Parosmia (chemical smell) how long does it last?!!

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amother

OP ↓

Fri, May 28 2021, 10:42 am

I got covid 3 months ago and lost my sense of smell completely and then it was slowly coming back.. all of a sudden, recently Things started smelling and tasting chemically, soapy, etc
I’m so freaked. How long should I expect this to last for? Or if this happened to you what was your experience?

amother

Jetblack ↓

Fri, May 28 2021, 11:07 am

I had this. It was a temporary thing on and off for a few weeks for me. Someone told me that it's because there are different kinds of olfactory receptors and they don't all heal at once.

amother

↑ Jetblack

Fri, May 28 2021, 11:24 am

Specific things changed smells differently. Fruit was mostly normal after a week or so. For about a month I would either sniff the coffee in the morning to see if it was good and it would smell like tar, or I would actually make myself a cup of coffee in an act of foolish optimism and then take one sip and pour it down the drain. It's been a few months now and smells are all normal.

amother

Brown ↓

Fri, May 28 2021, 12:41 pm

It happens about 3 months after covid.
For me parosmia (chemical taste) took over for about 7 months.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Fri, May 28 2021, 4:40 pm

7 months?!
Wow
How did u handle it for so long

amother

↑ Brown ↓

Fri, May 28 2021, 4:47 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

7 months?!
Wow
How did u handle it for so long

I was a long arduous journey. I was forced to only eat things that didn't taste like soap and poo. For me (because it presents differently in each person) it meant living on grilled cheese with sliced vegetables plain cheese and salt, and supper with no seasoning besides for salt and sugar. Anything else was unbearable. I was very grateful that fruits and vegetables tasted normal throughout (the only thing that did).

amother

↑ OP

Fri, May 28 2021, 6:24 pm

Wow I’m basically realizing I will have to do the same, only eat the foods that are neutral.
Did your smell come back completely ?

amother

↑ Brown

Fri, May 28 2021, 7:07 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Wow I’m basically realizing I will have to do the same, only eat the foods that are neutral.
Did your smell come back completely ?

My smell can back 2/3rds. My taste is BH back.

tillyost

Sun, Oct 23 2022, 7:54 pm

It’s been about 11 months for me now and everything still stinks bad!
I’m at my wit’s end !!!
I can’t go on like this anymore.
Can’t eat any protein, anything that has onion or garlic in it, eggs, some vegetables, some fruits…

Anyone here that knows of a tried and true remedy????

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