2 year's ago now, I started with a bad smell coming from my hair. I would immediatly jump in the shower & even after washing thoroughly, i'd be drying my hair & id catch the smell again. I tried every remedy i could. I'd read forums for hours every night & put together natural remedys that helped a smelly scalp. I wash my hair every other day but the smell resulted in me washing it everyday & changing my bedding every 3 days as the smell was getting me down. I bought new pillows incase it was them. I threw vitamins down my throat thinking it could be my Ph levels. I literally tried everything before i broke down. I told everybody and they was all confused as to what i was smelling, i still thought they were lying. At last, i went to my doctor & broke down. Being 22, & "smelling" with the worst paranoia due to this smell is not great.... I tried to turn my head slowly in work so nobody would catch a smell and if i had to walk past anybody i'd cringe thinking they'd smell it.
Immediatly, my doctor smelt my hair & told me i have depression. Still to this day i am confused, but what he says goes i suppose.
Apparently it's a hallucination of the brain. It's my brain "creating" the smell, and only i can smell it.
A chemical imbalance.
I was put on Citalopram and have not yet come off it as when i miss it for even 1 day, the smell will come back for a week or two.
It's an awful smell, almost cheesy like.
I wish people could smell what i smell so they would understand the upset it's caused.
Apart from the hair smell & afew palpatations/ anxiety now & then. I'm fine. Is a chemical imbalance anything to worry about? Is it a start to a medical condition later on in life?
If anyone can relate to this, i'd love to hear from you.