You see I could smell a dead rat and knew for sure there was one under the house.He would check and check and no clue,until I read this is common with Lyme.I also read of someone else having the exact same problem with the same rat as myself.Boy,thought I was going bonkers there for awhile and the family was ready to tuck me away,but I towed the line too much.HA!

Yes, I've had heightened sensitivities to smells for 20+ years, and 30-36 years to LIGHTS & NOISE/SOUNDS!

I couldn't go to the grocery store for 6+ years; just started going 6 months ago again but not when store is FULL!

It's a royal pain in the butt since we need to have CONTROL over our environment and that makes other co-workers/family unhappy about what they have to give up to make us happy. Good luck.

Most of these are pretty much cleared up since taking antibiotics since January.

I don't feel like pucking anymore when I smell my mother in laws musty perfume.

I don't need to wear sunglasses on a rainy day.

I am back to listening to rock music loud.

Don't worry there is hope and you are not crazy.

I also thought I smelled mice in the kitchen(didn't think they were dead, though). Never saw any -- now I know why.

I'm also very senstive to perfumes, scented candles, household cleaning products, the auto supply aisles of WalMart, etc.

My husband insists I have the sense of smell of a Cocker Spaniel!

I have some of this with sound, too. But the smell is the worst.

I'm glad to hear it dissipates in time.

When walking down the Street I could smell which buildings had been exterminated, I could smell who had come into my office hours before by the perfume lingering at the front door. I wouls smell smoke long before anyone else or the alarm did.