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!