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New symptom! bizzare smell and taste developed 2-3 months post covid

Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: 13 hours ago | Replies (20)
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@lkirnbauer

I have read your story and find it very interesting. I, too, lost my taste and smell with Covid back in December of 2022. It’s now February of 2025 and still nothing. I’ve had 7 Stellate Ganglion Block injections and what they’ve done for me is not bring taste/smell back, but helped my jitters, or PTSD, if you will. I had the shakes on occasion, when my body was more tired. Now, after the SGB I don’t have them. I have tried smelling chlorine and rubbing alcohol, but I can’t even smell them! I also get phantom smells, usually smell something burning or laundry dryer sheets…very odd, I know! I do hope that we can all get our senses back soon, because I can tell you that living like this is really no fun.

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celia16 | @celia16 | 4 days ago

Man…..that’s really tough….back when my smell was practically nonexistent, I didn’t realize it. Only when I took that sniff test at the ENT did I realize that I couldn’t tell what I was smelling. Then it hit me….no wonder I had low appetite and it was relatively easy to lose weight.

I did much better with my return tests and I feel I smell well now, though taste is still off. Christmas I told my niece the lemon cake was delicious, but it turns out it was vanilla. Sigh. I do hope you can get some improvement.

I feel my ENT things the nerves are damaged by the virus, but are repairable. But when? Will I ever lose this bitter taste? The last week has been particularly bad. Not sure why. I’m also exploring if this could be a digestive issue or vitamin deficiency holdover. Have any of you considered other causes?

Have you tried therapy to deal with anxiety of this loss?

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