but for many vestibular issues, not just the scents.
You may find others in your area who have figured out some creative ways to get around, though. Hope so.
Maybe there will be just a few adjustments - &/or successful lyme & co. treatment that will make this disappear for you. It has for others. -
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