Hi Anne ,

I have been diagnosed with Cyclical Parosmia  by the ENT Hospital in London!

Here are my symptoms ,  i have cheated slightly and copied this from an email i sent someone as my laptop battery is just about to die on me!

My condition has gradually got worse over the years , I wake up as normal and even with 15 minutes or my smell and taste will just change, some days I can go with experiencing the problem , but these are few and far between. I can only describe what I taste and smell a bit cheesy , other times it can taste different.  When I do exercise or get hot it will also trigger me to lose my taste/smell.

I used to be able to gain my taste/smell back by pinching my nose and breathing in words, however while this to use work it doesn’t seem to anymore and also can hurt , I am scared to sniff or blow my nose, I always feel like I got a cold and generally I find myself dread going out to meals or drinking as this effect my enjoyment and when I do lose my smell/taste it does make me depressed.

Other symptoms i recognise is that it seems to happen in only one nostril.   Either way when i have the problem i don’t want to drink / eat anything  , if i really have to have anything then it needs to be as plain as plain can be.

Luke