Chronic salty taste

@gwenzen Interesting that you have the same reset every morning!! I will have to ask my dentist or ENT about burning mouth syndrome as far as it relates to me. Yes, strange that your ENT would blame your dentist if you haven't had any unusual procedures. My dentist thought I had dry mouth and gave me all kinds of products to increase saliva but none of them worked. The ENT then prescribed Pilocarpine (Salagen) but it didn't help either so I don't think it has to do with saliva production at all. The Biotene rinse though gives me some relief for a while until it either wears off or starts giving me another crazy taste. In order to get through the day I chew sugarless gum and use Ricola sugar free lemon drops. I also bought Xylimelts on Amazon that stick to your gum and dissolve slowly, and those at least take the taste away for a while. The other crazy thing that helps is putting my old orthodontic retainer in or my night guard. Have you found anything at all that gives you relief on an especially bad day? My issues started about a year ago getting worse over several months. Interesting theory about the HRT. I think the reason for taste issues like ours is just not really known. Thanks again for replying!!!

@gwenzen, I was diagnosed with B12 deficiency by my neurologist shortly after the taste issue started. Plus, I had smell disorder. I saw the neurologist not just for smell/taste disorder, but also for foot and hand issues. I won’t list all my symptoms here. So, I had a diagnosis of B12 deficiency and Post Covid Syndrome. I took mega doses sublingual of B12.

Has anyone been tested for vitamin deficiencies like A or K? I’ve only been tested for D and the B family.

@celia16 I have a long list of questions to ask my ENT when I go including the vitamin deficiency that you mentioned. The only one I have been tested for recently is Vitamin D which was normal. Also I am going to make an appointment with a neurologist since I am going to get one more opinion!!