A few years ago, strange things began to happen to Merideth Pedack.
The Washington-based hairstylist found she could taste her clients’ deodorant on the back of her tongue, even from ten feet away. A sharp metallic smell clung to her nose throughout the day, and she started getting grinding headaches that seemed to last longer and longer with each passing week until one day they simply never stopped.
“The pounding in my brain and skull and spine and eyes and ears. It was all day. It was all night,” says Pedack, who started having panic attacks from the pain. “The sound of people’s voices hurt. My eyeballs hurt to move. I couldn’t look at screens. I couldn’t watch TV. I couldn’t listen to music. It is a nightmare to be in that much pain.”
Natalia Borecka 
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