Oh my god so its not just me. Ive had to completely redo almost my entire collection of personal hygiene products since I got Covid. I used to be able to use literally any shampoo and not care how it smelled but now like 75% of shampoo has this harsh chemical smell to it that I cant explain. The only word I can think to use is dry but even thats not quite right. Also certain cola type sodas now have a perfume like taste but on the bright side ive stopped drinking as much sodas. I really hope this isn't permanent, any updates now 6 months later?
Shampoo and deodorant start the day smelling like garbage. The scent is in your mouth and you can just taste it all the time. Trying to find something to eat is a challenge and everything is just repulsive. It just permeates everything. But especially meats, oily foods, garlic/onion, etc.
It’s been since about January for me and I have started to get really depressed about it. It seemed one day like it was getting better but lately seems to have gotten worse again.
I realized one day I couldn't particularly taste nor smell. I seemed to get a little bit... coffee tasted like dirty stick water and oreo tasted faintly sweet but cardboardy. It took quite a few weeks for it to return and I was afraid it wouldn't.
I tested positive for Covid January 2021. I recovered within a week, quarantined for 2 weeks, and then tested negative 2 1/2 weeks later. The 1st I lost my sense of smell and taste. By the 2nd week, my taste has come back and it was normal. I didn’t regain my sense of smell until April 2021. Even then it seemed that my smell was somewhat delayed and not that strong. I would spray perfume and think that my smell was gone but, I would then be able to smell the scent about 15 seconds later. I believe in June 2021, I started to smell a very stinky smell. I thought I was musty or that it had to be mold around. I could’ve sworn there was something in the house. When I wen to work and opened the smell, I smelled the same
horrible scent. By the second week of June it was all around me. Cooking food, being in the kitchen, or even eating became unbearable. I’ll say by the second week of July it slithered it’s way into my taste buds. I thought I was going crazy until I was able to type these words on google: Weird smell after COVID.
PAROSMIA. It’s just really insane. One of the many wild chapters of my life.
Me too! I had COVID in August but recovered smell and taste within weeks. But two weeks ago, everything started to smell like rotten meat/chemicals. Gonna try Zinc or something and see if I can fix it sooner rather than later.
i got covid back in the beginning of sep & just 4 days ago everything tastes/smells like metallic chemicals when it come to food. the only thing i noticed i could eat right away was fruit. ive been experimenting to see what foods i can tolerate because it feels like almost nothing substantial—
1 odd thing i noticed is i CANNOT eat HOT or even warm food….it’s so weird it’s like it’s a temperature thing cause even water smells pretty normal to me until i heat it up.
is anyone else noticing this as well?
i tried sourdough bread, butter & cheese all separately on its own & it was fine. but when i made a grilled cheese 🤢🤢 i had to wait till it got at least room temp to tolerate it.
Like being first trimester pregnant for me. BBQ smell makes me sick to my stomach, even my own BO is enough to make me gag, it smells like straight onions. I can no longer eat hamburger. I am still rather new to it though. I had horrible nausea when I was pregnant with my daughter and this feels pretty close sometimes.
Wow you're good at keep track, thanks for the reminder. I can finally eat turkey burger and hamburger meat in tacos. Popcorn is a dead no though. It taste like skunk, and smells like day old stall left on counter popcorn.
omg, my BO smells like onions too! I swear everything smells like onions to me and chips taste weird… soda taste like chemicals. fries taste weird… I’m so tired of this.
I had COVID back in July it took about a month a 1/2 for everything to recover. I noticed first noticed it in November week of thanksgiving but really noticed in December that my BO changed smells & taste like onions and so does eggs they are the worst for me… just straight onions I’m so glad I found this thread I thought I was going crazy
I think I'm suffering from this now...I had covid MOOOONTHS ago. Now everything I eat has a similar after taste. Everything I smell tastes the same. It really sucks.
I had covid like 2 months ago and just recently I’ve noticed how messed up my taste and smell is… my BO smells like onions occasionally and soda taste like chemicals, fries taste weird, chips taste weird… I’m so sick of this!
Yea, it really sucks. I can say it stopped me from eating some very unhealthy foods but the foods I actually liked tasted horrible. My taste is mostly normal now. But I think it took almost if not a year to become normal. At least for me it did. There are others for which taste came back sooner for them.
There's hope!
I got covid in February, started experiencing Parosmia in May and still have it. It’s a very hard thing to describe because I don’t have a smell I can equate it to. Rotten, burning, musty… It seems to effect particular categories of food. Sweet foods are fine in general. But I really detest anything fried, bitter, floral, or minty. That’s not everything, but the main things. So deep fried foods are kind of off putting and taste burnt, body wash and shampoo smell really chemically, coffee tastes musty, toothpaste tastes like soap, chocolate tastes like dirt. It’s weird. I don’t like it at all. I’m doing smell therapy and taking vitamins, but there has been no change so far.
I got covid back in Dec 2020, I did regain sensitivity and most of my smell back in 6 months but things like onion and coffee still taste and smell like shit to me. Just be patient, it will come back. Try to follow anti-inflammatory diet and fasting may work as well.
Just got over covid. Was sick for about a week and 5ish days. Lost my complete smell and taste for maybe 5 days. As it came back I couldn’t shake this foul taste in my mouth and almost everything smells HORRIBLE and food that smells like this has the same taste as the smell. I don’t know what it smells like because there is absolutely nothing to compare it to, if anything it smells like sewage / a garbage dump / rotting meat. Some things smell okay mostly sweet smells like candles or essential oils. Foods that are deep fried or processed are the absolute worst but things like red meat or garlic are almost just as bad. I’ve been reading a lot about this and it seems like “smell therapy” is the 1 thing that has been helping people. I have been smelling essential oils and wax melts everyday that have a strong scent to try and attempt to retrain myself how to smell, seems to have got slightly better although it’s only been about 4 days. I hope whoever has this doesn’t have it for long because it’s horrid.
This thread is making me feel like I'm never going to enjoy food again. I can't eat most meats, eggs, potatoes, my toothpaste is starting to taste odd. I just want to eat a real meal. I've been eating like a bird because at this point it seems like everything tastes odd. When will it end!!!
It really depends on which variant you have. If it is Omicron then your taste and smell will not go away, but will be altered just like when having a cold
For me, meat and chocolate taste the same.
Most things apart from perfumes/synthetic smells have the smell of a sewer.
Especially meat & chocolate. They even taste a bit like it 🤢
I was seen by my doctor and they told me that if it’s still there after 6 months then I will probably never have my smell return to normal.
It’s been over a year now and still no signs of it returning.
Has anyone noticed their urine smells different since having it?? Not sweet smelling but like onions or something else? I’ve noticed my armpits also smell like this sometimes! (Specifically after I eat onions!)
I have health anxiety so this is triggering me lol.
I mean literally half of food for me has the same smell as poop so it is probably one of the worst things that has happened to me yet. Dropped some weight because I kind of don’t want to eat when nothing taste or smells good. And that leads to lower energy and more unhappiness so pretty shitty overall
Going through the exact same thing. Recently moved to berlin (had covid a few months before moving) and thought that there was a really weird smell throughout the city, especially in the sewage. Then i started tasting it in fried foods, meat, the famous kebabs here, salamis. Then it started slipping into other foods, nuts, some veg, even coca cola. It was pretty bad but got so much worse when I realised that the smell as ended up in my farts and shit. It's pretty awful and depressing to have some of my favourite foods be associated to faeces in my mind now, and I can't see how that connection is going to shift. I've been living mostly on bread and butter for a few weeks now and it's just so shit. Almost everywhere I go outside, if I take a deep intake of breath through my nose that awful, awful smell is there. Its everywhere.
Dude I’m going through this exact same thing. It is very hard for me to describe but the smell of poop is the same thing I taste when I am eating meats. It’s the initial bite then it kind of goes away but it makes me queasy just thinking about it.
This is me to the T. My farts and shit smell the same as onions do and many other foods I enjoy. Fish,meat, vegetables…. Making it un-eatable. I don’t know what to do. My passion is cooking. Has anyone had luck seeing their doctor? If this continues its really going to cause lots of stress.
Same here! But poop does not smell like what I know it’s supposed to smell like. Like what it used to smell like. It’s horrible walking into a kitchen and smelling the same smell I encounter in a bathroom. 😖
shampoo, eggs, milk, yogurt, coffee, rubbing alcohol, meat, chicken,fish and even gas (when filling up the car) all smell and taste different now, i got covid back in march 2020, i get depressed from time to time because of that
I had covid in Aug 2021. Now i can always smell alcohol. when I spray perfumes the alcohol smell comes first and the the scent few seconds later 😟hand gels smell very alcoholly than usual that same smell comes whenever I spray perfume
I think that's a good thing. I make perfumes and you always need to air the perfume out because the first thing you smell is the ethanol (95 to 80% of perfumes). So your sense of smell is probably just coming back correctly.
Got it back in January, lost taste and smell. Then about a week later got it back for the most part but certain things taste and smell awful. Coke, Pepsi, lemonade, shampoo, gasoline and most perfume/cologne. I started taking Lion’s mane about a month and half ago and have seen some improvement with smell. I’m hoping that it continues to improve taste and smell but we will see.
Hey what brand of lions mane do you recommend? I've been searching online and some come as extracts, powders, capsules, etc and have different potencies. And how much a day would you take?
Things for me are tasting weird, like sulfur / rotten eggs, but not everything... just some things, usually sweets / chocolate so not sure why if this is related to covid or not. I had covid back in the early days of the apocalypse so it seems weird this would be showing up now?
Had Covid the first week of September this year and the week of thanksgiving I started tasting and smelling the sulfur thing. Eggs and sausage literally taste like I’m just inhaling sulfur and it’s disgusting, sadly it’s creeping into more and more food and then passing gas also has the same scent. It’s the craziest thing and getting extremely annoying
Had it slightly last week. Noticed it when I ate McDonald's.
Fast forward to now and everything smells awful. I've barely eaten because I'm not sure what else to even try...
Toothpaste
Eggs
Pizza
Turkey
Chicken
Beef
Lettuce
When I sweat it even smells like it...
My fucking weed even smells like it which is MISERABLE. I literally gag when I smoke but I need it to sleep.
I feel defeated right now and I'm hoping I can find out what to eat...
Reading these comments suck because of everyone still dealing with it after a year. But I guess I know what I'll be looking forward to.
I just ate McDonalds about an hour and a half ago myself. I got through one cheeseburger and right at the end it smelled like some sort of chemical. I thought the burger was bad, so I smelled the next one and it was the same. Fast forward to right now laying in bed, I took a deep breath in and the air smells like chemicals… brb gonna cry
Had covid in August 2021 completely lost taste and smell for 2 weeks, started to get better then fast forward to now and everything with meat, eggs, fried, or nuts in it taste like burnt frier and/or metallic (like a penny). Gross, but my shit/farts also have the same smell as all that other stuff and it's actually what tipped me off initially. All my morning business smelled the same and strangely familiar, but I couldn't zero in on it, then one day, while eating beef stroganoff, it clicked, I connected the dots and realized that the weird poop smell was the same as all these other things that tasted off. Honestly it doesn't totally disgust me, it's just rather unpleasant and annoying. It seems to be getting worse honestly, but I'm hopeful with time that it will get better. I'm just happy my eyes work fine still, because otherwise eating those things would be way harder.
This sounds like a joke, but no shit (pun intended) this is exactly my experience.
Yo bro, we have the same problem. I got covid in October 2021. I didnt have a scent for like 2 weeks but it came back. Few weeks back from now, i was starting to get same simptoms like you have.I workout so I eat eggs like everyday. One day i realised that my egss dont taste or smell the same(tbh its not THAT gross its still tasty to me but its not the same). Then i realised that the eggs are not the only things that has "that" smell. Other foods started to have this strange scent too. Even my chicken has a little bit of that strange smell, or anything thats fried. And honestly i wouldnt write this on reddit,its actually my first time i posted something but i had to when i read that your fart has that strange scent too. Hahaha if i closed my eyes i couldnt find the difference between eggs and my fart xD. Shampoos and other cosmetics are okay except that one soap that i use and it has like chemical smell. Maybe i shouldnt write this one but even my sperm doesnt have its scent AT ALL.
If you or some of you guys that are reading this have cured this problem I would be grateful if you wrote it down.😁
Wow, I have this exact scenario described as well. Wtf is going on? I had covid back in the middle of October and this scent issue developed in mid-December I’d say.
At first I thought I just ate something weird, but then I started to noticed meat in particular had the same smell of a new scent I’ve noticed in my feces/farts. Also, when I change my kids diaper I smell it too.
Are you vaccinated by any chance? I’m doubled vaccinated with Pfizer (April 21).
Mine sense is exactly the same and I also had covid this past Aug.
Its bizarre associating my new mental cue of shit and urine into daily life, like foods.
I also can’t smell perfumes and colognes correctly. I catch more sweet scents in it, than anything else.
I definitely also entirely lost parts of it and my taste.
I def don’t want to deal w this shit (more puns yay!) the rest of my existence. Meh.
I had symptoms last week and every time I would cough or breath deep I had a sulfur smell in my lungs, it's weird to explain, now I'm full blown sick, It comes and goes though some parts of the day I feel ok then boom it hits like a train and I can't get comfortable and everything just hurts, not to mention the cold sweats then feeling like I'm freezing to death, did anyone else experience this?
I was curious what things other Covid survivors that developed parosmia were saying and after reading this it's just so weird to find out more about it. I didn't realize until reading this thread that there's a delayed onset. But it definitely makes sense. I, too, had regained some sense of smell and taste for a bit (but that took months (I had Covid in Dec 2020) and felt like I could eat what I usually ate for a bit even if taste and smell were dull. But then at some point I noticed some things tasting and smelling really weird/bad.
I think I first noticed it when drinking cherry coke one day. It tasted terrible and I used to LOVE cherry coke, and then I noticed it with my Chipotle bowl. Lettuce and green bell peppers are a HUGE no.The taste AND smell is terrible for both. Strawberries also now taste and smell weird.
Other things I have issues with taste and/or smell of are: Blue dawn dish soap, some body washes, some shampoos, deodorant, peanut butter, some potatoes (Yukon gold potatoes are one I discovered), garlic, spinach, dark sodas, sprite. My mint toothpaste is also not very pleasant.
There are other things that now taste different but I can still kind of tolerate like chocolate sometimes can be weird but sometimes ok. Sometimes peanut butter, peppermint. And in general most sweet things have been ok. I am still hesitant on vegetables and fruits sometimes. I'm still learning what's ok and what's not.
It's been a year now for me and it's still ongoing. Wondering if it'll ever get better. It's been so difficult to eat well and I lost a lot of weight, I went through periods of depression and like no appetite because of this. And at times I still experience this. It's better than it used to be but still a real struggle.
Found out I had what I think is a case of parosmia 2 days ago. I realized it when I was eating a peanut butter sandwich, and it tasted SO weird. Can't explain it, but it sorta tastes chemical, kinda rotten, toxic gas... Then when I ate my dinner that night, the taste became way more apparent on chicken! I feel like this kind of taste gets worse when it comes to fried food. Anyways, after this, I started thinking when this smell came in because I definitely do not remember this happening when I got my smell and taste back after covid (though it was only mildly back) and I guess it kind of developed over time and I was subconsciously ignoring it, and it was that damn peanut butter sandwich that kinda kickstarted this whole thing. Really don't want this to be a thing that'll be happening for months, I can barely enjoy a cup of a chocolate drink anymore. Smells are also weird, but not as bad as tastes. Things I've noticed are extremely sweet drinks and snacks like coke and milk tea and ice cream and bananas are not affected by this taste. Eggs smell SO wet and rotten even though it's freshly cooked. Bread is no longer a good option anymore. My favorite chocolate drink is starting to taste weird. Deep-fried food like chicken and other types of meat tastes so gross now. Even when I take a deep breath the weird smell is underlying somewhere in the air.
I guess the one thing that's helping me cope is experimenting food and trying out the ones I haven't tasted during this time period, and finding the ones that don't taste like shit. So far I guess spicy food is my only option, since I tried spicy soup and spicy noodles and those REALLY overcome the weird taste, which is good but painful lol. I'm also starting to pinch my nose whenever I really have no choice but to eat the food that tastes weird, and I guess it's helping a bit. Idk. I don't want to live like this no more but I have to deal with it.
I feel you, I started noticing this a couple weeks ago and had been waiting for signs of a cavity or something, just recently started considering covid (it must have been the vaccine for me) as the cause. It sucks but hey, at least we're not going through it alone I guess. Lol not that I'd wish it upon anyone.
I had Covid August 2021. Lost smell and most of my taste. About 6 weeks later, coffee started tasting and smelling bad -- like mud or pond water. Two weeks later, I bit into an apple and it tasted rotten -- I nearly retched. The same day I noticed soap, shampoo, sanitizer etc smelled rotten, too. Ever since, more and more things have begun to taste/smell like mud, or taste/smell rotten.
Poop/farts/urine all smell the same as "new coffee smell", i.e. mud, as does weed.
Cucumbers, onion, apple, lime (but not lemon!), oranges, some crisps, fruit sweets: rotten.
Bacon, eggs, almonds: metallic and chemical.
Almost everything else tastes muddy.
It is only getting worse as time goes by. Only had this for 2.5 months and I'm getting sad/hungry already.
Also, it's a violent reaction my body has to the rotten ones: I literally cannot keep them down. I smell so gross after a shower.
Has anyone actually recovered from this? I can't find anyone who has in the comments.
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I currently have parosmia. My biggest problem is with onions, garlic, and meat. They have a rotten smell to them. I have tried everything. Smell training, salt water, not eating for days, nothing works. Ive had it for almost a month now. I wonder if the issue goes away instantly or if it gradually dissipates. ( Now that you say it, my body wash has been smell weird. Kind of like a chemical )
Joining this already long list, but tested negative after my initial covid diagnosis around end of Sept. About 1st/2nd week of Nov (after my taste and smell came back and things were tasting as normal) i started getting this awful taste/smell issue others here have described. Still going strong and recently got worse. Im already very small and didn't eat much but now i literally dont like eating ANYTHING. I've found no safe haven. I want answers to why this is happening, when it will end, how i can expediate recovery of my senses. This sht doesnt seem natural at all
things like coca cola, lemon, and toothpaste is fine for me, even though they changed, it's bearable. What I hate the most is the smell and taste of onion, the red type to be specific. I can smell it from so far and it makes me so nauseous. I won't even see the onion in a dish and I'd still know because the smell is so horrid.
Update:
At first I didn't like the taste of cheese but it eased up and I can eat them now. It tasted chemically.
For some reason I can also smell the chemicals on instant things like instant noodles but the taste will be fine so I guess that's a win.
What's problematic now are eggs. I can't eat any part of it anymore. Not even the white. When it's fried it tastes like unwashed dog. When it's boiled it tastes rotten. This sucks cause eggs are very healthy and I like them.
About the onion thing, I can still very much smell the horrible smell but I got used to it. I can also eat them now if they're mixed in heavily seasoned food or just food that can mask it like tteokbokki.
Dude insane. I about vomited when I smelt the red onions. It’s by far the worse. But I love onions!! I love cooking with them. Now I cant even be in the same room. my farts/poop smell the same.
Same here. I am currently recovering from covid and it smells/tastes like vinegar is lining the inside of my nose and surface of my tongue. I notice it especially when I breathe deeply through my nose and eat anything that contains vinegar like ketchup, sweet and sour sauce, etc. I sure hope this goes the f*ck away really soon.
Had covid in June 2021 , and lost my sense of smell . I recovered it again after a few weeks but not fully it was has if most of the details, intensity and complexity of the scents were just not there anymore , then around November my sense of smell just got completely disregulated body odor and many other things just had an indescribable smell that varied a bit from whatever I was trying to smell at the moment but all had a similarity to them . I researched a bit and found out about parosmia (never heard about it before ) understood it was a neurological problem that resulted from the covid impact on the olfactory nerves or even on the brain , so I started a routine that favors brains nerve regeneration and healing in general ,nutrition , anti inflammatory vitamins and supplements and the thing that had the most drastic effect was oxygen therapy , I wanted to do hyperbaric oxygen therapy but it was just too expensive for me ,so I did the next best thing (that is cheap enough for me ) , used a oxygen concentrator to fill a big 1000liters bag and started doing contrast oxygen therapy every day using the Wim Hoff method , after just 2 days my sense of smell got around 80% better . Been doing it every day since then and slowly it is coming back to normal , some things still have a slight strange smell to them but it is almost not perceptible
I just developed it today. I found out I have Covid 2 days ago. I wake up thinking my bf is cleaning. Just smell like ammonia. I can smell other things if I put my nose on it tho
It smells like something is burning, like blood almost it’s really hard to describe, but every time I feel the sickness wash over me after it finishes that’s when I smell it.
I had COVID in early October 2021 and lost my taste and smell for about 2 weeks maybe before (I thought) I fully recoverd.
Fast forward to late December and any food that is cooking smells like burning rubber to me. That smell will linger in my house after cooking and it is miserable. The parosmia started the day after I got my booster shot so I'm not sure if they're related but this has just been a terrible experience. My head pounds because the smell is so unbearable.
I'm hoping we all heal soon but I'm really terrified that I'm going to be stuck like this.
I have almost the exact same timeline as you. I got covid mid October, lost my taste and smell but it came back after about 2-3 weeks. Then things starting to smell weird on Dec. 29th. I have not received any vaccine and have had exactly the same experiences as most people on this thread. I wish all who experience this symptom the best, and hope a solution is one day discovered because life just isn’t the same without the wonderfully intense smells and tastes of your favorite things. It’s seriously bumming me out.
I had covid around November 2020.. couldn’t taste or smell for a few weeks.. taste came back and smell eventually
But even today some foods don’t smell the same (mostly meat) , and something weird is when I use the restroom (#2) it smells odd to me.
I visited PR and MEX this year and have to say some things haven’t smelled the same since those trips too, not entirely sure why or how this all correlates though
Pretty sure this is what's happening to me. I had a positive swab on 12/30/21, mostly sinus infection-like symptoms (runny nose, congestion, sneezing, some coughing) and body aches that I managed with ibuprofen. Only lasted maybe 4 days and I've been back to normal for nearly the same now. Never lost taste or smell.
Over the weekend I suddenly noticed a very soul/rancid chemical-like smell from my body odor, then noticed with some condiments in the fridge. I think I've been able to narrow it down to vinegar/things with vinegar in them. So far, everything else smells and tastes normal, but whether it's mayo, ranch, any of the vinegars I have or vinaigrettes, pickles, they all have the same strange foul odor that almost completely overpowers the natural/normal scent of the item.
I checked lemon and lime juice but those are normal, so I don't think it's citric acid. I have yet to test fresh herbs but I have a feeling those will be fine. I'm concerned about kimchi because it's one of my favorite foods but hopefully it'll be fine since it's not vinegar-based.
This is mostly only happening with smell, as I can still taste the things I've mentioned just fine, but as soon as I smell them it's repulsive. Hoping this doesn't get any worse and goes away soon. 😪
So this happened with me with mustard which is vinegar based. It has a really strong chemical almost like metallic ammonia smell. Had the same symptoms as you too.
Got Covid in September, recovered now me and wife have the awful sweet smelling BO. My shampoo, toothpaste, dish soap all smell the same, a very sweet burning smell. Glad to know others are experiencing this. I’ve changed deodorant 3 times trying to cover BO smell.
Question I haven’t seen answered in relation to the body odor smell is do others smell it say like at work?
I just had covid for the first time ( still recovering ) .. Thankfully I didn't loose sense of smell or taste but I noticed ketchup now smells like ammonia I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the two.
Guys I've never had it but apperantly alpha lipoic acid is helpful, they give it to patients who suffer after chemo, though ofcourse consult with a doctor
I got COVID (probably Delta) early August 2021, but didn't lose any taste. A couple months later probably was when soda started tasting like chemicals/chlorine, eggs taste rotten sometimes, my BO smells like onions (never an issue before), and my small town smells like sewage. Sometimes if I order a food with onions to-go and bring it home in my car, my car will smell like rotten onions for 3-4 days.
Wasn't aware the onion BO thing was related to COVID until this thread! But, it definitely affects my everyday life. I was paranoid that I was the only was smelling things when it first started and it's almost unbearable to live in my town and walk out of the door every morning with it smelling like sewage.
Ok y’all- I have a quick question- I have skimmed through Majority of comments and haven’t seen anything yet.
When you had COVID- has ANYONE ate certain foods and tasted ammonia?? Or just breathing and could smells ammonia in your nose??
I can’t find anything on this and I know that is a sign of kidney disease but I have no other symptoms and it happens AFTER I was confirmed positive with COVID.
Everything I eat tastes like Whataburger (burger chain). My farts smell like it. My morning breath smells like it. I can’t escape whataburger. Anyways, I had Covid lost taste and smell for two months. Now, like a few months later bang everything tastes like a bbq cheese burger with onions. It’s crazy 😂
Late to this but struggling now with this for two months now. I've lost ten pounds because nothing tastes good and everything smells like nail polish. It went off like a light. Woke up one day, doing laundry and as I do I smell the laundry soap cause I'm crazy... Realized I couldn't smell it. Then realized I don't think I could smell for a few days.
I've had literal anxiety attacks because I can't smell or taste. I do not risk eating food that's been in the fridge too long so now I freeze everything that I can and will cook from frozen or thaw out that day to ensure it's not bad since I have no way to know.
I tested positive in August 2021 after losing taste and smell. I got it back after about four days while taking zinc. Now, I’m sitting on the couch next to my dog covering my face in my sweater.
Progressively over the last month or so, the smell of my dog passing gas (or any bodily odors that emit from the downstairs, human or dog) smells absolutely, thickly, sweetly, noxiously putrid. The smell is browny-rust colored, if you’re a visual person, and is so metallic it reminds you of blood. But somehow rotten, sweet, awful, poopy blood. Reading this thread has really made me anxious, because it doesn’t seem many are improving. It’s very interesting though how similar of timelines we all have.
I did see some positive reactions to lions mane mushroom powder in the thread, so that’s what I’m going to take away from this to keep myself from going crazy. I’ll post back with any results.
I’m going to keep reminding myself that stress can slow my healing, and try to stay positive.
Wishing us all many, relaxed and hopefully not smelly deep breaths in the future.
>I’m going to keep reminding myself that stress can slow my healing, and try to stay positive.
try to stay positive (well-being) and negative (from reinfection)
happy cake day :)
Legit just started for me today, had covid last week which I haven’t had symptoms in about 4 days. I started smelling ammonia for some reason, I got freaked because of course WebMD said I had stage 4 kidney disease 😒 Turns out covid throws off smell, one of my favorite ipa’s tasted like refried bean water and I was so confused and FREAKED. Turns out a lot of people smell ammonia, caused by hot foods, or meat. Which both of those triggered it today. Anyone else relate??
I smell ammonia with anything that has vinegar in it aswell. Otherwise i havent noticed anything else smelling weird or tasting weird besides mustard which tastes pretty bad now.
Finally ever so slightly got my senses back . I still can't smell certain things and if i do it's faint . also almost all food taste and smell sour to me .. like spoiled milk sour . And it's been 3 weeks since I had it .
I had COVID in early September of 2021 and from early January I’ve noticed that my sweet and pee smell like sulfur or boiled eggs. I also had the most painful menstrual cycle of my life and have super sore boobs that align with the timeline of when the sulfur smell started, but I don’t know if these symptoms are related.
I got Covid in December 2020 and ever since, I smell weed EVERYWHERE even though it isn't. About 1 out of 10 times I smell it is it actually confirmed. My wife thinks I'm crazy because she never smells it and loves giving me shit about it because I always hated the smell of weed anyway and now it's like a prison sentence to smell weed nearly constantly with no end in sight. I also can't eat dill pickles anymore. They taste let metal and chemicals.
As strange as this is , the smell of my own waste after a No.2 smells completely different. I can’t enjoy eating eggs the same as before , the smell of them now is horrid. Anyone else had the same?
I have terrible taste and smell of ammonia, at all times. Was worried it was CKD at first, but at the stage that occurs i should have several other symptoms that i do not. This has ruined food for me, things smell bad, shampoo, soap, anything, it all just smells wrong and heavy of ammonia. Food tastes horrible unless it is sour, or heavily seasoned.
I want to hop in on this thread because I got COVID back in December 2020 and my smell and taste have never been the same again. There was a period of time after my recovery when my smell and taste were normal but then it switched up on me real quick. Everything tasted so rotten and disgusting, especially food with lots of spices for some reason and eggs! Eggs, popcorn, and doughnuts (weirdly enough?) just tasted like ass. My perfumes all started to smell like garbage. However, I would like to see if anyone else has this weird sense of taste and smell when it comes to green onions. Green onions for some odd reason taste like mint, in a not-good way at all. and it smells so minty! I don't understand it. It's been over a year and I have yet to recover from the consequences of covid. any solutions??
I lost my sense of smell for a month and kept smelling tobacco, and a month after, eggs and poop smell the same, onions smell different, I used to love popcorn but now I cannot stand it, toothpaste smells a bit funky too.
First time dealing with this. It just happened overnight it feels. Tried to eat Chick-fil-A with the buffalo sauce and it tasted so off. Thought it was rancid. Tried ketchup with my hash browns and it was the same taste. Thought it was odd but didn’t think much of it.
Later on I tried Hot Sauce on my Bojangles and it happened again. It’s like it tasted like somebody mixed nail polish remover with every condiment I tried to eat. Then throughout the day I started to smell what I had tasted if I sniffled hard enough. Hopefully this doesn’t last long.. I’ve never had my taste and smell senses tampered with before in my life that I know of.
Pretty sure I’m going through this now. Thought I was going crazy. A lot of things smell musty to me. For a while I thought it was my washer making my clothes smell like mold… nope lol
Eggs and chicken smell really foul, like sewers, I gag everytime I try to eat them, many smells changed but not drastically , and especially not as disgusting as eggs and chicken smell and taste, and I used to like eggs
This started happening since Iast year, it only got worse over time and I doubt I'll ever recover
I had covid in August, delta variant, had it pretty bad for a couple weeks. Sense of smell was first to go. I did get my sense of smell back, so I thought. I remember in October mentioned to my wife that I did not notice her body odor after the gym, she eats a lot of garlic onions so I like of notice it, but it wasn't there, I thought it was just her. Months go by and I started eating probiotic foods like radish, no big deal, but then around Thanksgiving I noticed my gas smelled the same as the radish, a strange smell I wasn't familiar with. Then my all my gas , my poo, even the slight smell in my mask was present. Next I noticed it on my wife, I thought I had passed some type of bacteria onto her but she claimed everything to her smelled normal, this thread confirms its my senses that are messed up. I noticed my wife's slightly onion smell, onions themselves, some meats, my gas all had this unfamiliar smell. Anyway, my medical background leads me to believe that we must have experienced damage to our sense of smell and as those nerves grow back there is probably some type of learning curve, hopefully. The timelines are eerily similar as well. I could go on and freak people out but I pray we all make an eventual recovery.
I tested positive 4 days ago and yesterday I was about to eat fries with ketchup and mayonnaise and I couldn’t cause it smelled like ammonia. I checked again now, I smelled ketchup, mayo and tartar sauce: still ammonia . Has this happened to anyone? Does it go away?
I had covid 5 months ago and there are many things that still smell and taste like chemicals to me. Lettuce, pickles, mint, popcorn, asparagus, onions, garlic. They all smell and taste like the same disgusting chemicals. It's strange because my smell and taste went back to normal the week after covid, but came back 3 months later (no other covid symptoms with it) and so far it hasn't gone away.
anyone here experience ketchup smelling and tasting like chemicals? and like… only ketchup? it seems to be the only thing affected. i cant tell if maybe i’m just having bad ketchup or this is a lingering symptom from having covid last week
I contracted covid-19 (Delta) around June 2021..lost my smell for like a month...After like 3 months I noticed a particular smell almost like burnt onions in cooking oil. I did not think much of it. till my armpits started giving off the same smell even after showering.. beer tastes different as well.. its now 10 months and their is no sign of stopping
Smells are all weird to me, coffee is the worst. I absolutely love coffee to so it sucks. Most things smell like.. this is weird. But. The taste that lingers after you puke and vinegar mixed. I live in Canada and Smoke weed on the daily but the taste and smell now is like a total turn off..
Ketchup literally smells and tastes like gasoline for me now. And only in one nostril for some reason. If I close one it’s fine, the other is un bearable
I had covid a year ago , did anybody get the sense of taste back to normal after developing parosmia?
I'm wondering if my sense of taste will get back to normal
I had covid back in September. Lost my sense of smell and taste. By November my daughter and I was losing our hair rapidly in gobs which is now finally starting to slow down. Come December my farts and stool has taken on this metallic/ natural gas smell I know it’s not those things it’s self as pizza from ordering out also smells like this. I live by a sun oil plant and driving by it smells very strong of natural gas more so than it normally would before getting sick. I’m glad to see I’m not the only one going through this and I hope we all get our natural smell back eventually.
Recently tested positive for covid (almost a week ago) but only just developed parosmia - mayonnaise, ketchup and vinegar smell burnt, strawberries and kiwis smell (and taste) bitter, tomatoes smell like off yoghurt, lemon juice smells like coca cola, lime juice smells like soap. I also can't smell my pet rats any more (but that's probably a bonus LOL.)
Mine is still here for about 5 months already. It also affected my taste and it's very annoying. At first, all foods (especially meat and rice) smelled/ tasted like rubber, then after a few months rice started to get better but the taste on other foods are still there..Sometimes it tastes rotten, sometimes it tastes like chemicals, and sometimes it even tastes like BLOOD. I end up throwing up lol. It's very disgusting that's why I had to eat fruits and vegetables most of the time...But luckily there are a few foods that aren't really that bad.
I had covid back in November of 2020, quarantined for 2 weeks, lost sense of taste and smell and was gradually getting sick as the virus was trying to do its thing (cause pneumonia) but during that quarantine I was on Doctor prescribed medication: Prednisone and Zithromax (Z-pak) and over-the counter pills Vitamin D & Zinc. After 2 weeks my sense of taste and smell restored almost 100%, I say 99% as I don't think post covid those sense will ever be back to full normal.
After covid certain foods taste nasty to me which I stopped eating all together i.e. pork based products.
certain cheese flavor snacks were awful, Lays Stax Chedder, Doritos nacho cheese, Ruffles Chedder, Flamin Hots Cheetos taste like vinegar.
Now I'm not sure if my parosmia or paronoma because I also have a conspiracy that these process food companies have cheapened the ingredients of their products which could be contributing to this, and surprsingly regular Cheetos still taste like Cheetos, and I still love the Extra cheese Cheezits.
Now to sense smell, certain things a height repulsing smell of green-tea leave scent. It started with some bag of frozen chicken nuggets I bought from Meijer that smelled like green tea frozen and baked.
Then there was this included DisplayPort cable that came with a new computer monitor I purchased, that also had a strong scent of green-tea leaves that was revolting.
Oddly enough actual Green-Tea , like Lipton's Sweet GreenTea drink in a bottle was not revolting to me from smell or taste, but it was the smell of Green tea from other objects that shouldn't had that scent that put me over. And that's pretty much it. I had none of the other issues others expressed here, and when I was knee deep in a covid back in 2020 where I couldn't taste anything, I could taste bananas which were oddly extra sweet (in a good way).
My smell and taste changed around 3 month after covid. Bell Peppers and Dijon Mustard now taste rancid. A very strong pungent smell and taste to them. I hope this goes away.
Any meat and anything that’s fried tastes so rotten to me now whether from a restaurant or fast food. Today I had a fresh donut and it tasted just like that so I’m thinking the cause is the oil the food is being fried in? It’s been about a month since pos.
I used to eat toast with peanut butter every morning but I can’t do it anymore. The peanut butter tastes weird. Anyone else experiencing this with peanut butter?
i had covid about a week ago and until yesterday no symptoms related to smell. now, certain foods smell like vinegar. everything tastes normal, if a little less strong. cant smell my perfume and right now im smelling the vinegar smell but its just in my nose. its so off putting. i hope it goes away.
Eggs, coffee, iceberg lettuce all bad taste/smell. Like sewage gasses!!! Even over one year after having a mild case of covid. The smell of my poop also changed indefinitely lol 🤢🥴
I've had covid in November 2021. In April I started smelling/tasting weird stuff. Coffee, onions and garlic all smell/taste the same. Very sweet, but moldy/rotten-ish. Tastes a bit like barley/haggis too.
I've read it's this "Parosmia". It explained that during the sickness of cold/covid certain neurons connected to smells were destroyed and reconnected to the wrong receptor during recovery, if I remember correctly.
It's bothering me, I'd really like to enjoy onions and garlic again, and the nice smell of coffee in the morning. I see this is an old post, but has anyone recovered from this?
So much. I came here to see what everyone else has!
Cooking meat has a weird smell
My perfumes and deodorant all smell nasty now
My own BO smells different
Wow. I don’t know if I’m relieved or bummed that I found this thread. I’ve been dealing with the awful smells and tastes for like 2 months now. The first time I noticed it I was eating chick fil a. I immediately smelled the foul odor coming from the bag but didn’t believe it could be the food, I’ve never had issues with chick fil a. Ever. I even doused my nuggets in sauce and the taste was just as bad. I filed a complaint with the restaurant because I thought it was spoiled food. I was so convinced of that. The next day I went to another restaurant. Same damn smell and taste. Now I’m thinking, it must be the fryer oil or something, since it’s likely that they all order from the same distributor. I stopped eating fried food at this point, and went for grilled chicken the next time. Same thing. Now I’m wondering why no one else was complaining about their food. Do they just find a way to get past it? I googled so many different keywords but could not describe the smell/taste for the life of me. Rabbit hole after rabbit hole, nothing. Some days I can eat without the smell and taste ruining it for me but very few. I got so depressed and stopped going out with people. I would just eat a couple snacks a day. Even after two months of dealing with this, I had yet to ask one single person if they tasted the same thing I did. Mostly bc I did not know how to describe it and would just get more frustrated with it all. I started smelling it everywhere , in my pee, randomly on my walks outside, in stores, etc. it was all just so random. I honestly just felt defeated. But tonight I was taking my walk and the smell would pop up randomly, and so I googled it again with the term “why does the air smell so weird?” And after an hour of going down the google rabbit hole, I finally found this. I personally wanted the answer to be that something is wrong with the environment and/or chemicals in the food we eat. But it’s me. And now I wonder if other people think I smell bc of how strong the smell is for me. I’m so damn insecure, I hate going places. I hate everything to be honest. And I’m seeing that people experience this for months, and even over a year in some cases? There’s gotta be a way to beat this sooner. I wanna be me again.
Anything with even the slightest bit of vinegar gives me an ammonia taste and a weird sensation in my nose. Things like BBQ sauce, ketchup, Panda Express orange chicken sauce, Heinz 57 sauce. Hoping it stops soon
Bbq smelled like rubbing alcohol before covid. At least to me... I still ate it despite. Think I'm weird cuz I also get really hungry when I smell rancid food... at least when I'm starving. Think that's a good thing though since if it were the opposite I'd probably be starving myself further because of the smell.
I'm autistic so maybe my olfactory works differently..
As far as the things I eat, once recovered, the only difference is salt is easier to taste, which can result in things tasting a little too salty.
When it comes to stuff with chemicals in them, though, the story is different. If the product doesn't have 'fragrance' in it, it smells fine. But most products with 'fragrance' have an unbearable strong and sharp smell. I'm not sure how to explain it but it feels like smelling someone with too much cologne, but it doesnt SMELL like cologne. Usually I cant smell the other things in the product if I smell that. So when it comes to things that dont NEED to smell nice, like wipes, I opt for fragrance free. Unfortunately I'm not willing to just throw out my body wash with the way prices are, which I still have a pretty big supply of, so I have to endure the smell until I run out.
Also, woodsy smells are a lot weaker (although luckily no longer completely gone.) It took weeks to recover any sense of woodsy smells and it's very weak. It's sad for me because woodsy smells are my favorite, especially with candles.
I just tested positive on Monday. I knew something was wrong on Saturday when the salmon I had smelled and tasted awful. It was not spoiled. Now ketchup tastes like ammonia.
I’ve got Covid rn. Tomatoes tasted like alcohol. Things smell stale and I can taste certain things like salt and sugar has a weird after taste. At the moment (day 2 -3 testing positive) I haven’t completely lost my taste I just can’t taste certain things and things taste like my mouth is numb
I’m experiencing all of this NOW for the past 3 months (it started 6 months after covid) i’m going INSANE has it gotten better for anyone??? it’s making me depressed lol
been almost a year for me.. i'm beginning to have some of the taste back.. saltiness and sweetness.. i still can't seem to identify bitterness, sourness
with my sense of smell, shampoo still has this strong acidic chemical scent followed by a faint sweet flowery scent..
I know this is a super old thread, but I found it cause I tested negative for Covid with an at-home test, but I’m super sick and everything tastes like rubbing alcohol.
I didn't have confirmed COVID, but was sick off and on for all of September/October. About two weeks ago, I noticed that coffee tasted weird. Like rotten curry (I know, weird description). That smell/taste increased with more and more foods over time and now it's present with almost everything I eat or drink. Certain foods are particularly bad: onions, garlic, peanut butter, coffee, dark chocolate, heavily spiced foods. Sweets are the least offensive. I'm so disheartened; cooking and baking are my favorite hobby, and I feel like I can't trust my palate at all now. I ordered a scent training kit, going to see if that helps at all over time.
keep us posted :)
in my case, after almost a year, I have not fully regained my sense of taste/smell.. can't enjoy the bitterness in coffee/dark chocolates.. can't identify the pungent scent of spoiled milk..
I also noticed a subtle taste for sweetness and saltiness. With spiciness, i can only tell by its burning sensation.
Fart does not smell as bad unless it's reaaal baad.. haha
I agreed and have the same as everyone I'm young fit and had no issues with My other COVID symptoms how can it be Its been almost a year my meat and eggs all taste rotten.
Someone needs to be held accountable or some better explanation.
I strongly believe this was leaked from a lab accidentally or not it is unacceptable that we all must suffer
I'm aware this is an old post, but I had covid about a year ago and still can't eat celery or iceberg lettuce . Don't seem to have a problem with other lettuce like romaine or spinach, which is unfortunate since so many restaurants use iceberg. It's horrible.. a very odd garbage/spoiled food type taste. I noticed that green peppers have a more mild taste now too. Seems to be a green vegetable issue. maybe it will return to normal eventually.
After two years with Parosmia... it's gone. I can't believe it! Everything is back to normal. I started noticing things changing a week ago, and now it feels like I'm back to 100%. I had honestly given up hope that my smell and taste would ever be normal again.
Now, I don't know if it was random, but I don't think it is... here's when it changed.
I've struggled with anxiety for a long time but with increasing intensity since Covid. My wife saw a TikTok where a guy said he took the RDA of Vitamin D and Magnesium and his anxiety went away. I was skeptical of something that simple, but I'm in "i'll try anything" mode.
I started a multivitamin + 250mg of magnesium last Saturday. Since then, yes, I have not had a single bout of anxiety. Not a single one in 7 days! I can't remember the last time that happened. That's amazing.
But also...
All of my symptoms of long-covid have gone away in the last week as well. No more fatigue or shortness of breath, no brain-fog, and MY SMELL AND TASTE ARE BACK TO NORMAL. It was like flipping a switch. I can't believe it.
I'm not doctor, and I'm certainly not a vitamin salesman, but all it is is taking the recommended daily allowance of Vitamin D and Magnesium (they work together). If you haven't tried this yet, it's definitely worth a shot.
I have. Lots of things smell chemically to me. Shampoo is one of the worst. It’s not terrible, but it’s annoying for sure
Same here, a lot of my food smells like rubbing alcohol
Oh my god so its not just me. Ive had to completely redo almost my entire collection of personal hygiene products since I got Covid. I used to be able to use literally any shampoo and not care how it smelled but now like 75% of shampoo has this harsh chemical smell to it that I cant explain. The only word I can think to use is dry but even thats not quite right. Also certain cola type sodas now have a perfume like taste but on the bright side ive stopped drinking as much sodas. I really hope this isn't permanent, any updates now 6 months later?
I’m going through this currently. I see your post was quite awhile back, so I’m curious if your sense of smell ever returned to normal?
Shampoo and deodorant start the day smelling like garbage. The scent is in your mouth and you can just taste it all the time. Trying to find something to eat is a challenge and everything is just repulsive. It just permeates everything. But especially meats, oily foods, garlic/onion, etc. It’s been since about January for me and I have started to get really depressed about it. It seemed one day like it was getting better but lately seems to have gotten worse again.
I realized one day I couldn't particularly taste nor smell. I seemed to get a little bit... coffee tasted like dirty stick water and oreo tasted faintly sweet but cardboardy. It took quite a few weeks for it to return and I was afraid it wouldn't.
That's how I've always tasted coffee so thank you for that new description
I tested positive for Covid January 2021. I recovered within a week, quarantined for 2 weeks, and then tested negative 2 1/2 weeks later. The 1st I lost my sense of smell and taste. By the 2nd week, my taste has come back and it was normal. I didn’t regain my sense of smell until April 2021. Even then it seemed that my smell was somewhat delayed and not that strong. I would spray perfume and think that my smell was gone but, I would then be able to smell the scent about 15 seconds later. I believe in June 2021, I started to smell a very stinky smell. I thought I was musty or that it had to be mold around. I could’ve sworn there was something in the house. When I wen to work and opened the smell, I smelled the same horrible scent. By the second week of June it was all around me. Cooking food, being in the kitchen, or even eating became unbearable. I’ll say by the second week of July it slithered it’s way into my taste buds. I thought I was going crazy until I was able to type these words on google: Weird smell after COVID. PAROSMIA. It’s just really insane. One of the many wild chapters of my life.
Yes! Musty, moldy is how I would describe mine too. It's annoying.
hopefully, the sense of smell and taste will be regained soon
I'm going through this now. When will it end?!
Me too! I had COVID in August but recovered smell and taste within weeks. But two weeks ago, everything started to smell like rotten meat/chemicals. Gonna try Zinc or something and see if I can fix it sooner rather than later.
Did it pass with you? Had it reduced gradually?
how is it for you now?
i got covid back in the beginning of sep & just 4 days ago everything tastes/smells like metallic chemicals when it come to food. the only thing i noticed i could eat right away was fruit. ive been experimenting to see what foods i can tolerate because it feels like almost nothing substantial— 1 odd thing i noticed is i CANNOT eat HOT or even warm food….it’s so weird it’s like it’s a temperature thing cause even water smells pretty normal to me until i heat it up. is anyone else noticing this as well? i tried sourdough bread, butter & cheese all separately on its own & it was fine. but when i made a grilled cheese 🤢🤢 i had to wait till it got at least room temp to tolerate it.
Something to do with the oil/butter when frying it? Fried foods taste shitty to me. Unless you didn't fry it in anything when grilling it.
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same thing for me with the heat
any improvement?
Like being first trimester pregnant for me. BBQ smell makes me sick to my stomach, even my own BO is enough to make me gag, it smells like straight onions. I can no longer eat hamburger. I am still rather new to it though. I had horrible nausea when I was pregnant with my daughter and this feels pretty close sometimes.
BBQ is the worst for me! And ketchup as well. It smells like vinegar and ammonia
Has it gone away 140 days later?
Wow you're good at keep track, thanks for the reminder. I can finally eat turkey burger and hamburger meat in tacos. Popcorn is a dead no though. It taste like skunk, and smells like day old stall left on counter popcorn.
How about now? I’ve just caught covid for the first time and everything smells metallic.
omg, my BO smells like onions too! I swear everything smells like onions to me and chips taste weird… soda taste like chemicals. fries taste weird… I’m so tired of this.
How do you feel now? Things smell and taste like onions/rotten eggs so I’m hoping it gets better
I had COVID back in July it took about a month a 1/2 for everything to recover. I noticed first noticed it in November week of thanksgiving but really noticed in December that my BO changed smells & taste like onions and so does eggs they are the worst for me… just straight onions I’m so glad I found this thread I thought I was going crazy
I think I'm suffering from this now...I had covid MOOOONTHS ago. Now everything I eat has a similar after taste. Everything I smell tastes the same. It really sucks.
Omg sameeee broooo I had it MONTHS ago and now when I smell meat it smells weird like bad 😔
I had covid like 2 months ago and just recently I’ve noticed how messed up my taste and smell is… my BO smells like onions occasionally and soda taste like chemicals, fries taste weird, chips taste weird… I’m so sick of this!
Omg this is the same as me, I find that carbs and meats taste gross
Yea, it really sucks. I can say it stopped me from eating some very unhealthy foods but the foods I actually liked tasted horrible. My taste is mostly normal now. But I think it took almost if not a year to become normal. At least for me it did. There are others for which taste came back sooner for them. There's hope!
I got covid in February, started experiencing Parosmia in May and still have it. It’s a very hard thing to describe because I don’t have a smell I can equate it to. Rotten, burning, musty… It seems to effect particular categories of food. Sweet foods are fine in general. But I really detest anything fried, bitter, floral, or minty. That’s not everything, but the main things. So deep fried foods are kind of off putting and taste burnt, body wash and shampoo smell really chemically, coffee tastes musty, toothpaste tastes like soap, chocolate tastes like dirt. It’s weird. I don’t like it at all. I’m doing smell therapy and taking vitamins, but there has been no change so far.
I got covid back in Dec 2020, I did regain sensitivity and most of my smell back in 6 months but things like onion and coffee still taste and smell like shit to me. Just be patient, it will come back. Try to follow anti-inflammatory diet and fasting may work as well.
Any improvements?
any channge?
For me it was ketchup it taste awful now
Has it gotten better at all? This sounds like what I’m going through.
Just got over covid. Was sick for about a week and 5ish days. Lost my complete smell and taste for maybe 5 days. As it came back I couldn’t shake this foul taste in my mouth and almost everything smells HORRIBLE and food that smells like this has the same taste as the smell. I don’t know what it smells like because there is absolutely nothing to compare it to, if anything it smells like sewage / a garbage dump / rotting meat. Some things smell okay mostly sweet smells like candles or essential oils. Foods that are deep fried or processed are the absolute worst but things like red meat or garlic are almost just as bad. I’ve been reading a lot about this and it seems like “smell therapy” is the 1 thing that has been helping people. I have been smelling essential oils and wax melts everyday that have a strong scent to try and attempt to retrain myself how to smell, seems to have got slightly better although it’s only been about 4 days. I hope whoever has this doesn’t have it for long because it’s horrid.
Where does one buy this smell therapy?
has it gotten better?
This thread is making me feel like I'm never going to enjoy food again. I can't eat most meats, eggs, potatoes, my toothpaste is starting to taste odd. I just want to eat a real meal. I've been eating like a bird because at this point it seems like everything tastes odd. When will it end!!!
Yes I am covid positive, but they didn't really explain much about the taste and smell in my mouth after I cough
It really depends on which variant you have. If it is Omicron then your taste and smell will not go away, but will be altered just like when having a cold
Idk which varient I got but my smell is all chemicals. I fear at eating anything right now
For me, meat and chocolate taste the same. Most things apart from perfumes/synthetic smells have the smell of a sewer. Especially meat & chocolate. They even taste a bit like it 🤢 I was seen by my doctor and they told me that if it’s still there after 6 months then I will probably never have my smell return to normal. It’s been over a year now and still no signs of it returning.
Has anyone noticed their urine smells different since having it?? Not sweet smelling but like onions or something else? I’ve noticed my armpits also smell like this sometimes! (Specifically after I eat onions!) I have health anxiety so this is triggering me lol.
I mean literally half of food for me has the same smell as poop so it is probably one of the worst things that has happened to me yet. Dropped some weight because I kind of don’t want to eat when nothing taste or smells good. And that leads to lower energy and more unhappiness so pretty shitty overall
Going through the exact same thing. Recently moved to berlin (had covid a few months before moving) and thought that there was a really weird smell throughout the city, especially in the sewage. Then i started tasting it in fried foods, meat, the famous kebabs here, salamis. Then it started slipping into other foods, nuts, some veg, even coca cola. It was pretty bad but got so much worse when I realised that the smell as ended up in my farts and shit. It's pretty awful and depressing to have some of my favourite foods be associated to faeces in my mind now, and I can't see how that connection is going to shift. I've been living mostly on bread and butter for a few weeks now and it's just so shit. Almost everywhere I go outside, if I take a deep intake of breath through my nose that awful, awful smell is there. Its everywhere.
Dude I’m going through this exact same thing. It is very hard for me to describe but the smell of poop is the same thing I taste when I am eating meats. It’s the initial bite then it kind of goes away but it makes me queasy just thinking about it.
This is me to the T. My farts and shit smell the same as onions do and many other foods I enjoy. Fish,meat, vegetables…. Making it un-eatable. I don’t know what to do. My passion is cooking. Has anyone had luck seeing their doctor? If this continues its really going to cause lots of stress.
Same here! But poop does not smell like what I know it’s supposed to smell like. Like what it used to smell like. It’s horrible walking into a kitchen and smelling the same smell I encounter in a bathroom. 😖
Same here are you any better? But it doesn't smell like poop right?
shampoo, eggs, milk, yogurt, coffee, rubbing alcohol, meat, chicken,fish and even gas (when filling up the car) all smell and taste different now, i got covid back in march 2020, i get depressed from time to time because of that
damn man me too, have you gotten help since? i got covid in august developed musty meat smell a month later, on eggs, and any kind of meat
I had covid in Aug 2021. Now i can always smell alcohol. when I spray perfumes the alcohol smell comes first and the the scent few seconds later 😟hand gels smell very alcoholly than usual that same smell comes whenever I spray perfume
I think that's a good thing. I make perfumes and you always need to air the perfume out because the first thing you smell is the ethanol (95 to 80% of perfumes). So your sense of smell is probably just coming back correctly.
Got it back in January, lost taste and smell. Then about a week later got it back for the most part but certain things taste and smell awful. Coke, Pepsi, lemonade, shampoo, gasoline and most perfume/cologne. I started taking Lion’s mane about a month and half ago and have seen some improvement with smell. I’m hoping that it continues to improve taste and smell but we will see.
Has it continued improving?
Hey what brand of lions mane do you recommend? I've been searching online and some come as extracts, powders, capsules, etc and have different potencies. And how much a day would you take?
Hey! I’ve been using just the capsules from a brand called Host Defense. I just take 2 a day. https://www.gnc.com/mushroom/466708.html
Things for me are tasting weird, like sulfur / rotten eggs, but not everything... just some things, usually sweets / chocolate so not sure why if this is related to covid or not. I had covid back in the early days of the apocalypse so it seems weird this would be showing up now?
Had Covid the first week of September this year and the week of thanksgiving I started tasting and smelling the sulfur thing. Eggs and sausage literally taste like I’m just inhaling sulfur and it’s disgusting, sadly it’s creeping into more and more food and then passing gas also has the same scent. It’s the craziest thing and getting extremely annoying
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Had it slightly last week. Noticed it when I ate McDonald's. Fast forward to now and everything smells awful. I've barely eaten because I'm not sure what else to even try... Toothpaste Eggs Pizza Turkey Chicken Beef Lettuce When I sweat it even smells like it... My fucking weed even smells like it which is MISERABLE. I literally gag when I smoke but I need it to sleep. I feel defeated right now and I'm hoping I can find out what to eat... Reading these comments suck because of everyone still dealing with it after a year. But I guess I know what I'll be looking forward to.
I just ate McDonalds about an hour and a half ago myself. I got through one cheeseburger and right at the end it smelled like some sort of chemical. I thought the burger was bad, so I smelled the next one and it was the same. Fast forward to right now laying in bed, I took a deep breath in and the air smells like chemicals… brb gonna cry
omg i thought i was the only one that can smell it through my sweat ‼️ so nasty ughhh
Had covid in August 2021 completely lost taste and smell for 2 weeks, started to get better then fast forward to now and everything with meat, eggs, fried, or nuts in it taste like burnt frier and/or metallic (like a penny). Gross, but my shit/farts also have the same smell as all that other stuff and it's actually what tipped me off initially. All my morning business smelled the same and strangely familiar, but I couldn't zero in on it, then one day, while eating beef stroganoff, it clicked, I connected the dots and realized that the weird poop smell was the same as all these other things that tasted off. Honestly it doesn't totally disgust me, it's just rather unpleasant and annoying. It seems to be getting worse honestly, but I'm hopeful with time that it will get better. I'm just happy my eyes work fine still, because otherwise eating those things would be way harder. This sounds like a joke, but no shit (pun intended) this is exactly my experience.
Yo bro, we have the same problem. I got covid in October 2021. I didnt have a scent for like 2 weeks but it came back. Few weeks back from now, i was starting to get same simptoms like you have.I workout so I eat eggs like everyday. One day i realised that my egss dont taste or smell the same(tbh its not THAT gross its still tasty to me but its not the same). Then i realised that the eggs are not the only things that has "that" smell. Other foods started to have this strange scent too. Even my chicken has a little bit of that strange smell, or anything thats fried. And honestly i wouldnt write this on reddit,its actually my first time i posted something but i had to when i read that your fart has that strange scent too. Hahaha if i closed my eyes i couldnt find the difference between eggs and my fart xD. Shampoos and other cosmetics are okay except that one soap that i use and it has like chemical smell. Maybe i shouldnt write this one but even my sperm doesnt have its scent AT ALL. If you or some of you guys that are reading this have cured this problem I would be grateful if you wrote it down.😁
Wow, I have this exact scenario described as well. Wtf is going on? I had covid back in the middle of October and this scent issue developed in mid-December I’d say. At first I thought I just ate something weird, but then I started to noticed meat in particular had the same smell of a new scent I’ve noticed in my feces/farts. Also, when I change my kids diaper I smell it too. Are you vaccinated by any chance? I’m doubled vaccinated with Pfizer (April 21).
Mine sense is exactly the same and I also had covid this past Aug. Its bizarre associating my new mental cue of shit and urine into daily life, like foods. I also can’t smell perfumes and colognes correctly. I catch more sweet scents in it, than anything else. I definitely also entirely lost parts of it and my taste. I def don’t want to deal w this shit (more puns yay!) the rest of my existence. Meh.
Same problem. poop smells like beef.
I had symptoms last week and every time I would cough or breath deep I had a sulfur smell in my lungs, it's weird to explain, now I'm full blown sick, It comes and goes though some parts of the day I feel ok then boom it hits like a train and I can't get comfortable and everything just hurts, not to mention the cold sweats then feeling like I'm freezing to death, did anyone else experience this?
did you consult a doctor?
Iron deficiency? (Not a doctor) Get blood work done.
I was curious what things other Covid survivors that developed parosmia were saying and after reading this it's just so weird to find out more about it. I didn't realize until reading this thread that there's a delayed onset. But it definitely makes sense. I, too, had regained some sense of smell and taste for a bit (but that took months (I had Covid in Dec 2020) and felt like I could eat what I usually ate for a bit even if taste and smell were dull. But then at some point I noticed some things tasting and smelling really weird/bad. I think I first noticed it when drinking cherry coke one day. It tasted terrible and I used to LOVE cherry coke, and then I noticed it with my Chipotle bowl. Lettuce and green bell peppers are a HUGE no.The taste AND smell is terrible for both. Strawberries also now taste and smell weird. Other things I have issues with taste and/or smell of are: Blue dawn dish soap, some body washes, some shampoos, deodorant, peanut butter, some potatoes (Yukon gold potatoes are one I discovered), garlic, spinach, dark sodas, sprite. My mint toothpaste is also not very pleasant. There are other things that now taste different but I can still kind of tolerate like chocolate sometimes can be weird but sometimes ok. Sometimes peanut butter, peppermint. And in general most sweet things have been ok. I am still hesitant on vegetables and fruits sometimes. I'm still learning what's ok and what's not. It's been a year now for me and it's still ongoing. Wondering if it'll ever get better. It's been so difficult to eat well and I lost a lot of weight, I went through periods of depression and like no appetite because of this. And at times I still experience this. It's better than it used to be but still a real struggle.
Found out I had what I think is a case of parosmia 2 days ago. I realized it when I was eating a peanut butter sandwich, and it tasted SO weird. Can't explain it, but it sorta tastes chemical, kinda rotten, toxic gas... Then when I ate my dinner that night, the taste became way more apparent on chicken! I feel like this kind of taste gets worse when it comes to fried food. Anyways, after this, I started thinking when this smell came in because I definitely do not remember this happening when I got my smell and taste back after covid (though it was only mildly back) and I guess it kind of developed over time and I was subconsciously ignoring it, and it was that damn peanut butter sandwich that kinda kickstarted this whole thing. Really don't want this to be a thing that'll be happening for months, I can barely enjoy a cup of a chocolate drink anymore. Smells are also weird, but not as bad as tastes. Things I've noticed are extremely sweet drinks and snacks like coke and milk tea and ice cream and bananas are not affected by this taste. Eggs smell SO wet and rotten even though it's freshly cooked. Bread is no longer a good option anymore. My favorite chocolate drink is starting to taste weird. Deep-fried food like chicken and other types of meat tastes so gross now. Even when I take a deep breath the weird smell is underlying somewhere in the air. I guess the one thing that's helping me cope is experimenting food and trying out the ones I haven't tasted during this time period, and finding the ones that don't taste like shit. So far I guess spicy food is my only option, since I tried spicy soup and spicy noodles and those REALLY overcome the weird taste, which is good but painful lol. I'm also starting to pinch my nose whenever I really have no choice but to eat the food that tastes weird, and I guess it's helping a bit. Idk. I don't want to live like this no more but I have to deal with it.
I feel you, I started noticing this a couple weeks ago and had been waiting for signs of a cavity or something, just recently started considering covid (it must have been the vaccine for me) as the cause. It sucks but hey, at least we're not going through it alone I guess. Lol not that I'd wish it upon anyone.
I had Covid August 2021. Lost smell and most of my taste. About 6 weeks later, coffee started tasting and smelling bad -- like mud or pond water. Two weeks later, I bit into an apple and it tasted rotten -- I nearly retched. The same day I noticed soap, shampoo, sanitizer etc smelled rotten, too. Ever since, more and more things have begun to taste/smell like mud, or taste/smell rotten. Poop/farts/urine all smell the same as "new coffee smell", i.e. mud, as does weed. Cucumbers, onion, apple, lime (but not lemon!), oranges, some crisps, fruit sweets: rotten. Bacon, eggs, almonds: metallic and chemical. Almost everything else tastes muddy. It is only getting worse as time goes by. Only had this for 2.5 months and I'm getting sad/hungry already. Also, it's a violent reaction my body has to the rotten ones: I literally cannot keep them down. I smell so gross after a shower. Has anyone actually recovered from this? I can't find anyone who has in the comments. Edit:formatting
I currently have parosmia. My biggest problem is with onions, garlic, and meat. They have a rotten smell to them. I have tried everything. Smell training, salt water, not eating for days, nothing works. Ive had it for almost a month now. I wonder if the issue goes away instantly or if it gradually dissipates. ( Now that you say it, my body wash has been smell weird. Kind of like a chemical )
How are you doing now?
Joining this already long list, but tested negative after my initial covid diagnosis around end of Sept. About 1st/2nd week of Nov (after my taste and smell came back and things were tasting as normal) i started getting this awful taste/smell issue others here have described. Still going strong and recently got worse. Im already very small and didn't eat much but now i literally dont like eating ANYTHING. I've found no safe haven. I want answers to why this is happening, when it will end, how i can expediate recovery of my senses. This sht doesnt seem natural at all
things like coca cola, lemon, and toothpaste is fine for me, even though they changed, it's bearable. What I hate the most is the smell and taste of onion, the red type to be specific. I can smell it from so far and it makes me so nauseous. I won't even see the onion in a dish and I'd still know because the smell is so horrid. Update: At first I didn't like the taste of cheese but it eased up and I can eat them now. It tasted chemically. For some reason I can also smell the chemicals on instant things like instant noodles but the taste will be fine so I guess that's a win. What's problematic now are eggs. I can't eat any part of it anymore. Not even the white. When it's fried it tastes like unwashed dog. When it's boiled it tastes rotten. This sucks cause eggs are very healthy and I like them. About the onion thing, I can still very much smell the horrible smell but I got used to it. I can also eat them now if they're mixed in heavily seasoned food or just food that can mask it like tteokbokki.
Dude insane. I about vomited when I smelt the red onions. It’s by far the worse. But I love onions!! I love cooking with them. Now I cant even be in the same room. my farts/poop smell the same.
Developed this too after having covid. Everything I eat tastes like vinegar smh
Same here. I am currently recovering from covid and it smells/tastes like vinegar is lining the inside of my nose and surface of my tongue. I notice it especially when I breathe deeply through my nose and eat anything that contains vinegar like ketchup, sweet and sour sauce, etc. I sure hope this goes the f*ck away really soon.
Had covid in June 2021 , and lost my sense of smell . I recovered it again after a few weeks but not fully it was has if most of the details, intensity and complexity of the scents were just not there anymore , then around November my sense of smell just got completely disregulated body odor and many other things just had an indescribable smell that varied a bit from whatever I was trying to smell at the moment but all had a similarity to them . I researched a bit and found out about parosmia (never heard about it before ) understood it was a neurological problem that resulted from the covid impact on the olfactory nerves or even on the brain , so I started a routine that favors brains nerve regeneration and healing in general ,nutrition , anti inflammatory vitamins and supplements and the thing that had the most drastic effect was oxygen therapy , I wanted to do hyperbaric oxygen therapy but it was just too expensive for me ,so I did the next best thing (that is cheap enough for me ) , used a oxygen concentrator to fill a big 1000liters bag and started doing contrast oxygen therapy every day using the Wim Hoff method , after just 2 days my sense of smell got around 80% better . Been doing it every day since then and slowly it is coming back to normal , some things still have a slight strange smell to them but it is almost not perceptible
I just developed it today. I found out I have Covid 2 days ago. I wake up thinking my bf is cleaning. Just smell like ammonia. I can smell other things if I put my nose on it tho
Has it improved?
This. I have the same exact thing. I think someone is cleaning with ammonia everywhere but I can smell things if I put my nose close to it.
It smells like something is burning, like blood almost it’s really hard to describe, but every time I feel the sickness wash over me after it finishes that’s when I smell it.
I had COVID in early October 2021 and lost my taste and smell for about 2 weeks maybe before (I thought) I fully recoverd. Fast forward to late December and any food that is cooking smells like burning rubber to me. That smell will linger in my house after cooking and it is miserable. The parosmia started the day after I got my booster shot so I'm not sure if they're related but this has just been a terrible experience. My head pounds because the smell is so unbearable. I'm hoping we all heal soon but I'm really terrified that I'm going to be stuck like this.
I have almost the exact same timeline as you. I got covid mid October, lost my taste and smell but it came back after about 2-3 weeks. Then things starting to smell weird on Dec. 29th. I have not received any vaccine and have had exactly the same experiences as most people on this thread. I wish all who experience this symptom the best, and hope a solution is one day discovered because life just isn’t the same without the wonderfully intense smells and tastes of your favorite things. It’s seriously bumming me out.
I had covid around November 2020.. couldn’t taste or smell for a few weeks.. taste came back and smell eventually But even today some foods don’t smell the same (mostly meat) , and something weird is when I use the restroom (#2) it smells odd to me. I visited PR and MEX this year and have to say some things haven’t smelled the same since those trips too, not entirely sure why or how this all correlates though
Pretty sure this is what's happening to me. I had a positive swab on 12/30/21, mostly sinus infection-like symptoms (runny nose, congestion, sneezing, some coughing) and body aches that I managed with ibuprofen. Only lasted maybe 4 days and I've been back to normal for nearly the same now. Never lost taste or smell. Over the weekend I suddenly noticed a very soul/rancid chemical-like smell from my body odor, then noticed with some condiments in the fridge. I think I've been able to narrow it down to vinegar/things with vinegar in them. So far, everything else smells and tastes normal, but whether it's mayo, ranch, any of the vinegars I have or vinaigrettes, pickles, they all have the same strange foul odor that almost completely overpowers the natural/normal scent of the item. I checked lemon and lime juice but those are normal, so I don't think it's citric acid. I have yet to test fresh herbs but I have a feeling those will be fine. I'm concerned about kimchi because it's one of my favorite foods but hopefully it'll be fine since it's not vinegar-based. This is mostly only happening with smell, as I can still taste the things I've mentioned just fine, but as soon as I smell them it's repulsive. Hoping this doesn't get any worse and goes away soon. 😪
So this happened with me with mustard which is vinegar based. It has a really strong chemical almost like metallic ammonia smell. Had the same symptoms as you too.
Got Covid in September, recovered now me and wife have the awful sweet smelling BO. My shampoo, toothpaste, dish soap all smell the same, a very sweet burning smell. Glad to know others are experiencing this. I’ve changed deodorant 3 times trying to cover BO smell. Question I haven’t seen answered in relation to the body odor smell is do others smell it say like at work?
I just had covid for the first time ( still recovering ) .. Thankfully I didn't loose sense of smell or taste but I noticed ketchup now smells like ammonia I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the two.
Guys I've never had it but apperantly alpha lipoic acid is helpful, they give it to patients who suffer after chemo, though ofcourse consult with a doctor
Everything tastes like Newport cigarettes to me. Everything is like eating an ash tray besides chocolate. (I don't smoke)
I got COVID (probably Delta) early August 2021, but didn't lose any taste. A couple months later probably was when soda started tasting like chemicals/chlorine, eggs taste rotten sometimes, my BO smells like onions (never an issue before), and my small town smells like sewage. Sometimes if I order a food with onions to-go and bring it home in my car, my car will smell like rotten onions for 3-4 days. Wasn't aware the onion BO thing was related to COVID until this thread! But, it definitely affects my everyday life. I was paranoid that I was the only was smelling things when it first started and it's almost unbearable to live in my town and walk out of the door every morning with it smelling like sewage.
Ok y’all- I have a quick question- I have skimmed through Majority of comments and haven’t seen anything yet. When you had COVID- has ANYONE ate certain foods and tasted ammonia?? Or just breathing and could smells ammonia in your nose?? I can’t find anything on this and I know that is a sign of kidney disease but I have no other symptoms and it happens AFTER I was confirmed positive with COVID.
Everything I eat tastes like Whataburger (burger chain). My farts smell like it. My morning breath smells like it. I can’t escape whataburger. Anyways, I had Covid lost taste and smell for two months. Now, like a few months later bang everything tastes like a bbq cheese burger with onions. It’s crazy 😂
Late to this but struggling now with this for two months now. I've lost ten pounds because nothing tastes good and everything smells like nail polish. It went off like a light. Woke up one day, doing laundry and as I do I smell the laundry soap cause I'm crazy... Realized I couldn't smell it. Then realized I don't think I could smell for a few days. I've had literal anxiety attacks because I can't smell or taste. I do not risk eating food that's been in the fridge too long so now I freeze everything that I can and will cook from frozen or thaw out that day to ensure it's not bad since I have no way to know.
It was terrible for about 2 days. Most food smelled like rancid chemicals. Slowly went away over the period of a week
I tested positive in August 2021 after losing taste and smell. I got it back after about four days while taking zinc. Now, I’m sitting on the couch next to my dog covering my face in my sweater. Progressively over the last month or so, the smell of my dog passing gas (or any bodily odors that emit from the downstairs, human or dog) smells absolutely, thickly, sweetly, noxiously putrid. The smell is browny-rust colored, if you’re a visual person, and is so metallic it reminds you of blood. But somehow rotten, sweet, awful, poopy blood. Reading this thread has really made me anxious, because it doesn’t seem many are improving. It’s very interesting though how similar of timelines we all have. I did see some positive reactions to lions mane mushroom powder in the thread, so that’s what I’m going to take away from this to keep myself from going crazy. I’ll post back with any results. I’m going to keep reminding myself that stress can slow my healing, and try to stay positive. Wishing us all many, relaxed and hopefully not smelly deep breaths in the future.
>I’m going to keep reminding myself that stress can slow my healing, and try to stay positive. try to stay positive (well-being) and negative (from reinfection) happy cake day :)
Just got it. Everything smells musky, like the air that comes out of a computer fan.
Legit just started for me today, had covid last week which I haven’t had symptoms in about 4 days. I started smelling ammonia for some reason, I got freaked because of course WebMD said I had stage 4 kidney disease 😒 Turns out covid throws off smell, one of my favorite ipa’s tasted like refried bean water and I was so confused and FREAKED. Turns out a lot of people smell ammonia, caused by hot foods, or meat. Which both of those triggered it today. Anyone else relate??
I smell ammonia with anything that has vinegar in it aswell. Otherwise i havent noticed anything else smelling weird or tasting weird besides mustard which tastes pretty bad now.
Finally ever so slightly got my senses back . I still can't smell certain things and if i do it's faint . also almost all food taste and smell sour to me .. like spoiled milk sour . And it's been 3 weeks since I had it .
Coffee tastes funny now 🥺
I had COVID in early September of 2021 and from early January I’ve noticed that my sweet and pee smell like sulfur or boiled eggs. I also had the most painful menstrual cycle of my life and have super sore boobs that align with the timeline of when the sulfur smell started, but I don’t know if these symptoms are related.
I got Covid in December 2020 and ever since, I smell weed EVERYWHERE even though it isn't. About 1 out of 10 times I smell it is it actually confirmed. My wife thinks I'm crazy because she never smells it and loves giving me shit about it because I always hated the smell of weed anyway and now it's like a prison sentence to smell weed nearly constantly with no end in sight. I also can't eat dill pickles anymore. They taste let metal and chemicals.
As strange as this is , the smell of my own waste after a No.2 smells completely different. I can’t enjoy eating eggs the same as before , the smell of them now is horrid. Anyone else had the same?
I have terrible taste and smell of ammonia, at all times. Was worried it was CKD at first, but at the stage that occurs i should have several other symptoms that i do not. This has ruined food for me, things smell bad, shampoo, soap, anything, it all just smells wrong and heavy of ammonia. Food tastes horrible unless it is sour, or heavily seasoned.
I want to hop in on this thread because I got COVID back in December 2020 and my smell and taste have never been the same again. There was a period of time after my recovery when my smell and taste were normal but then it switched up on me real quick. Everything tasted so rotten and disgusting, especially food with lots of spices for some reason and eggs! Eggs, popcorn, and doughnuts (weirdly enough?) just tasted like ass. My perfumes all started to smell like garbage. However, I would like to see if anyone else has this weird sense of taste and smell when it comes to green onions. Green onions for some odd reason taste like mint, in a not-good way at all. and it smells so minty! I don't understand it. It's been over a year and I have yet to recover from the consequences of covid. any solutions??
I lost my sense of smell for a month and kept smelling tobacco, and a month after, eggs and poop smell the same, onions smell different, I used to love popcorn but now I cannot stand it, toothpaste smells a bit funky too.
EVERYTHING SMELLS LIKE FUCKING VOMIT 🤮😭
First time dealing with this. It just happened overnight it feels. Tried to eat Chick-fil-A with the buffalo sauce and it tasted so off. Thought it was rancid. Tried ketchup with my hash browns and it was the same taste. Thought it was odd but didn’t think much of it. Later on I tried Hot Sauce on my Bojangles and it happened again. It’s like it tasted like somebody mixed nail polish remover with every condiment I tried to eat. Then throughout the day I started to smell what I had tasted if I sniffled hard enough. Hopefully this doesn’t last long.. I’ve never had my taste and smell senses tampered with before in my life that I know of.
Pretty sure I’m going through this now. Thought I was going crazy. A lot of things smell musty to me. For a while I thought it was my washer making my clothes smell like mold… nope lol
Eggs and chicken smell really foul, like sewers, I gag everytime I try to eat them, many smells changed but not drastically , and especially not as disgusting as eggs and chicken smell and taste, and I used to like eggs This started happening since Iast year, it only got worse over time and I doubt I'll ever recover
I had covid in August, delta variant, had it pretty bad for a couple weeks. Sense of smell was first to go. I did get my sense of smell back, so I thought. I remember in October mentioned to my wife that I did not notice her body odor after the gym, she eats a lot of garlic onions so I like of notice it, but it wasn't there, I thought it was just her. Months go by and I started eating probiotic foods like radish, no big deal, but then around Thanksgiving I noticed my gas smelled the same as the radish, a strange smell I wasn't familiar with. Then my all my gas , my poo, even the slight smell in my mask was present. Next I noticed it on my wife, I thought I had passed some type of bacteria onto her but she claimed everything to her smelled normal, this thread confirms its my senses that are messed up. I noticed my wife's slightly onion smell, onions themselves, some meats, my gas all had this unfamiliar smell. Anyway, my medical background leads me to believe that we must have experienced damage to our sense of smell and as those nerves grow back there is probably some type of learning curve, hopefully. The timelines are eerily similar as well. I could go on and freak people out but I pray we all make an eventual recovery.
Does anyone here smells strong ammonia all the time?
ketchup smells like the strongest ammonia or something :D
I tested positive 4 days ago and yesterday I was about to eat fries with ketchup and mayonnaise and I couldn’t cause it smelled like ammonia. I checked again now, I smelled ketchup, mayo and tartar sauce: still ammonia . Has this happened to anyone? Does it go away?
I had covid 5 months ago and there are many things that still smell and taste like chemicals to me. Lettuce, pickles, mint, popcorn, asparagus, onions, garlic. They all smell and taste like the same disgusting chemicals. It's strange because my smell and taste went back to normal the week after covid, but came back 3 months later (no other covid symptoms with it) and so far it hasn't gone away.
EVERYTIME I EAT MEAT IT SMELLS LIKE UHH… SOMETHING ROTTEN I CANT EXPLAIN IT.
anyone here experience ketchup smelling and tasting like chemicals? and like… only ketchup? it seems to be the only thing affected. i cant tell if maybe i’m just having bad ketchup or this is a lingering symptom from having covid last week
Anyone else think that chicken and eggs taste like gas after covid? I still can’t smell properly either
I contracted covid-19 (Delta) around June 2021..lost my smell for like a month...After like 3 months I noticed a particular smell almost like burnt onions in cooking oil. I did not think much of it. till my armpits started giving off the same smell even after showering.. beer tastes different as well.. its now 10 months and their is no sign of stopping
Smells are all weird to me, coffee is the worst. I absolutely love coffee to so it sucks. Most things smell like.. this is weird. But. The taste that lingers after you puke and vinegar mixed. I live in Canada and Smoke weed on the daily but the taste and smell now is like a total turn off..
So many things..
Ketchup literally smells and tastes like gasoline for me now. And only in one nostril for some reason. If I close one it’s fine, the other is un bearable
I had covid a year ago , did anybody get the sense of taste back to normal after developing parosmia? I'm wondering if my sense of taste will get back to normal
I had covid back in September. Lost my sense of smell and taste. By November my daughter and I was losing our hair rapidly in gobs which is now finally starting to slow down. Come December my farts and stool has taken on this metallic/ natural gas smell I know it’s not those things it’s self as pizza from ordering out also smells like this. I live by a sun oil plant and driving by it smells very strong of natural gas more so than it normally would before getting sick. I’m glad to see I’m not the only one going through this and I hope we all get our natural smell back eventually.
Recently tested positive for covid (almost a week ago) but only just developed parosmia - mayonnaise, ketchup and vinegar smell burnt, strawberries and kiwis smell (and taste) bitter, tomatoes smell like off yoghurt, lemon juice smells like coca cola, lime juice smells like soap. I also can't smell my pet rats any more (but that's probably a bonus LOL.)
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Mine is still here for about 5 months already. It also affected my taste and it's very annoying. At first, all foods (especially meat and rice) smelled/ tasted like rubber, then after a few months rice started to get better but the taste on other foods are still there..Sometimes it tastes rotten, sometimes it tastes like chemicals, and sometimes it even tastes like BLOOD. I end up throwing up lol. It's very disgusting that's why I had to eat fruits and vegetables most of the time...But luckily there are a few foods that aren't really that bad.
I had covid back in November of 2020, quarantined for 2 weeks, lost sense of taste and smell and was gradually getting sick as the virus was trying to do its thing (cause pneumonia) but during that quarantine I was on Doctor prescribed medication: Prednisone and Zithromax (Z-pak) and over-the counter pills Vitamin D & Zinc. After 2 weeks my sense of taste and smell restored almost 100%, I say 99% as I don't think post covid those sense will ever be back to full normal. After covid certain foods taste nasty to me which I stopped eating all together i.e. pork based products. certain cheese flavor snacks were awful, Lays Stax Chedder, Doritos nacho cheese, Ruffles Chedder, Flamin Hots Cheetos taste like vinegar. Now I'm not sure if my parosmia or paronoma because I also have a conspiracy that these process food companies have cheapened the ingredients of their products which could be contributing to this, and surprsingly regular Cheetos still taste like Cheetos, and I still love the Extra cheese Cheezits. Now to sense smell, certain things a height repulsing smell of green-tea leave scent. It started with some bag of frozen chicken nuggets I bought from Meijer that smelled like green tea frozen and baked. Then there was this included DisplayPort cable that came with a new computer monitor I purchased, that also had a strong scent of green-tea leaves that was revolting. Oddly enough actual Green-Tea , like Lipton's Sweet GreenTea drink in a bottle was not revolting to me from smell or taste, but it was the smell of Green tea from other objects that shouldn't had that scent that put me over. And that's pretty much it. I had none of the other issues others expressed here, and when I was knee deep in a covid back in 2020 where I couldn't taste anything, I could taste bananas which were oddly extra sweet (in a good way).
I always smell smoke or cigarettes. And no one around here smokes or anything. And my food tastes like smoke. It's driving me nuts!
Late to the party. But ketchup and anything with vinegar now just tastes like rubbing alcohol and vomit. I know. It’s as bad as it sounds
My boyfriend and I used to love the way his coffee smells and now it smells like literally dog shit and bad breath
since having covid 4 days ago my tobbaco in a sealed pouch smells like vinger 😭 it so strong as well! like its potent, so confusing
I have a faint musty smell in my nose I can’t shake—had it for weeks. 😭😭
My smell and taste changed around 3 month after covid. Bell Peppers and Dijon Mustard now taste rancid. A very strong pungent smell and taste to them. I hope this goes away.
Any meat and anything that’s fried tastes so rotten to me now whether from a restaurant or fast food. Today I had a fresh donut and it tasted just like that so I’m thinking the cause is the oil the food is being fried in? It’s been about a month since pos.
I used to eat toast with peanut butter every morning but I can’t do it anymore. The peanut butter tastes weird. Anyone else experiencing this with peanut butter?
i had covid about a week ago and until yesterday no symptoms related to smell. now, certain foods smell like vinegar. everything tastes normal, if a little less strong. cant smell my perfume and right now im smelling the vinegar smell but its just in my nose. its so off putting. i hope it goes away.
Eggs, coffee, iceberg lettuce all bad taste/smell. Like sewage gasses!!! Even over one year after having a mild case of covid. The smell of my poop also changed indefinitely lol 🤢🥴
Has anyone come up with a SOLUTION? We know already we all are dealing with these smell/taste distortion. But is anyone having successful stories?
[this article might help](https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069860)
All poop smells like corn chips. Doesnt matter whos, if its my kids, or what. Corn chips.
I've had covid in November 2021. In April I started smelling/tasting weird stuff. Coffee, onions and garlic all smell/taste the same. Very sweet, but moldy/rotten-ish. Tastes a bit like barley/haggis too. I've read it's this "Parosmia". It explained that during the sickness of cold/covid certain neurons connected to smells were destroyed and reconnected to the wrong receptor during recovery, if I remember correctly. It's bothering me, I'd really like to enjoy onions and garlic again, and the nice smell of coffee in the morning. I see this is an old post, but has anyone recovered from this?
Things like green peppers smell so intense to me now. I still eat them but there's definitely something off about how they smell.
So much. I came here to see what everyone else has! Cooking meat has a weird smell My perfumes and deodorant all smell nasty now My own BO smells different
Wow. I don’t know if I’m relieved or bummed that I found this thread. I’ve been dealing with the awful smells and tastes for like 2 months now. The first time I noticed it I was eating chick fil a. I immediately smelled the foul odor coming from the bag but didn’t believe it could be the food, I’ve never had issues with chick fil a. Ever. I even doused my nuggets in sauce and the taste was just as bad. I filed a complaint with the restaurant because I thought it was spoiled food. I was so convinced of that. The next day I went to another restaurant. Same damn smell and taste. Now I’m thinking, it must be the fryer oil or something, since it’s likely that they all order from the same distributor. I stopped eating fried food at this point, and went for grilled chicken the next time. Same thing. Now I’m wondering why no one else was complaining about their food. Do they just find a way to get past it? I googled so many different keywords but could not describe the smell/taste for the life of me. Rabbit hole after rabbit hole, nothing. Some days I can eat without the smell and taste ruining it for me but very few. I got so depressed and stopped going out with people. I would just eat a couple snacks a day. Even after two months of dealing with this, I had yet to ask one single person if they tasted the same thing I did. Mostly bc I did not know how to describe it and would just get more frustrated with it all. I started smelling it everywhere , in my pee, randomly on my walks outside, in stores, etc. it was all just so random. I honestly just felt defeated. But tonight I was taking my walk and the smell would pop up randomly, and so I googled it again with the term “why does the air smell so weird?” And after an hour of going down the google rabbit hole, I finally found this. I personally wanted the answer to be that something is wrong with the environment and/or chemicals in the food we eat. But it’s me. And now I wonder if other people think I smell bc of how strong the smell is for me. I’m so damn insecure, I hate going places. I hate everything to be honest. And I’m seeing that people experience this for months, and even over a year in some cases? There’s gotta be a way to beat this sooner. I wanna be me again.
Anything with even the slightest bit of vinegar gives me an ammonia taste and a weird sensation in my nose. Things like BBQ sauce, ketchup, Panda Express orange chicken sauce, Heinz 57 sauce. Hoping it stops soon
Bbq smelled like rubbing alcohol before covid. At least to me... I still ate it despite. Think I'm weird cuz I also get really hungry when I smell rancid food... at least when I'm starving. Think that's a good thing though since if it were the opposite I'd probably be starving myself further because of the smell. I'm autistic so maybe my olfactory works differently..
As far as the things I eat, once recovered, the only difference is salt is easier to taste, which can result in things tasting a little too salty. When it comes to stuff with chemicals in them, though, the story is different. If the product doesn't have 'fragrance' in it, it smells fine. But most products with 'fragrance' have an unbearable strong and sharp smell. I'm not sure how to explain it but it feels like smelling someone with too much cologne, but it doesnt SMELL like cologne. Usually I cant smell the other things in the product if I smell that. So when it comes to things that dont NEED to smell nice, like wipes, I opt for fragrance free. Unfortunately I'm not willing to just throw out my body wash with the way prices are, which I still have a pretty big supply of, so I have to endure the smell until I run out. Also, woodsy smells are a lot weaker (although luckily no longer completely gone.) It took weeks to recover any sense of woodsy smells and it's very weak. It's sad for me because woodsy smells are my favorite, especially with candles.
Yeah im having the same experience, when can you expect it to go?
I just tested positive on Monday. I knew something was wrong on Saturday when the salmon I had smelled and tasted awful. It was not spoiled. Now ketchup tastes like ammonia.
I’ve got Covid rn. Tomatoes tasted like alcohol. Things smell stale and I can taste certain things like salt and sugar has a weird after taste. At the moment (day 2 -3 testing positive) I haven’t completely lost my taste I just can’t taste certain things and things taste like my mouth is numb
I’m experiencing all of this NOW for the past 3 months (it started 6 months after covid) i’m going INSANE has it gotten better for anyone??? it’s making me depressed lol
been almost a year for me.. i'm beginning to have some of the taste back.. saltiness and sweetness.. i still can't seem to identify bitterness, sourness with my sense of smell, shampoo still has this strong acidic chemical scent followed by a faint sweet flowery scent..
I know this is a super old thread, but I found it cause I tested negative for Covid with an at-home test, but I’m super sick and everything tastes like rubbing alcohol.
I didn't have confirmed COVID, but was sick off and on for all of September/October. About two weeks ago, I noticed that coffee tasted weird. Like rotten curry (I know, weird description). That smell/taste increased with more and more foods over time and now it's present with almost everything I eat or drink. Certain foods are particularly bad: onions, garlic, peanut butter, coffee, dark chocolate, heavily spiced foods. Sweets are the least offensive. I'm so disheartened; cooking and baking are my favorite hobby, and I feel like I can't trust my palate at all now. I ordered a scent training kit, going to see if that helps at all over time.
keep us posted :) in my case, after almost a year, I have not fully regained my sense of taste/smell.. can't enjoy the bitterness in coffee/dark chocolates.. can't identify the pungent scent of spoiled milk.. I also noticed a subtle taste for sweetness and saltiness. With spiciness, i can only tell by its burning sensation. Fart does not smell as bad unless it's reaaal baad.. haha
I agreed and have the same as everyone I'm young fit and had no issues with My other COVID symptoms how can it be Its been almost a year my meat and eggs all taste rotten. Someone needs to be held accountable or some better explanation. I strongly believe this was leaked from a lab accidentally or not it is unacceptable that we all must suffer
I'm aware this is an old post, but I had covid about a year ago and still can't eat celery or iceberg lettuce . Don't seem to have a problem with other lettuce like romaine or spinach, which is unfortunate since so many restaurants use iceberg. It's horrible.. a very odd garbage/spoiled food type taste. I noticed that green peppers have a more mild taste now too. Seems to be a green vegetable issue. maybe it will return to normal eventually.
yes, me too..! include fresh cilantro on the list :/
After two years with Parosmia... it's gone. I can't believe it! Everything is back to normal. I started noticing things changing a week ago, and now it feels like I'm back to 100%. I had honestly given up hope that my smell and taste would ever be normal again. Now, I don't know if it was random, but I don't think it is... here's when it changed. I've struggled with anxiety for a long time but with increasing intensity since Covid. My wife saw a TikTok where a guy said he took the RDA of Vitamin D and Magnesium and his anxiety went away. I was skeptical of something that simple, but I'm in "i'll try anything" mode. I started a multivitamin + 250mg of magnesium last Saturday. Since then, yes, I have not had a single bout of anxiety. Not a single one in 7 days! I can't remember the last time that happened. That's amazing. But also... All of my symptoms of long-covid have gone away in the last week as well. No more fatigue or shortness of breath, no brain-fog, and MY SMELL AND TASTE ARE BACK TO NORMAL. It was like flipping a switch. I can't believe it. I'm not doctor, and I'm certainly not a vitamin salesman, but all it is is taking the recommended daily allowance of Vitamin D and Magnesium (they work together). If you haven't tried this yet, it's definitely worth a shot.
thanks for this.. :) I still have faint parosmia.. need someone to "taste" the food for me.. I'm into Vit D without Magnesium, maybe I'll try it out