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> From: Robert Fink <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: HALLUCINATION smell > I have been reading the posts about olfactory (smell) hallucinations > with interest and wanted to comment that certain kinds of temporal lobe > seizures are associated with an olfactory aura. In some cases, there > is no convulsive activity, only strange behavioral stuff. If people > are having such auras, an EEG may be in order, followed by possible > treatment with anticonvulsant medication. Thanks for this, Bob. I will raise it with my neurologist, just to be sure. Like many other aspects of PD, one doesn't necessarily know if it is a symptom, or hallucination, or whatever. Also, one tends to accept deterioration as an inevitable consequence, when there may be other causes. Jim