I read of your sensitivity to scents with great interest. I too have been
exxperiencing a much greater sensitivity to scents in the past few years. I 
can
not at all be exposed to solvents, or certain types of them anyway, or I have
the terrible symptoms of the eyes and breathing you mentioned. Also severe
nausea. So far, most perfumes don't affect me, but a few do. Smoke seems to 
e
the worst public culprit. I am now allergic to cigarette smoke. I develop
asthma after being exposed to it for just a few seconds. I used to live at 
home
andgrew up with my father smoking 4 packs a day and it was never a problem. 
Now
I can't even look at a cigarette!
I don't know exactly what the cause of all this is. But I have an idea that 
our
immmune systems have been so overworked compensating for our neurological 
oss
and dealing with our additional emotional stresses that it is growing weaker
sooner, just like the neuron sheathes are. We are aging a little faster than
most others our age in some ways.
So far, I have been abl to deal with the scent problem much easier than the
fatigue. I saw you said you were the opposite. I have a great lot of 
aralysis
and was completely paralyzed in the beginning, so I imagine most all of my
neurons are compromised and probably demyelating (sp). I'm doing body-imaging
to help prevent this.
I find that a lot of my own symptoms are very much like the people with 
Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome. I feel I have this either instead of pps, or in addition to
it because of the many strange symptoms that pp people don't seem to have. 
ou
are one of the first I've known to even mention any skin/sensitivity 
roblems!
My allergies are very bad now, and greatly contribute to my fatigue, I think. 
I
do take allergy extracts each week and they help some. I think the key to the
best health we can enjoy is in reducing our stress.
Write back sometime. I won't wear any perfume !
--- Maximus 2.02
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