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New symptom! bizzare smell and taste developed 2-3 months post covid
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Mar 25 10:36am | Replies (36)Comment receiving replies
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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No, I haven’t seen a therapist for the loss. I’m trying to deal with it on my own and so far, I am ok. I do get depressed on occasion, not gonna lie! When my doctor asks me if I’m depressed, I tell him, “yes, wouldn’t you be”? He says yes, but I know they’ll just give me more medication and I don’t want any more medication.
I haven’t been told that I have damaged nerves by my ENT, but she told I’ll probably never get it back. When I asked her if she’s done research regarding taste/smell and she said no, she doesn’t do research. So, please explain to me why you said that I won’t get my taste/smell back? She didn’t have an answer, just said that’s what I’ve heard. She has no idea how awful this is!
I suffer from Hashimoto’s and Hypothyroidism and didn’t know I had these two things until after my first Covid vaccine. I believe this is when all this started happening with taste/smell. I first noticed my toothpaste wasn’t as minty. Then 5 months later I caught Covid and on day 2 of the virus, I lost my taste/smell. This was in 2022, it’s now 2025.
I also had 18” of my colon removed due to severe diverticulitis in April of 2022. I went to Italy in July of 2022 and tasted all the foods, thankfully! It wasn’t until I caught Covid in December of 2022 that I lost it. Not sure if there’s a correlation, but I did call my surgeon who performed the surgery to ask if anyone could loose taste/smell from this surgery and they said they’d never seen that happen. I’m at a loss…thanks for reaching out and I hope your taste/smell comes back and soon!
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Thanks for your response, Celia16. It’s February 2025 and I am in Mexico on vacation for 5 weeks. Interesting thing happened while here. I got a strep/ear infection and was put on Amox/Clav which is an antibiotic. While taking it, I could almost taste my coffee in the morning and that’s something I haven’t been able to do in almost 3 years! I’m done with the antibiotic and seem to be loosing what taste was beginning to come back. I’m wondering if I still need more antibiotics and that this Covid virus is still inside of me? I am loosing hope, but feel like by now someone should be coming up with a cure for this. I feel as if we’re being shuffled around from doctor to doctor to get some answers and nobody seems to know what to do. I have an appointment with a new ENT to see if she can find something. I’ve already seen one ENT and he said there was nothing in my sinuses or throat/ears to cause me to not have my taste/smell for this long. I have been referred to a therapist if I feel I need one to help me get over the fact that I may never taste or smell again and I’m only in my 60’s! Yes, I have considered other causes, but wouldn’t you think that my doctor would tell me if my other causes were actually causing this? I suffer from Hashimoto’s and Hypothyroidism and I also had 18” of my colon removed due to severe diverticulitis in April of 2022. I’ve asked if this could be the reason and I don’t really get a straight answer…makes me angry! Thank you for your concern.