Will I Ever Get My Sense of Smell Back?
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- If you lost your sense of smell after Covid, you know how frustrating it can be. Research is showing that most people recover their sense of smell within 6 weeks, but about 20% of people still have no sense of smell 6 weeks after initial infection.
Research from the video:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
www.bbc.com/news/health-57833394
Based on the most commonly cited study by Dr. Thomas Hummel, olfactory training uses four unique scents designed to cover different fragrance categories using:
Lemon for fruity smells: amzn.to/34DU9bH
Rose for a flower fragrances: amzn.to/3mKPCuc
Cloves for spicy or bitter smells: amzn.to/3nYwD05
And Eucalyptus for ethereal odors or resinous smells similar to fresh cleaning solutions: amzn.to/3hkuREL
How to Perform Smell Training:
Step 1: Find at least 4 familiar fragrances such as Lemon, Rose, Cloves, and Eucalyptus (see above). Place 5-6 drops of oil on a piece of absorbent paper like watercolor paper and place into an amber glass jar: amzn.to/2M3Q2zq
Step 2: Twice a day, smell each container for about 10 to 15 seconds, taking just take a couple small sniffs of the fragrance. Try to keep the smell at the top of your nasal cavity instead of taking a giant whiff of the jar.
Step 3: Track Your Progress
Keep track of your progress each day by rating how strong you find each smell with each attempt.
Research on Smell Training or Olfactory Training:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30848...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
www.researchgate.net/publicat...
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Hello everyone...I have a bottle of Peppermint Oil that I used for my hair... it's from the NOW brand on Amazon..I started sniffing it..I took Big Sniffs for like 30 -40 seconds at a time before work and before bed... It helped me to start smelling again... and I only used peppermint oil that's it..I had my smell back in about a week.. thank Goodness because it was horrible without smell....I thought it was crazy at first.. but I tried it and it really worked for me..I REALLY HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE..I FEEL YOUR PAIN..I didn't realize how important the sense of smell was until I lost it. I was a bit depressed without it 😢
i have lived without the sense of smell for 3 years and its only sometimes when all of my friends smell something bad, that i feel like its a bit annoying not to be able to smell anything. But normally, i dont think about it at all tbh.
Thank you! I just ordered some. I think my loss of smell has negatively impacted my weight. I think not being able to smell effects taste which means you could potentially eat more because the enjoyment is not there.
I'm very happy for you I'm on day 6 or 7 of complete smell loss, day 9 of covid I'm on almost 0% now.
I love how calm you talk
As a fellow hand talker, I appreciate your physical gestures as well as your clear, articulate speech. Good video as always!
Fanboy 🙄
@@landridaltwood2698 it’s sad that 1 compliment is criticized these days. Can’t please everyone!
@@NickVarn Dude, I HATE people like that. Im glad you spoke up. Freakin people
@@landridaltwood2698same, it's really annoying. Can't say anything without someone else having a personal reaction emotion attack.
I found your video when I lost my smell. I used oregano, cloves, coffee and peppermint. I found the first time I tried the coffee it was like a caramel smell and the peppermint tea bags was so slight.
After doing the exercises after about 5 days my smell came back and it's now day 10 my smell is heightened.
Thank you for your video.
Don't worry guys it will comeback I steamed my face with lemon and eucalyptus oil it changed to about 35% and it's my third day so great improvement their hope you guys recover.
How long it took for your sense to come back I’m my 20 day without no smell just hints of it then it fades away did u get that way when u had it ?
How did u steam your face n u used the oils right
The loss of one or two of our senses as a result of this Virus really deserves much more publicity. If Covid took other senses such as sight or hearing, people would be rioting in the streets! The loss of smell & taste is only part of it, the effect on mental health is massive too. I’ve been wondering if the vaccines made a difference, as in does it return faster in the vaccinated vs the unvaccinated? I wish all who have had this happen to us a speedy recovery 😔
No, the vaccine shouldn't increase recovery time of anosmia/parosmia. Correct vitamins and minerals in your diet is what seperates people. I'm not vaccinated personally and caught and got over covid in 2-3 days, on day 4-5 I lost my sense of smell and taste entirely, on day 6 my taste returned but I developed parosmia, normal foods now smelled rancid and foul. Zinc, Vitamin A, B12 and a B complex on day 10 now and my sense of smell is already back 80% of what it was. Whereas people complain about it sticking around with them for close to a year, it's very very likely they're not getting vital vitamins/minerals in their diet, thus taking considerably longer for their body to heal.
@@TehLiquid I had read this too prior to catching covid, I’ve been taking vitamins continuously since surgery a year ago to regain my health, thankfully I think I’m at about 30% smell & taste, oranges were the first thing I could taste so I’ve been upping my intake of them too. Also working with essential oils & drinking lots of water. Feeling stronger every day. Thanks for your reply, wishing you good health & luck ⭐️
Wouldnt wish it on anyone
@@Catherine-111 has it worked for you?
I am partially deaf. My eyesight isn’t great. My sense of smell and taste is how I navigate the world. Losing it has been so depressing. Reading your caption touched my heart because it’s so true and validating. I feel very robbed of a key part of my life.
It’s been 14 months for me. I’ve tried everything from smell therapy, nasal flushes, zinc plus all the other vitamins everyone has talked about, the burnt orange thing. Everything smells exactly the same to the Exception of a very potent rose bush I have in my yard. Otherwise everything smells like it’s spoiled. As far as taste goes I can tell if something is spicy but dairy products, eggs and meat all taste rotten to me. Some fruits are ok but I can only taste a faint flavor. It’s been rough and I honestly don’t know what else to do.
It’s been 3 months for me I have tried everything I am tired of trying I can eat only some sweets everything smells like spoiled rotten or burnt I am fed up of cooking and eating
it has been 5 mos for me and everything tastes like copper, like i am sucking on a penny! very nasty. I have tried it all too and still nothing brings back my smell or taste. lost weight so that is a good thing :) I hear you and feel fro you too :(
@@sunshine-tc7pj same here. It's been six months. Everything i eat tasted like copper. Damn
It s been 2 years in april for me :-( i m lost
It's been since Dec of 2020. I still can't smell right. I hate it.
My smell has been gone for over a year now. Its horrible. You dont notice how many times people say, "hey smell how good this is!" I cant smell fresh cut grass, my favorite smell. And now I've experienced some things taste horrible, which only happened recently, about 2 months ago. Such as peanut butter, coffee, chocolate, certain oils, citrus, and mint. I have also experienced some air fresheners I can smell, some smell good some terible. Any floor cleaner smells so bad. Also some things I can smell for a split second, but then it goes away. I want my smell back man!!!
Same here 🥺 does anyone know what to do? please help get recovery fast
Lost my sense of smell and taste-can't smell or taste a thing. It has been 3 days of zero sense of smell and today I ate pineapples to help inflammation and hours later I could smell my lunch but had to be really up close. So there is a glimpse of hope even though the smell was very faint. What I have been doing was smelling anything in the house for the past couple of days. I also drank warm liquids to help loosen decongestion and finally I applied coconut oil in my nostrils 3 times a day. Pineapples were key as well.
I understand everything you have just expressed. I have lost my smell for 2 1/2 years so far (started in july 2020). the ENT doctor said that I have phantosmia, where I sometimes smell things that are not really there. I can smell some real things, but very faintly . The doctor said that if we can still smell the baseline of somethings even though it is distorted, we are likely to get it back. However, The doctor said that the virus is too new to understand if the smell will ever come back and/or proper interventions to get it back.
I had COVID in October of 2021 and I am still unable to smell several things. Every now again I’ll smell very strong things… but my smell is nothing like it used to be…
@@danagold7115 😮💨I am sorry dana
@@danagold7115 I have the same issue and trying many smell training since Nov 2022. And still I can't smell many things. However sometimes, (It's very rare) I can smell a few things for one or two days, After that I can't smell anything again.
Not sure what to do!
You all of you are 3 brave person for go for going through this. Really hope that your sense of smell eventually come back. Thank you for your courage and a big hug for you
I lots my taste and smell over a year ago! I will give your method a try.
I got mild covid 10 days ago and I lost my smell and taste completely for a few days. It has come back after 10 days but not fully and maybe I have some distorted smell or maybe Im overthinking it. Hopefully my recovery will continue. Im grateful I didnt lose it 100%. I am going to try smell therapy and vitamin A drops as well as omega 3 supplements. The good news is that you are not alone. I pray for everyones full recovery
Did it came back today makes 22 days since I lost my smell and now I’m getting like little hint but it fades away ? Is that a good sign
Please stay positive and be patient because
it will comeback!!
Been over two years with altered smell and taste. Garlic is strong and recognizable, spaghetti sauce, chili has very bad taste- ice cream only thing that taste right - black coffee has been terrible for me! Thanks for video it was a big help!
It's been over a year now since I had covid and I still haven't fully regained my smell and taste and it is the most depressing thing I've ever had happen to me!! I get massive panic attacks just thinking about the fact that I'll never be able to smell again like I used to, I had the nose of a bloodhound before this disgusting virus and now most of what I smell is mixed with that "covid smell" as I call it and I can no longer smell my cosmetics, perfumes, the smell of summer or anything else and it can take you to some dark fucking places! My taste isn't as bad, I can still taste a lot but some foods don't taste the same as they did before and food products I used to enjoy I don't anymore. I am so desperate but I honestly don't think there's anything that can be done here so I just hope and pray every day that I'll get it back, but with every passing week and month I loose more and more hope as I see no improvement in sight 😢 I feel so angry being in the few % of people who haven't gotten it back months later and I definitely often wallow in my sorrows thinking "why me!!". Even though there are people out there who have it way worse in life then me and all that, having any of your senses taken away like this is a massive hit on your whole life and with no hope in sight because this is such an unknown disease makes it even worse!
Do smell training, you have to more proactive
Hello, I’m there with you I as well have lost my smell it’s been months I believe it’s been 9 moths for me.It’s frustrating not to be able to smell my own cooking and everything else and especially not knowing when it’s coming back or if it’s coming back😢
@@evelynmelara4662 It is honestly the worst thing ever! I feel more and more depressed as days, weeks, months and now years go by as it's been over a year since I had covid. I miss my husbands scent, the scent of all my cosmetics, the scent of food, the air, the seasons and everything else. It's absolutely horrible 😢
@@Bleeperblopper497 Yeh I've heard something about this smell training and I'm going to try some of that out. I have an appointment with an ENT doctor this month so I'm going to see if he gives me any pointers too.
Im the same Anna (see above) Lets go on a 'Journey of smell rediscovery' Its been almost 10 months now for me and Christmas is coming, Trees, candles, cooking etc - my best time of year for smells ruined by this poxy infection. I WILL find a way and let you know :-)
My sister lost her taste and smell last march...her smell is coming back slowly. Taste is not great she picks up on smokey flavors and sour flavors...chocolate too. I pray for her everyday and just want to have clarity for her that this isn't permanent for her or anyone else. =/
Did she get it back
Going through COVID for the second time. First time it happened was exactly a year ago. I lost my sense of taste and smell for at least about 2 weeks until it slowly returned after sniffing these essential oils you recommended. I saved all those oils, and after having COVID for the past week and a half, I just noticed about an hour ago after eating some chips and salsa that the sense of taste and smell has become limited. I reached for those oils again and have already started sniffing them periodically, hoping that maybe I can nip it in the bud early. My nose has been running for over a week now. However, after the nose stopped running this evening, the sense of taste and smell dissipated. I had no problems smelling or tasting food when my nose was running. Now it stopped running, but the taste and smell is starting to go. God help me.
I had sinus cancer about 15 years ago. Treatment was radiation therapy and chemotherapy. I lost my sense of smell. They said it would gradually come back (it didn't). Taste is diminished, but not gone. I had a strong whiff of something floral recently (source unknown and not apparent). Taste is weak and smell is gone. I'm 78. My hopes are not high, but I would work to get some smell back. I am far less reluctant to clean the cat pan now! (I will work on your therapy since a little smell would be nice. Thanks, -Jan (Dutch for John)
I really hope you have recovered your sense of smell completly. Going through this for second time.. wow. I'm on day 6 or 7 of complete smell loss, day 9 of covid I'm on almost 0% now. How are you at the moment?
I'm pregnant and lost my smell and taste completely 3 days ago because covid. It's been really hard. I just want to smell and taste again. Your videos have been super helpful.
Has your smell and taste come back yet? I'm also pregnant and going on 2 weeks of this.
Hows your sense your smell and taste now?
I lost my sense of smell around 4 days into my symptoms, but somehow I still retained my taste which I'm grateful for. It's been over a month since I had covid in December, and my smell is still screwed up at the moment.
czcams.com/video/NhgjWcMR6K8/video.html try this
SAME HERE I have my taste my smell isn’t gone however it’s partial and things don’t taste rotten things just smell different
It’s really bipolar there was even a point where I could smell 75% but then it went back to $50 the next day
Did u get it back
@@starbabymady Yea, it came back steadily over time, took me around 4 to 6 months to fully get my smell back
Edit: I caught COVID again earlier in this month, but I didn't lose any of senses this time around.
Thank you! Do you think putting essential oil on a cue tip and dabbing it in my nose 4 times a day is a good idea? I have read mixing coconut oil, peppermint essential oil, and rosemary essential oil helped people. Thanks :)
I would not dab it. Sniffing it is enough
This did not help me😢
It’s suggested you always drop your essential oils into a carrier oil to dilute it before putting any on your skin.
I've been dealing with no taste or smell since 2018. So it's not Covid related. Thanks for sharing
Its chemtrails....
Thanks. I em on week 2 of covid - feeling much better. Lost some of my taste & smell went away. A little of it came back and i am hoping it will all return.
Did it came back
@@starbabymady lt did!!!!! It took about 2 weeks for it to start comin back - it came back little by little. I can taste and smell everything as normal. Thank you for asking. I will get my booster soon. Hope you are feeling ok.
@@jchow5966 thank you for sharing I have another question I lost my smell on aug 6 and it been 22 days later and I’m getting hints of smell did the same thing happen to you and I have another question it may be a strange one but was u be able to smell like morning breath I can’t . Feeling nervous it 22 days now
@@jchow5966 it been 23 since I first lost my sense of smell on aug I’m getting hints did the same thing happen to u
@@starbabymady yes it did! It came back little by little - and it seemed to be better at certain times of the day…. The sense of taste took longer to come back to me rhough. At one point i decided to eat a lot of broccoli because i know it is so good for me but i HATE the taste…. I loaded up with broccoli that had NO taste whatsoever…. then hints of the tastes started coming back. Try not to worry too much because over time your taste and smell have a high probability of fully returning. ☮️
I lost mine for about a week and a half. It has mostly come back now (3 weeks since 1st symptoms). It is horrible when it happens though. Mine didn't go completely, I could still smell, Ketchup, BBQ Sauce and Vinegar. So nice to have it back though. Spicy food is good whilst smell is absent.
Do I remember how many days it took for your smell to come back Im on my 20 day without no smell I hope it comes back soon but I can smell hint of things but it fades away
How long did it took to come back ?
Lost my smell and taste with covid in september. It came back but never really strong and with lots of odd odors instead of the actual smell in the room. Coffee perked and onions smell odd and i smell cigar or cigarettes' often. Going to try the smell therapy to see if it works, thanks for the help!
2.5 year of smell loss and taste. Very slight smell and slight taste. I’ve done smell training off and on. Since posting your video, is there any new information you can share? Thanks.
I lost my sense of smell and taste 6 months ago. I actually felt them "go out" in real time at the end of my infection after the other symptoms were over. So far I have a fluctuating sense of smell, but I need to usually have things right up to my face to smell. My sense of taste is almost nil. I can get salty and sweet from the top of my tongue, but nothing else and only "taste" from my nasopharynx. 😖
Hi tim.i had covid for months ago. The bad smell and taste started 7 weeks after covid. Food taste awful and smell is horrible with certain foods. A bad smell acts like it's coming out of my pours. Very dicurging. Occasionally a food may taste ok.
May God Grace and Mercy be upon you all I'm praying for you I have all of those oils and tried to help people I knew that lost theirs but nobody wants help so it's just sitting in the room
It's approaching 12 months for me. The only taste I have had all along is chocolate - but only a couple of drinks of my protein shake then nothing. If I stop and let some time pass, I can take another couple of sips and enjoy the flavor. At first all I could smell was an odd burning wood smell. Thankfully that has subsided. I catch a wif of a real smell every once in a while but for the most part, I can't smell. Covid left me with lots of integestion and my nose is a bit runny. On another note, it evidently attacked my nervous system because I developed so much anxiety I had to retire early. I have never had anxiety issues before this. I could handle a very stressful career without issue. Hoping life will return to normal soon!
I am not sure exactly when I lost my sense of smell but it had to be around day 4 or so. I am now at week three and I think I am close to getting it all back, which started only I week ago. I tried the smell training with essential oils I already had, but most were similar to the recommended oils. That was so-so for me, and found foods in my cabinet more helpful. Peanut butter I could actually smell. Then I tried that chiropractic assist, I guess you just need to search CZcams, and yes, that worked! It wasn't 100%, but it was a good kickstart. Finally the next day I started taking NAC since it just recently went back on sale. It was within a few hours I felt a big improvement. I wish It had been available 2 weeks earlier when I got sick, it may have made my case a bit easier. Now to get rid of the stupid post nasal drip and throat clearing. Driving me nuts. With that I will be done. I never lost taste.
WhT is NAC ?
@cellgrrl what is NAC
@@stacyeason5650 NAC (N-Acetyl Cysteine Supplement
@@cathyl2125 NAC (N-Acetyl Cysteine
Just lost my taste and smell, about 4 days in... I really hope I get it back soon
I have never had a sense of smell (Congenital Anosmia). Texture in foods is everything I also have a cabinet full of every hot sauce imaginable. I also only purchase unscented hygiene products.
Lost my taste and smell 13 months early January 2021. Starting old factory,any other ideas. Thank you, Mark
I’ve had the same issue last year, my taste and smell camed back in 8 months. About 2 weeks ago, I got COVID-19 again, I’ve lost my taste and smell in the day 3 since the infection, but after 5 days, since I’ve lost them, I’ve recovered them. I can say that last year, having them lost for so long was indeed very difficult and depressing. I wish everyone will recover their taste and smell back.
Thank you, I’m experiencing loss of smell atm, I can faintly smell my herbal japanese oil, but that’s almost it. I do want to try to do olfactory therapy so I can speed up my recovery. I’m 21 years old, so I would really want to regain my smell :(
I completely lost my sense of smell on 1/8/21. After about 5 months I got about 5% back but sometimes what I smell is not what other people smell. I have taken Zinc for almost the entire last 15 months. I have been doing smell training for close to a year. This week I added vit a drops. I might be up to 10% of smell at this point.
How did it go?
I just got Covid for the second time. The first time I just couldn’t breathe and was better after a few days. I didn’t loose taste or smell. I’m on my 3rd/4th day of Covid and lost my smell today. So I been thinking about smell therapy. You gave me some hood but this scares me going from having what I call the pregnancy nose to not smelling at all freaks me out.
I’m glad I watched this and hope I recover…just starting this journey
Hows it?
@@patelhinesh935 I now can taste flavors and smell really good…am I fully recovered? Maybe…I am able to smell most things and have only had one bout with parosmia…so I’m doing well
@@jaheedi great to hear that..
At this point im just hoping i go to sleep and wake up with my smell and taste back honestly. Im gonna try the remedies and hope for the best
September 2022: just got covid 2 days ago & im experiencing symptoms like cough. The one thats pissing me off its loss of smell & feel so worried & traumatized if this is gonna be permanent. What can i do?
Day 2...I can't stand it. My mouth tastes terrible. I find myself craving sweet or salty, just so I can taste something. It's very depressing. Thanks for the video. I hope it returns soon.
Has it come back?
The rose and the Clove smell familiar but the lemon and the eucalyptus smell kinda farty. How can I fix that?
Are these clove lemon etc are they in essential oil form.
Like oatmeal and toast and pasta is that much better than processed sugars?
Since early Aug .. Going on 6-7 mos now of parasnomia .. it came back after five days of losing both taste & smell completely..but then disappeared again over more time. (Taste and smell.)
My taste and smell has been gone for about 1 Month. I get hints of both once in a while. Garlic is one taste/odor that I can detect (fortunately, I like Garlic!). Sometimes I can detect others, but only fleetingly. I hope it normalizes again, But I am acclimating to this new "state of being". I'm 61, in good health... have had 'THE THING" 2X. It would be nice to be able to smell the Spring-time flowers, but I can live with this if not. Take care...
Has it came back yet? Im going on 2months of no taste and or smell and its annoying when thinking of what to eat.
Get it bk yet?
2x? Learn to wash your hands and wear a mask.
Slightly.
@@williamsaloka9043 did u get it back
My husband and I had Covid last August, he almost died from it, he spent 30 days in ICU. Neither of us can taste or smell, it’s been over 8 months. It’s really affecting us emotionally.
Then do smell training with Vitamin A and Zinc
We have been taking Zinc for quite a long time. Will get Vit A & take that too.
Covid finally got me, and so far it has been incredibly mild, EXCEPT for my loss taste and smell. I am a compulsive hobbyist vaper, and have discovered delicious organic natural flavours predominantly tobacco extracts and they are more of a wine tasting or cigar tasting style of vaping, and of course every nuance is now absent with the exception of one that has a bit of a fermented flavour. It’s amazing how much interest I have suddenly lost in this daily pleasure, it’s only been a few days, I could potentially see myself saving some money with this loss but to be honest I am praying it comes back immediately and am terrified of being that small percentage…
I got covid three days ago and slowly getting my sense of smell and taste back. I don't feel sick at all tho. I just can't smell or taste anything
I had covid back on December 22nd, 2020. I still have not fully recovered yet. I want to try olfactory training but don't know which doctor to go to to get it professionally done and monitored.
I wish it only lasted 4 weeks for me its been 8 months and its very depressing
I regained part of my smell back, but not entirely. I usually cannot smell something unless it's VERY strong or right up under my nose. Which yeah, it's nice when there's a really bad smell and I can't smell it, but it can be bad too.
I lost my sense of taste and smell for about a year, then it has come back for the most part, but many times is "altered" and doesn't smell normal.
I’ve had smell and taste loss for 6 months. Will try this smell training!
I have totally changed my diet to anti-inflammatory diet for past couple months now. Have not experienced much improvement in taste and smell so far but sticking with it!
The smell therapy seems to be helping!
I am almost at a year. I had covid 1/16/2022 My taste is also still messed up. At 4 months I got a full-body rash that lasted over 2 months. Now a year out, the rash appears about twice a month.
It's been 3+ years since I had covid the first time, and I never recovered my sense of smell or taste.
I got back maybe 5-10%. I get a brief whiff and then it's gone. 😢
I can taste some things but sense of smell is weird the odd thing gets picked up, I am like 3 weeks since I had covid
I had covid in September 2021. I lost my taste and smell fully for about 10 days during the most symptomatic time of the virus. Most of it came back, my sense of smell was less...I used to be able to tell when someone was making a pb&j from the other room as the peanut butter smell would waft around. But now I have to put my nose INTO the jar to smell it. And now soap smells awful, my dawn dish detergent is really odd smelling, like a pungent rotting thing. And just in the last few weeks I noticed all fruit smells and tastes very bitter, like the high end brightness of the acid. I made a tomato based chili the other day and that's all I could taste, the over all metallic taste of tomatoes. I also have some sinus congestion along with this, not like I can't breathe through my nose, but the pressure and swelling of my sinus cavity. (this could also be because its winter and forced air heat is drying, but we run humidifiers) So I'm wondering if there is nerve damage with the whole olfactory system and we need the therapy to restart the process. Thanks for the video!
Same here also. Its been 2 years. I can't smell things. I can smell some cleaning products but I use Grove products I used to love the smells of the product and now I can't smell any of it.
@@christinegarneraspros me to
Its been over 10 months now with distorted smell and taste. The smell I do have like when coffee is brewed is some strange vile odor from I would assume Hell smells like! This vile smell sometimes comes to me when there is nothing around me giving off odor"s (confirmed by my wife,children and friends). I would guess that these smells are hallucination odors? I can tell if something is salty, sour, sweet etc.etc. But nothing tastes good or smells right. It is all that same "Smell from Hell!" The whole thing just makes me plain angry and impossible to be around! I only thank God for not suffering from depression! I truly feel for those who do because this could definitely harm you mentally! My message to all the professionals out there DON'T tell us that this is permanent even if it is!!! Let us have hope! Cause if this is forever, I think I found "Living Hell" .
It's been three years since I've had the vile virus and as of yet Zero smell and taste, I've been to two ENT doctors and sadly they had no answers!
Hi, Tim!
I have a question, I dont know if you have the answers.
I lost my smell and taste, two weeks ago. I'm able to smell some odors when I'm close or the odor of the candles. I'm able to taste some things... One day, I can smell a thing and few hours later, I lost it. Sometimes, I lost a lot and then, it comeback few days later...
As exemple, 2 days ago, I smell my sweat a little bit, and then nothing...
Do you think I'm in the healing process? Can I lost everything again or it's how the healing process works (you find, you lost, until it stay)?
* I still can't smell my own odors or the one of others ( sweat, sh''t, as exemple) or the C02 of the cars...
Thanks a lot!!!!
I’m going through the same thing now everything you said thank u cause those are the words I’m feeling . I wanted to know did u get it back and how long it took.I’m on day 20 without no smell I lost my sense of smell since aug 6
@@starbabymady It took two months, but I get it back.
Wish you the best, Marilyn! :)
Do u recall when your smell was like improving I’m on my 20 day and I’m getting hint of it only when I’m close to an item I’m going to Puerto Rico on sept 12 and I hope I get at least 70 percent back I might be like 10 cause I can’t smell anything from outside or myself do u recall what date u had a good sense I appreciate your time . I’m 45 and I’m just a scare woman . Everyday I wake up hoping I get a smell but I think I only can tell if one day I wake up smelling my own morning breath 😢
@@jonathanbriere6497 hope I get mines back I feel the only way I know if I ever wake up in the morning to smell my morning breath . Did I get a like maybe 70 before the 2 months I’m on my 20 day now
@@starbabymady I don't really remember, it just came back here and there. I couldn't smell all the things in one day. It was just a few over there and few more over there. It took time to have it completely back.
What I fear is Parkinson's. My aunt had it. They say 90 something % of Parkinson patients lost their sense of smell and taste years prior to getting the disease. I never had Covid and I have had the issue for years, even before Covid. Then all of a sudden, I'd get it back. Right now it has been going on for months. I need to see a doctor about this.
I lost mine 20 March 2020 and still nothing at all. I tried the essential oils course which I kept up for the first year. I have given up and it it terrible. Oh, It did leave me able to sense salt , sweet and to vinegar and citric, but not the taste.
I have done almost all the practice recommended by my noise doctor, non is working for me 😭 is been over two years now... I can't smell 😩 due to covid-19
I have been dealing with loss of smell since 1991. I had a flu ignored it whent on holiday. By the time i returned i had a resistant upper rispitory illness.
It has never returned.
Loosing a sence of smell after a flu is not new.
Recently 2023 had a sever allergic rhinitis, again i lost my sense of smell.
The barrier between the top of the nasal cavity and brain might get damaged by the cov test stick that got stuck up the nose. Could it have gone to far?
I am a perfumer, lost taste and smell for 2 weeks in July. My smell is still off and it's hard for me to work as you can imagine, my sense of smell was so acute before covid. I use coffee beans and just keep smelling different aromas in between. Some faint ingredients that i could always smell I can't even detect. Patchouli used to be my favorite scent, now it smells like burnt tar. I hope this gets better!
Hows your smell now?
I'm a soaper and can't blend scents anymore. I make own scent blends but now only have what I've already done.
@@batman7401 **UPDATE** My smell is back to almost 100% Patchouli is still off but not as bad as before. Retraining using different aromas and patchouli in between each one is helping a lot. Thank you for asking!
@@rachaelt3294 Keep smelling individual aromas and remember what they smelled like to you before, this connects the brain to the senses and makes the connection. Be patient.
@@theblueroomm4154 I've been doing that for over a year. No luck...
Thanks for your video, but if you can help me, I don't think I will ever get my smell back
Do you know how long it's been? okay here you go -- sit down it's been approximately 15 years. The only thing that I can really smell is smoke. I think bec I'm now allergic to a lot of things Terry milk eggs Terry products and having a sense of asthma so having been smelling for years what do I 🤔 think that could possibly help❓ can you do to help thanks.
It's been one whole year this Friday since I lost my sense of smell due to covid. I can smell things a little, it's changed the way things smell. I don't enjoy my husbands cologne or my own perfume. I miss the smell of the sea on a walk or just fresh air in general. It's changed my life forever and I'm trying so hard to get it back. In terms of taste, there's more stuff I don't like now than ever before and lot of things just taste mundane.
I just want to get better.
Me too!! 13 months nad still struggling. Smell is only under a nose and it's faintly and fading. Taste is just sweet, sour, bitter. What a nightmare and some doctors say it's permanent at this point. Life sucks with this...
So depressing, mines 3 months hoping it comes back
May be we're on the same boat...I lost my smell 4 times....The first two times it had got back after a week...third time in March/2021 I lost my smell partially and I discovered I got Parosmia...though I took smell therapy over 3 months....but it was not recovering completely....I only used to have the smell of food but not the air, not soil, grass,garbage......but in the starting of new year on 9 January I lost my smell again and I tested COVID positive......Earlier my food smell was OK but now it has changed and very weak...Has there any possibility to regain my sense of smell as normal way ????
@@raqibulhasan4351 omg 4 times I'm so sorry for you. Unfortunetaly I've never regeined mine , I lost it once and I can't see the end of this misery 😓
@@Gornik92 Can't you have any single smell at all ? Though I lost it 4 times but every time it came back....but third time I only used to have the smell of food...but now tested positive after 3 days it came back but not as normal..and very weak....I literally so much cried for it and pray to my almighty Allah for recovering ..
23 days now. I don't know how long I'm able to continue this. Life doesn't feel the same.
Did u get it back
@@starbabymady yes after 5 months, december-may
I can taste and enjoy sweet drinks, since I’m an alcoholic, but I can’t taste food, which is what lead me to stop eating and only drinking water and alcohol. I tried the smell therapy but it didn’t help. Is there anything else I can do to get my taste back?
I was very ill my first time, but didn't lose my ability to smell. Recently, I had a mild case I guess. It was just a head cold to me and I lost my smell. It's going on three weeks now. I miss my smell. Not being able to smell if something is spoiled is my fear. I don't want to get food poisoning.
Got covd last year smell is at 45%, taste is 55%. Idk if sense is altered by now?
My first symptoms of covid-19 was December 10. I noticed no taste an then no smell about the fourth or fifth day. It's been over a month and I still can't taste or smell like I used to. :( I can smell and taste some things.
Hey there is another video, on here that worked for me and many others. You need rosemary and peppermint essential oils dip qtip in rosemary first and rub in each nostril for 10 seconds then dip it in peppermint and do the same. Do it 3 times a day for a couple days i guarantee after the second time doing you will start to regain smell and taste hope this helps
Same, lost my smell on December 10, i can smell everything, its just not as strong as it supposed to be.
Same
It’s almost abt 2 to 3 years since I lost taste and smell and haven’t regained them yet is it still possible to regained it back?
So I don’t have any symptoms from Covid anymore I have tested negative after having the virus I have probably 50% of my taste and smell it comes and goes so I’m just trying to figure out what are some helpful things to do in order to gain my sense of taste and smell back
Did u get it back
I lost my sense of smelling for 14 months now, the problem is that i smell few things but its different and its very unpleasent. Food also is different .. A lot of good things are now disgusting for me...
My smell came back about 2 months out. But I’m 8 months and my taste is still not right. Sometimes I can taste ok, others I can at first and it goes away while eating. Yet other times I can’t really taste. Also sometimes things don’t taste right or how I remember.
My sense of taste and smell has been interrupted for about 2years now.. but now things smell and taste the same.. does that mean it's coming back but it's taking its time??
Lost sense of taste and smell 3 weeks ago but it was after a cough and cold. Tested negative for covid with lateral flow test twice. Slight sore throat too.
The odd smell wafts by, ie. outside a cafe, but nothing else. Can only slightly smell a Vicks inhaler right up against hhe nose! Taste has also gone, had apple pie the other day and there was a slight tangy feel to it. Not getting any awful smells, just nothing, like you get with a blocked nose but this has gone on for 3 weeks. Saw the doctor, gave me antibiotics but hasnt helped.
Reading other comments looks like I'm stuck with this.......
This has happened to me after bronchitis. It’s only been a week but I’ve never experienced anything like this before and it’s very scary. 😢
After 3 month just back 50 % of my smell and taste sence ' can u help me for this problem ? Sorry about my eng lang 🙏❤
Next month makes a year since I've had covid. I still can't smell unless it's really strong and my taste is there, but it's not normal. Things I used to love, I can't eat or drink anymore.
I just recovered from a cold. I could smell for a couple of days but after that I can't smell anything anymore. It's been a week now. Food doesn't taste the same, I've stopped using diffuser. It's a bit sad. I want to know why all of a sudden I lost my sense of smell. I've always had allergy but never before has it caused me to lose my sense of smell.
Just do this smell training
How are you now?
I feel sorry for myself all the time because my family members are very sensitive when it’s comes to smelling I can’t smell anything ever since I was born and it has affected me all the days of my life and I can’t do anything about it 😔
How did you stay positive during the 4 weeks before you regained your smell and taste not knowing you might never get it back????? So stressed and depressed
almost 20 month I cannot smell anything properly from April2021. I can smell few essence but from very close distance and my sense smell for few things got very disgusting like cherry and cucumber. For atmost 1
yr I had no sign of smelling anything at all and I tried everything hot streams smelling therapy with different perfume and foods then I got like 25% of my smell power but I still cannot feel my mother cooking smell from my room , I cannot smell my cosmetic, I cannot smell perfumes, mostly I cannot smell nature I used to love the smell of rain and wet soil but not I can't even imagine how good it feel ..it is depressing..
I’m so scare it been 5 weeks and I’m only get hints of smell does that mean anything please I lose so much weight and I don’t know what to do anymore I been doing smell training but it taking so long 😓
It's been 17 months now that I've lost both senses. I tried everything (vitamin A/E, zync, laser on nostrils and tongue, burned orange, essential oils, chyropraxy) and could only recover 5% of my senses. I'm wondering if there's still a light at the end of the tunnel?
Its been over 10 months now with distorted smell and taste. The smell I do have like when coffee is brewed is some strange vile odor from I would assume Hell smells like! This vile smell sometimes comes to me when there is nothing around me giving off odor"s (confirmed by my wife,children and friends). I would guess that these smells are hallucination odors? I can tell if something is salty, sour, sweet etc.etc. But nothing tastes good or smells right. It is all that same "Smell from Hell!" The whole thing just makes me plain angry and impossible to be around! I only thank God for not suffering from depression! I truly feel for those who do because this could definitely harm you mentally! My message to all the professionals out there DON'T tell us that this is permanent even if it is!!! Let us have hope! Cause if this is forever, I think I found "Living Hell" .
@@frankbisceglia2958 Sometimes I feel 'ghost' smells (beer, onion, parfum), but I truly feel that sometime in the next 2 years I'll be able to get back at least 50% of my taste/smell.
I also medicate with herb and i get some DAAANL too and i cannot smell when smoking,vaping at all and it sux cuzz i love the smell of diff herbs.
🪑 Hi. My name is Shayna. It will be 9 months next week. My son came home from college to visit today. I instinctively leaned in to sniff his shoulder during a hug but got nothing. That hit me hard.
Dr Isibor on youtube has the best solution to anosmia, my sense of taste and smell was restored completely after the use of his natural herbal medicine
I got Covid in the summer of 2020 and lost my sense of smell and taste for what seemed like a longer time than most. Now, three years later, I have my sense of smell and taste back, but some things are altered. They probably will be altered forever. Yogurt, sour cream, butter and soft cheese are the worst. Wine tastes horrible. Some unpleasant smells like body odor, sweat and flatulence (sulfur) smell much different. It’s just strange, but it’s my new way of life. What can you do… 🤷🏻♀️
Tim, did your taste/smell come back rapidly or was it gradual?
My smell and taste have been gone since the end of August 2021. So it's been 6 months. I also lost my Mom from covid complications. It's been rough.
I also lost my smell in august. I’m sorry for your loss and I pray we recover our smell soon
@@TsahaiLayne thank you. I pray we do as well.
@@TsahaiLayne did y’all get it back
@@viviankeeling3888 did y’all get back
What about when everything smells like burnt blood and sewage? Coffee and meat smell/taste awful an so do eggs. It has gotten a little better but still have a ways to go. Also I have realized when I eat a lot of sugar, then my smell gets worse and meat and eggs smell worse again. Gasoline smells funky too.
I taste gasoline and spoilage in almost everything! Thank you so much for posting your experiences. I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one
And I can't agree with you more about the burnt smell and taste in foods and drinks such as coffee.
I lost mine I’m on day 10 now seems to be about 85-90% during the day at night it tends to fade off. I think the reason why it takes some people longer then others and none at all is because the virus itself attacks the nerves it doesn’t actully attack the olfactory orb it attacks the nerves that transmit smell and taste to the olfactory orb unfortunately no one can really predict how fast your body remakes those nerves sense training helps because it stimulates the nerves and brain at the same time
I’m on day 20 I can only smell hints of thing during the day and it fades away so I hope both of us get it back soon . In the morning I can’t smell anything but afternoon I get a small smell hint of a smell
This is day 3 of my loss of taste and smell. I’m honestly so upset and beyond scared. I can’t taste anything it’s all gone. I’m scared that I may never recover it back.
Has it came back yet??
Did you get it back
U got it back?
Try 9 months, not fun.
just got covid 4 days ago and lost my smell and almost all my taste i hope i get it back soon especially when i read these comments about years >.
Did u get yours back
me too🥲
5 months and if I smell or taste anything, it smells like a chemical and taste like a chemical too.
I had a high sense of smell, I smelled every little thing and now I all I smell is a chemical. It drives me crazy and very irritated.
This wk I've noticed I smell things at night, it's my 2nd night now and the smell, like I said, a chemical so I've opened up my sliding door and windows because that's all I smell.
I'm trying to look on the bright side that I can smell but that smell of a chemical is very much so gross and irritated as every.
I do taste sugar food but turns to a after taste of a chemical
I have a question did your senses fully came back in a month or after a month I’m getting like fainty smell it comes and goes 😪😪 it been 30 days
Dr Isibor on youtube has the best solution to anosmia, my sense of taste and smell was restored completely after the use of his natural herbal medicine
What cloves are these , garlic or cloves
I lost my taste and smell for 6 months it came back and now it's really really sensitive like a dog's nose I don't understand it at all some smells make me sick now then I used to enjoy
Its 2 yrs and my smell is not back. Presently now, i'm smelling perfume and I'm frustrated😡😡😡
I did not have Covid. I didn't lose my smell. Well maybe a little bite. But I have lost my taste. It taste bad. Even a cookie or ice cream. I don't know why I lost my taste but I want it back. Can you help me?
I lost my smell and I dont remember when, maybe 3 or 6 months ago. I don't think it's from covid, I havent been sick at all, just stuffed up and blowing my nose all the time. No fever or feeling bad. It sucks. Is anyone else going through this with no symptoms other than loss of smell alone?