Hi Leo,

I don't have your same exact problem but I do have a suggestion
which seemed to help me with building back a library of smells. I
bought 3 spices and smelled them twice a day for a month. It
appeared to me that the exposure to the same scent over and over
again strengthened it for me. It also helped me distinguish one
from another. I'm up to 12 spices now but only use a few at a time.
I'm also seeing an improvement in other natural smells, I can't
identify them but I know that they are there.

Hope this helps,

Lori
Head Trauma

--- In dysosmia@yahoogroups.com, "Leo Loucas" <beach4128@...> wrote:
>
> I've been dysomic/anosmic for 3 years now, without any
improvement.
> I've been monitoring this board to see if anyone has had symptoms
> similar to my own. and I noticed many individuals having anosmia
due
> to nasal polyps, along with varying degrees of success with
certain
> treatments, medications, etc. As far as I know and have been told
my
> symptoms are neurological, even though I used Zicam gel prior to
the
> onset of symptoms.
>
> I have no polyps, my ENT, neurologist and others believe my
> olfacortory nerve was attacked by a virus leading to almost
complete
> loss of smell. I have gross tastes, and have had some very faint
> sensations of smell for a few seconds ocasioanlly when eating food
> (comes and goes and no particular food group), however, the smell
> sensation is lost quickly, as though the nerve may be trying to
make
> some connection. I've also had some of the symptoms mentioned by
a
> number of members, including varying and distorted sensations of
> taste/smell for weeks/months at a time, then nothing then another
> type of distorted smell from the earlier version, then nothing.
> That's been the pattern. I 've used Nasacort, Nasonex, tried
> cayenne pepper pray. I've taken allergy shots as due to
> environmental allergies, had septum repair surgery,
> accupuncture,high doses of zinc, and other natural remedies to no
> avail.
>
> Sorry to go into such detail, but curious if anyone has had
similar
> symptoms who has not had polyps. I may look into the L-Arginine
> suggestion related to increased NO in bloodstream. Thanks,
>
> Leo Loucas
>