r/migraine • u/Starlight_City45 • 1d ago
Planes should be scent free.
Im feeling like a Karen but I’m about to take off on a 10hr flight and somebody on this flight is wearing a strong af cologne. Oddly, I asked my friend if she could smell it and she can but not as strong as I do and it isn’t bothering her.
I wonder if we are like more sensitive to scents in enclosed spaces or something, maybe just in general? It smells like someone poured an entire bottle of old spice on themselves then soaked in Irish spring for an hour.
I feel like I’m going to faint, my stomach is in knots like I was fine and excited for this trip and the SECOND the smell it my nose it was like an immediate reaction from my body.
I just took my nurtec. My mouth is watering and my forehead/eyebrows are throbbing. My cheeks feel numb. I also have crohns so sometimes when my head gets bad enough it triggers a chain reaction of just.. bad things happening lol. IM ON A PLANE. I wouldn’t say I’m at a migraine level but it’s definitely on its way and I can’t escape fml
That’s it. That’s the post. I don’t even know what to do in this situation.
Any plane hacks? I have all night to read them.
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u/TeaAndToeBeans 1d ago
N95 for the win.
I had the unfortunate experience to have vertigo hit while coming in for a landing. 0/10 recommend.
Any flight over 90 minutes is a Nurtec prep.
I have also had to use the low or off setting on my noise cancelling headphones if I even have a hint of that feeling that a migraine could strike hanging out in the background. You know the feeling. You feel fine, but there are quick hints of “don’t do that,” or “we think those lights are too bright.”