Can you smell TMAU on your body. Any... 
viv07
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MoreHi Everyone.
I have self diagnosed myself with TMAU. I know i have a problem as i get really bad reactions from people.I was just wondering can you smell TMAU on yourself. I am really scared and worried, it has suddenly triggered within a 1 month, i don't understand. I had a problem when i was 18/19 for 2 years but then it went away and i didn't see any reactions for 3 years of university all of a sudden i have know left uni and i have got the reactions back from people back but even worse, people don't want to stand by me, always sniffing, laughing at me. I feel like suicide if i am honest. i have never felt so low in my life. Somebody plz give me advise, i am crying out for help. I am very paranoid about this which doesn't help and makes things worse.
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- Re: Can you smell TMAU on your body.... Malodorsyndrome
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This is a reply to # 2,205,203I too have self diagnosed TMAU and yes I can actually smell the odor on my person. I have different odors ranging from ammonia (the most predominate) to garbage to fish odor. I've tried diet changes, supplements and numerous doctor's visits. While I've had some successes they have been short lived; nothing permanent.
My suggestion to you is to see a doctor first and foremost. If for example certain foods make your odor worse I would avoid those or only consume them on the weekends if you're not at school or at work. Also experiment with soaps and deodorants to see which ones work the best.
You'll want something that's low PH in the range of 5.5 or lower. Any soaps, deodorants or lotions with a PH higher than 5.5 can cause the odor to worsen as you sweat. Good luck to you. Let us know how things are going for you.
- Re: Can you smell TMAU on your body.... viv07
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This is a reply to # 2,205,766Thank you so much for sharing, Do you actually smell the odours? as i can't detected anything just peoples reactions. Where are you from as would like to get tested for this. viv0 7
- Re: Can you smell TMAU on your body.... viv07
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- Re: Can you smell TMAU on your body.... Findacure4me
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This is a reply to # 2,205,203Hey i feel the same. I bath and wash my hair every morning before work. I always have clean clothes on so I know it's not a hygiene problem. I can smell the smell I produce and it's horrendous. I work in an office and people always have windows open and making comments. It's so awkward because I know they are making jokes and saying things about me right to my face and think I don't know.... when I actually do. I don't understand why no one has took me to a side and actually just asked me what's going on. I feel so embarrassed about it but there's nothing I can do to fix it it's so frustrating. It doesn't matter how many times I wash a day or brush my teeth the smell is just there. I'm glad there's a forum like this because it actually makes me feel less alone.
- Re: Can you smell TMAU on your body.... Malodorsyndrome
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This is a reply to # 2,205,957It's very frustrating especially when you KNOW that you practice good hygiene, only to smell like you don't. I smell every single day; no matter how clean I am, I smell of ammonia, sweaty clothing, mildew, cheesy, garbage and sometimes fish odor.
The ammonia odor is the predominant odor. Fried foods and hamburgers are the absolute worst for me. Cheese pizza, eggs, peanut butter, cashews; these leave a light fishy smell on my skin.
Spinach, certain beans and other dark leafy veggies make me smell awful too. It's basically a game of trial and error in determining what exacerbates the odor and what doesn't.
Also the longer I go without having a bowel movement, this causes the ammonia odor to worsen too. So I try to eat low choline fibrous foods like:
Corn
Quinoa
Apples
Bananas
Almonds
Walnuts
Raisins
Grapes
Popcorn
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This is a reply to # 2,206,172Hi Do you smell the odour yourself or is it because of peoples reactions that you think you have tmau? i can't smell anything on myself but its joust people sniffing and rubbing the once and coughing and holding breath.
- Re: Can you smell TMAU on your body.... Findacure4me
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This is a reply to # 2,206,172I try to eat low choline food but it's so hard to only eat this food. I went too the doctors and he basically laughed at me. He said its impossible to smell yourself. I mentioned tmau and he just dismissed the idea and it seems like he's never heard of it before. I done all blood tests and they came back normal. I haven't been back because it's just to embarrassing and he thinks I'm crazy so..... I guess I'll just have to live with an awful smell.
- Re: Can you smell TMAU on your body.... viv07
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- Re: Can you smell TMAU on your body.... viv07
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This is a reply to # 2,205,957Have you been tested for TMAU and also can you smell the odours as i can't smell anything but its peoples reaction i.e sniffing,rubbing noses and coughing and holding breath, my confidence as hit rock bottom with this condition, i haven't been tested for this as i am out in the USA, how much is it in the isa to be tested for this?
- Re: Can you smell TMAU on your body.... chinese boy
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This is a reply to # 2,205,957hello,i am a chinese boy.i can smile my odor ,can you? i have the same embarrased situation like you. i study in an university now .i was laughed by other students everyday.l always thinking what l have done let me so.i have the odor 3years ago,i am now 18.i am sorry to ask you that when did you have the bad odor.
- Re: Can you smell TMAU on your body.... Malodorsyndrome
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