Like she said, one day fine, next day life is never the same again. It can happen to anyone. Take care of your self now! Stay away from those toxic products, the companies don't have your best interests in mind. Remember, they sell the drugs too.

I'm a retired nurse, in my department we were exposed to many chemicals. My endocrinologist told me the chemical exposure at work caused me to have autoimmune thyroiditis. About 15 years ago I developed multiple sensitivities. It is miserable for me to stay at friends and family's homes because of their laundry products. After a short stay I end up needing inhaled steroids, sometimes oral and injections of steroids. Solvents will cause my throat to close, at least these are easy to avoid. Just finding basic empathy for my problem is easier with strangers than family. My naturopathic doctor has made a huge difference as far as tolerance for brief exposures to offending substances. I empathize with how ones life stops, it's like a switch turns on, it's that sudden.

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS VID!!! Although I never liked the term, MCS - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, because it's not a sensitivity, it's an INJURY! It should officially be called CHEMICAL INJURY, because that is what it is! And regarding the comments here, please note that..... People with MCS can have a painful reaction well before they "smell" anything.... It's not about smell, it's about the concentration of chemicals in the environment where the person is located, and it also has to do with the condition of the person's body at the time of exposure. A person with MCS can often tolerate chemicals while outside in the fresh air, but once in an enclosed venue, it's about how much chemical is present in the air, and the severity of the negative reaction varies from person to person. I used to have extreme reactions to chemical exposures when I first developed MCS, whereas now, years later, I don't have extreme reactions, and can hang out with people wearing chemicals.... although now that I have researched about the toxicity of chemicals, I'd certainly rather hang out with the fragrance-free crowd! ALL THE VERY BEST IN WELLNESS TO ALL!

I fought at my last 2 jobs about the fragrances and chemicals making me ill. No one wanted to listen. One allergist that I went to told me that I just had a problem with my vocal cords. REALLY??? I never went back to him. Then eventually, I was let go from my last job. Now I am living off money that I had put away for my retirement and will have to find a job soon. I am so happy to finally be finding websites about this disability. This video is awesome. To see others saying the same thing I have been saying and thinking that no one understands. Now I see a lot of people that understand.

I too suffer from MCS. At one time, it was so severe, I was bedridden for nine months. After cleaning up the environment around my house (no toxic cleaners, sleeping on an organic cotton mattress, no carpet, just hardwood floors, no fragrance in shampoos, etc) I've finally gotten much better. It took me years, but as long as I'm careful, I can live a fairly normal life. I realize I am very lucky in that I own my home, and I can at least live in it, so many people have a hard time finding a place to live with this disease...my heart goes out to them. Great video.

I also became hypersensitive to chemicals, quit my job, lost my savings, and am living a difficult life. There are often debates on social media and Twitter (X), which makes me sad. There are a lot of comments going around saying that ``patients with chemical sensitivities often have mental illnesses.'' I am concerned that prejudice and discrimination will increase. I'm completely exhausted. Hearing the stories of people with chemical sensitivities in the video encouraged me that I am not alone. thank you very much.

Thank you so much for posting this video. I have had MCS for several months now. I can't live my life the way I did before I've lost my family because they choose fragrance over me I'm alone all the time. I have sent this link to a couple of my family members who are a little more open minded then the others hoping they will understand. Thank you again

I wish they said Laundry Detergent products instead of Cologne are worse --- not to take away from the person who may struggle more with cologne/perfume -- but EVERYONE uses laundry products and they haunt the streets unlike cologne. Venting to the streets also affects the environment -- although that's another conversation. I also think the general public would be more willing to change laundry products than to change the perfume/cologne they enjoy which is expensive and maybe a partner also enjoys, etc. Otherwise this is one of the best videos I have seen.

I am so saddened to hear all the pain in these people's stories. I can relate so much. This condition has left me also feeling very isolated and limited in my life. My workplace has ridiculed me, failed to implement a policy.. patients still come in wearing fragrance. They pick and choose who to share the policy with. I'm scared going to work all the time as I fear that day could be the day I die and when I share that fear it's ignored or they change the subject or just tell me to take a pill. I have lost so much faith in people now. This video is Gold and really helps those who struggle with this. I'd love to connect with you all one day. 🥰 Thank you for creating this video.

I’m from Toronto Ontario Canada and I suffer from this every day all day long

Wearing fragrance and smoking in puplic must be forbidden

I wish there was a town for us who suffer from MCS. Tired of being homebound without a friend and having to go out with a respirator on all the time.

Canarys. That is what we are. Tough path. We need to unite one and all. Have stronger voices. I need to be heard far and wide. And recognized by the ADA!!

To those who do not have mcs and are here because you care...Just remember no amount of reading will help you understand. It will be like explaining to a blind man what colours are. Just believe your loved one for God sake!

The smell of perfume is more painful than being burned alive...I wish People would stop using. It is very selfish and unkind of society how they treat us. I am glad to be isolated in such a selfish society. After over 10 years...I learned being alone is alot of fun.

Thank you for this! Actually, it already *has* reached pandemic proportions. More people have MCS than did the H1N1 swine flu, which was classified as a pandemic. People can help by not wearing fragrance. That would make a huge difference. DNRS, however, does not work for everyone. The correlation between the volume of chemicals in the environment and the occurrence of MCS clearly demonstrates just how physical it is. Yes, it's a brain injury. And yes, it's important to address the anxiety that accompanies it (because you can't work, can't find somewhere to live, and live in isolation). But it is not anxiety-based and DNRS doesn't work for all of us because it's physical.

I can relate to much of what was said in this video. It's really a great video. Thank you for posting it. I had a slower onset of MCS. My doctor said that with each exposure to chemicals I'm sensitive to, my body will be more and more reactive at smaller amounts. It is the body heightening its defense mechanisms against an assault. Avoidance is key for this reason. It is socially isolating. I don't go to church very often (feel humiliated to get up and move locations each time someone with perfume sits too close) and it affects my ability to perform my duties at work sometimes. When I ended up in the hospital after exposure to industrial-strength solid air-fresheners that my work put in all the rooms (sometimes 3 of them stacked up in a small bathroom I needed to use), my work ordered all of these air-fresheners to be thrown away. I'd asked that they be removed from the rooms I needed to use, but the supervisor said that unless I had a note from my doctor, he wouldn't consider doing so. It was the day after he told me this that I became violently ill, throwing up every half hour and needing to call 911 when I became so dehydrated that I couldn't stand up without passing out. The hospital did a scan of my abdomen and discovered that my liver has a growth on it and that it was considered a fatty liver. I also have diverticulosis. The doctor didn't believe these were the cause of my throwing up and concluded that it was the chemical exposure. Several days later, after all the air-fresheners were supposed to have been removed, I got sick again and felt I could hardly breathe. Another woman in the room also began coughing and had her eyes begin to water. I looked around and found that there was one of the air-fresheners on a top shelf that someone had missed. All this is to say that chemical sensitivity is REAL! I'm so sick of hearing ignorant people say that it's an emotional thing. It is a wonderful thing when people care enough to accommodate for this issue. Many people won't.

MCS has ruined my life - I am now housebound with severe loss of weight, sleepless nights, poor energy levels and a feeling of isolation and I can manage very little. Fragrances, chemicals, bonfires, paint, cigarette smoke - the list is endless. And then there is my diet. I can no longer tolerate protein, wheat and most other grains, fruit and some veg cannot be tolerated either. There is no end to this - is there?

Mine also came on overnight, I spent 4 days in hospital because they thought I might have had a heart attack. 5 years later we have moved house, I can't work and everything as much as you can is fragrance free.

I fought with the Canadian DND for years...Smug co-workers.....Stop Killing Us..

I only found out 3 weeks ago that MCS existed and that I had it because I developed suddenly a much stronger sense of smell to chemicals which gave me headaches. In 3 weeks my relationship is almost over and my job in in jeopardy. People tell you it’s in your head or look at you like a weirdo when you tell them. What you also realize is how so many people are absolutely addicted to all these fragrant toxic chemicals that they lather themselves in everyday. That is worrisome on its own that people care that much about fragrant things that it brainwashes them to the point where they will choose fragrances over people with MCS because they don’t want to have to change

When I saw in this clip that woman crying, I was crying too , because I know what means to can t breathe a fragrance, a detergent ,a shampoo without feel very very bad....I had a life too, like all the people from this clip and I am sorry for them ,but I am happy someone can understand me ! My allergology doctor sent me to a psicholog consult ! Nobody believes me ! I was painter, dancer , I could enter in many places ,I was in contact with people. Now....I am nobody...just a shadow who is running on streets when feel a smell of disinfectant or chlorum who make me scream of pain in my respiratory system !

I have been like this for over 30 years. It is horrible and most people do not understand whst it means to live like this. Thanks for the video

Thank you for this excellent post. I struggle to explain my illness to people, so I am now going to share this video with them.

I have had many MD's say that I'm delusional because they don't understand this illness. I've dealt with it for thirty years now and have been to hell and back. It's a horrible way to live!!

I am already having eczema reactions to a multitude of things. So many I cannot identify. Thankfully my current reaction is condensed to one area and is mild. Though, I would like to be eczema free and have normal energy again. I wouldn't called it MCS. Although, with my triggers all the clothing and textiles I currently use in my home produce an allergic reaction. I am forced to spend at least 2000 USD to change over my closet, bedding, bath, etc... It is really frustrating. I also can't wear any dyed clothing. I will have to deal with the social isolation of not being able to go outside much due to inappropriate clothing.(Living in cold climate).

I have been discriminated by people in charge of hiring in companies/ I was referred as " he is a potential proble,- dont need him".

Thank you so much for sharing the video I share on my Facebook page for many years I've tried to explain this disease to people.Three members of my family including myself has at least some of these symptoms thanks again

My system went haywire after my workplace undertook an asbestos abatement program. I ended up having to retire because I got sick and tired of going to work to be made sick and tired. I can't access public transit because of MCS. I have to be careful of when I go out throughout the day.

I deal with this every day of my life 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I need HELP WITH MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITIES

From Taiwan, got gluten intolerance , clothes are something irregularly consuming in my daily life, the product to clean oneself,too. I have to be very careful on all that to ensure The mental disease (which is the syndrome of celiac) won’t disease attach.

My Mother has EHS and MCS. They should speak with a mental health therapist about your covert venerable narcissism and OCD. Narcissists are extremely toxic people who pretend to be victims and EHS is one very strange form of extreme socially dysfunctional covert narcissism. The solution is overcoming the narcissism and the EHS is just psychosomatic so if you could fix the narcissism the EHS inherently is “fixed” also. You’re welcome. 🥰

Can’t travel unless I bring my own bedroom ends and towels can’t stay in air B&Bs, because most of them use the plug-in air, fresheners, and cleaners even going to a movie if someone around me is wearing a strong cologne, I have severe symptoms I travel with my own little bottle of hand soap, so I don’t get exposed to commercial soap products it’s very debilitating and isolating And the biggest exposure for me is dish detergent so eating out or at anyone’s house is not an option anymore. 😢

Thank you. I've been dealing with for years. Even searching for new research or anything positive is deeply depressing.

Anyone with EI getting the COVID19 inoculations? The thought terrifies me !!!

The curse from hell. But....taking Benadryl helps me a lot. It cuts down my reactions by 50%. I take one pill a night before bed. Helps with sleep too.

Two allergy specialists told me that it was in my head and one said that in his opinion fragrances aren't harmful.

Also...People that do not have multiple chemical sensitivities imagine this... imagine having a sense of smell so that is so powerful and more powerful than any sense you ever had... Now Imagine people that smell like dead animals.... That is what perfume smells like to us! Now imagine pain so intense that you need to be taken to hospital only the hospital is not safe for us eighther. Especially for those who live in countries where the doctors do not recognise it yet. The pain is intense....for some it leads to death. Yes, death or days throwing up...Until I pass out on the Cold Floor and that is my only relief. That is 1% of Daily life with multiple chemical sensitivities. Millions are going through this...Some of them are eveh babies... but who cares? Sometimes, I feel humans are too sick to care. Hunanity is a mental mess.

I feel your pain !! I am not a sensitive person but my nose is and it is affecting my everyday work life!! Why me !

I developed food sensitivities and chemical sensitivities so that I had bad adult eczema anx adrenal fatigue. The chemical sensitivity included cooking gas. My immunoglobulin E was at 2000 when the most it should be is 100. I went to Breakspear Medical in Hemel Hempstead (England) and had low dose immuneotherapy. One of their specialisms is chemical and food sensitivity. I did a lot of substances (100 at the time). 5 weeks after finishing all the testing and taking my vaccinations my body totally had changed including my energy all coming back so I could return to work. In February 2021 I had a detailed immunological blood test which showed Immunoglobulin E was at 535. I only say all this because of my experience and seeing so many people get back their health.

Weed killer . My Dad called me a hypochondriac today. My liver and my kidneys aren’t doing well. My Dr told me to stop the ibuprofen and no naids. I caught my Dad using weed killer to kill some grass. I INSTANTLY picked it up. I can’t get the taste out of my mouth. My liver swelled up big time from it and one of my kidneys is aching. My Stepmom put dryer sheets in the wash machine, I didn’t know. I feel like dying. I told her not to do that anymore. And my sister n myself told my Dad , ABSOLUTELY NO WEED KILLERS! I caught him tonight, and he called me a hypochondriac. 😢 I’ve been ill for over two months, from him spilling something in their room. It was so traumatic for me n it is right now. All of this has caused my liver to swell and has damaged my kidneys. I can’t afford my own apartment, because of inflation. So I live with family. And I’ve been battling. My sister is very sympathetic toward me. My liver burns and I’m getting sharp pains in my intestines. I just don’t know how much more I can take

I have my food and chemical sensitivities treated at Breakspear Medical. It deals with environmental medicine and the doctors there understand it. I got my life back.

I've had MCS for 9 years. I almost cried along with the youngest woman in this video, remembering the grief of my first year of affliction. The saddest part about MCS is realizing that smart otherwise nice people can be really stupid and mean in response to people with MCS, I have heard people say really insensitive mean things to me including a boss who said "We cant all be scent free because your condition isn't life threatening." Then she fired me. I know that's illegal. I work for a small preschool and lawyers dont want to touch this case of discrimination and retaliation because there's no money in it for them and theyre probably soaked in cologne anyway. I have learned to live with this illness. It took me about 5 years to get on an even keel with my daughter in law who is a doctor. In the beginning I told her that my condition not a religion that I expect her to believe but is a physical condition. She now uses scent free products when they visit and , has chucked the drier sheets (which gave my granddaughter asthma) and has basically grown up a lot. I am glad this video is here, it is a comfort to me in my new unemployment. Thank you for making it.

I wish I lived somewhere else to be able to benefit from the right treatments annd others...I live in Italy in a very tiny city ...

Does anyone know if MCS can be triggered by only certain things? I love the smell of Windex and other cleaners but when I get one small whiff of bleach I get very very sick. I get a terrible headache, I feel like my brain is fuzzy, I feel weak and so nauseous. It's so debilitating and no one believes me.

I thought I was the only person that is sensitive to chemicals my skin gets inflame and my eyes burn I can't be around some people or go to their house

Thank you for making and sharing this. HOWEVER....... I do not like that at the beginning it says that food and then lists food as the first listed cause for MCS. This is very misleading and disturbing as far as I am concerned. Food allergies is in a class and category all it's own, albeit that chemicals in food contribute to ones toxic load. I really do not want food included into the MCS, EI, TILT, CI umbrella. We the people with MCS lives are made miserable by people and society using toxic products that seriously impact our health not what they have ingested. We are exposed to fragrance, scents, chemicals off-gassing of toxic products in the work place, in public, on our street, etc. Only 3% of ALL products that we use in everyday life have ever been tested for safety by anyone. The population believes that because they are able to buy something it is safe and has been approved or tested by some agency. NOT TRUE. We are being bombarded with toxic chemicals all day long and it all adds up and is taking it's toll on many. That is why so many people are becoming sick with breathing problems, skin, ear, nose and throat problems. Brain fog and head aches, stomach problems, pain and chronic fatigue, etc. What we breathe or what touches our skin with direct contact or from the air gets into our lungs, blood stream, and then our organs. Thank you for your efforts. This clip is well made and has many good points. A little diversity would be appreciated.😷

I was diagnosed in 1995 after exposure to a home heating oil spill in my apartment on the 2nd floor of a two story house. It came on gradually,as I was used to breathing the filthy air in NYC where I used to commute to work on a daily basis. It breaks my heart to see this young lady at 3:00 crying. Why it breaks my heart is that after the fight of my life, I see not much has been done to promote awareness about this horrific disability. Especially the medical field. That is when it gets really absurd! That doctors are supposed to be healers of their patients not try to deem them as crazy individuals. To all who suffer from this condition please hang on and do cry, and do whatever it takes to stop the public from using these scented products that are making them sick too, whether they recognize it or not!

Juicing the Super rFood barley grass, similar to wheatgrass juice has been a tremendous help for me. It hasn't cured me but it helps me recover much quicker from harmful exposures as well as giving me a higher tolerance. I highly, highly recommend this to all my fellow sufferers! It has made a huge difference in my life!

Hello again. I heard people speaking about psychiatric medication.. such as benzodiazepine...that might be one of the trigges of this disorder. Is there any scientific proof that psychiatric medication can induce MCS? Because I take them and I need them, if this might be one of the cause I don't think I will ever be able to not take them because I'm severely traumatised and abused. I take them also to calm my nervous system and my body after an exposure to chemicals .. If there were stages for the MCS, I would between the last 2..I need help...any thought is appreciated... Sorry my english is bad.

Someone else commented - people experience a form of this during pregnancy. Cud be hormone related

Anyone with cognitive impairment from this? I would like to know if the brain goes back to normal once you are not or not so much affected by MCS?

I just got A HUGE dose of poison to my body. I feel like I’m sucking on the shirt that was put in the washer and then the dryer. High toxins was spilt on this shirt, and someone I had told just 2 days ago, chemicals make me ill. Now I don’t know what to do , Because it’s indoors and Now I can’t even wash it out of my clothes, because it’s all in the washer and dryer! I’m eating it. Cause that’s all I taste because it’s throughout the house. My room is clear in the south side! My heart is really hurting. I can’t even wash and try to get this stuff off. I’m so sick . I would kill myself, but I won’t. It gets worse every time I walk out of my bedroom. It’s in my bathroom too. 😭

no wonder I don't enjoy very strong perfumes, some kinds are fine. and I've also been nauseous from vsr rides, getting car sick more if the air is stale and musty and no fresh air. I can only imagine how much worse, 10× or a 100× it can be for people with serious symptoms . yeah too much fragrance shit and chemicals used around air purifiers with carbon for VOCs help

VITAMIN C !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! saved my life.

Hello I'm suffering terribly every day, my nervous system is the most affected...among others.... please I would like to know if a gas mask helps? If anyone tried using a gas mask and if it helped? Thank you

Anyone else who need to throw away constanly clothes, bedding etc? Or am I the only one?

Am I the only one who has PRIBLEMS WALKNIG and SEVERE MUSCULE WEKNESS (example: is hard, almost impossible to stand on my feet) when exposed to chemicals?

sensitive to insect spry, and ptrl my parents put it outside my window and it brns me, and it stngs my skin, and even tho the spry is like 2 metres away, its liek its in my mouth

This is HELL 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Perfume has ruined my life. I am housebound now.

I know I had it and it was horrible!

I wish the world was more understanding of this. How their stupid useless smells ruin some people's lives and make them sick as fuck

viv phd.. it is ok and allowed to delete posts from toxic posters and MCS deniers. they can exists elsewhere.

I have MCS and urge you to look up Annie Hopper DNRS

Similar symptoms to histamine intolerance.

TREATMENTS PLEEEEEEEEEEEESE, I don't feel prepared to die yet :((((((( What has helped you overcome this ilness?

Look up Dynamic neural retraining. DNRS annie hopper. It may be able to help those with this terrible illness.

It is not Multiple Sensitivity to Pollution, it is not Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, it is Multiple Chemical Element Sensitivity !!! You have to understand the difference between sensitivity and toxicity. For example: If you are sensitive to mercury (most common), your body reacts to the exposure of each single molecule of mercury from inhalation, ingestion or transdermally and disturbs the order of your system, especially to the predisposed weak spots of your system (skin, immune system, joint fluid, etc.). If you are not disturbed by this vibration (or frequency) of mercury by exposure, your body is able to take care of all other toxins (Arsenic, Aluminum, Meds, Alcohol, Pesticides, etc., not in a toxicological doses), you are getting exposed to and is able to use compensatory pathways to make up weaknesses (genetic) of your body. If the order of the system is disturbed, your body is not able to do this and will even react uncontrolled , irrational, dysautonomic ( see my Note: Dysautonomia) Other patients are sensitive to Aluminum, Fluoride, Palladium, Iridium, Indium, Gold, Titan, Silicium, Formaldehyde and react to the vibration of this particular element and not to mercury. The word 'chemical sensitivity' should be individually narrowed down to the one or seldom two chemical elements. The patient is sensitive to a product (fragrance, food, cosmetics, etc.), because it contains in trace amounts the chemical element, he or she is sensitive to, and this can vary from charge to charge of each product. Calling it a sensitivity to fragrances turns sensitives into Pavlov dogs in being trained to react to anything they smell.

My Mother has EHS and MCS. They should speak with a mental health therapist about your covert venerable narcissism and OCD. Narcissists are extremely toxic people who pretend to be victims and EHS is one very strange form of extreme socially dysfunctional covert narcissism. The solution is overcoming the narcissism and the EHS is just psychosomatic so if you could fix the narcissism the EHS inherently is “fixed” also. You’re welcome. ❤

Yes. Many people suffer from multiple chemical sensitivity.. and most of them have munchausen's as well. Munchausen's is where people falsely claim or imagine they have illnesses. Hypochondriac is another word for many people who claim they have multiple chemical sensitivity.

It's not a mental health problem nor psychosomatic because you haven't made it up? Did you really say that?? Because people choose depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, etc., and stay at home for fun, because they made it up? Think before you speak. You are doing the same damage to billions of people as those people are doing to you.