Loss of smell | Imamother

amother

OP ↓

Thu, Sep 08 2022, 11:06 am

Had Covid a year ago. Still don’t have majority of smell back; have some accurate sense of smell and also things that smell different and also oftentimes an unpleasant smell around me (not always the same bad one).
Anyone still like this? Any insight?

amother

↑ OP ↓

Thu, Sep 08 2022, 10:36 pm

Anyone experience this?

amother

Banana

Thu, Sep 08 2022, 11:09 pm

You’re not alone! Still have exactly what your describing- some stuff I can smell, some I can’t smell at all, and some are distorted
At this point, I’ve just learned to live with it

amother

Steel

Thu, Sep 08 2022, 11:24 pm

Same here. I had Covid 1.5 yrs ago. My sense of smell is many times zero. Some good smells , as I pass a bakery, I can smell the baked goods. Or, bad weird smells, sometimes...nowhere near normal. bh I have my taste. I, too, have learned to live with it

amother

↑ OP ↓

Thu, Sep 08 2022, 11:26 pm

Oh no.

At this point what bothers me most probbaly is not being able to smell bad odors in my household in places dh doesn’t notice.
Washing machine not working well. Mold in a couple of places. Kids nor smelling clean.
My regular sense of smell was quite good. And now :/

amother

Cadetblue

Fri, Sep 09 2022, 6:30 am

My husband had this. After 6 months he went to an ENT who prescribed steroids (one course) and he got his smell back.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Wed, Sep 21 2022, 9:21 pm

amother Cadetblue wrote:

My husband had this. After 6 months he went to an ENT who prescribed steroids (one course) and he got his smell back.

Oh wow. Haven’t heard of that. Asked my GPS office if they had a specialist and they said no they haven’t heard of a cure yet. Hm.

ra_mom ↓

Wed, Sep 21 2022, 9:22 pm

amother Cadetblue wrote:

My husband had this. After 6 months he went to an ENT who prescribed steroids (one course) and he got his smell back.

I took steroids and it did nothing for me.
I did smell therapy for 7 months and BH I saw progress. I am grateful for my sense of smell.

amother

Ghostwhite

Wed, Sep 21 2022, 10:41 pm

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p.....6533/

amother

↑ OP ↓

Thu, Sep 22 2022, 5:44 pm

ra_mom wrote:

I took steroids and it did nothing for me.
I did smell therapy for 7 months and BH I saw progress. I am grateful for my sense of smell.

it took seven months to work? WHat did you do?

amother

↑ OP ↓

Thu, Sep 22 2022, 5:45 pm

amother Ghostwhite wrote:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9336533/

have you done this?

↑ ra_mom

Thu, Sep 22 2022, 6:27 pm

amother OP wrote:

it took seven months to work? WHat did you do?

It's meant to be done for 4 months. It took me 7 months but I was continuing because I started seeing the changes. It's just sniffing some smell kits a few times a day, any time you pass by. Do you want more info?

amother

↑ OP

Thu, Sep 22 2022, 6:28 pm

ra_mom wrote:

yes please. Although I feel like it’s going to hard to comply 🫣for so long

amother

Burntblack

Wed, Sep 28 2022, 11:15 pm

OMG THIS IS ME!! Had Covid about a year ago. Still cant smell everything. Many things smell like dirty diapers. But worst of all I keep smelling a bad smell around me (I was soooo self conscious). Please please share the details of this smell kit.