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Lost Smell and Taste after COVID

Posted by seanc6437 @seanc6437, Sep 12, 2021

So I had Covid in the beginning of March. Had all the symptoms and lost my taste and smell. I had 0 sense of smell or taste for a couple weeks. Ever since then everything I eat and smell does not smell or taste how I remember. Often times the food will taste rotten or sour. Has this happened to anyone else cause this has been going on for 6 months now and I would like to know if this is a permanent effect or not?

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Linda Moross | @lmoross | Mar 19, 2023
In reply to @jej "I have been smelling things daily for months. What Dr's told me to do,as a generic..." + (show)
@jej

I have been smelling things daily for months. What Dr's told me to do,as a generic response. Told me something should trigger it back. It is more frustrating and depressing than I ever imagined. My dad has not had a sense of smell for years due to a motorcycle accident. I never thought much of it,but my gosh, it's awful.
I try to have a sense pf humor, and say it's saving me money on thos expensive shampoos and body washes,since I can't smell anymore 😫

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I lost my sense of smell due to Covid in July 2021. It has never returned and professionals have told me it not. Like others in here, once in a great while I will catch a weak random whiff of something. I guess it is a better option compared to others whom lost their lives due to Covid.

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bettyjackson | @bettyjackson | Mar 19, 2023
In reply to @jej "I have been smelling things daily for months. What Dr's told me to do,as a generic..." + (show)
@jej

I have been smelling things daily for months. What Dr's told me to do,as a generic response. Told me something should trigger it back. It is more frustrating and depressing than I ever imagined. My dad has not had a sense of smell for years due to a motorcycle accident. I never thought much of it,but my gosh, it's awful.
I try to have a sense pf humor, and say it's saving me money on thos expensive shampoos and body washes,since I can't smell anymore 😫

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I always loved to cook, rarely had to use a recipe.....just taste it & season. The JOY of cooking! Now terrible. I have very little appetite, but even if I do get hungry for something, I spend time getting it ready and then cannot even taste. Lost weight ,contributes to fatigue.

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denise | @trnrmom1 | Apr 14, 2023

my only covid symptom after testing positive in 2020 was loss of smell; 2 yrs. into this and certain foods smell putrid or don't taste the way they used to taste before getting covid. my biggest issue was insomnia (even with 3 rx for sleep) and finally after 2 yr. and adding cbd/cbg/cbn to my med combo, can i get 8 hr. sleep.

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