Hi Ian, That is excellent news! I found Betnasol very effective; I think it was more a case of delivery to the sie of the issue rather than the agent. I found...
I have been having weird smells for a few weeks now and have wondered why. I kind of thought I was having a sinus infection except it felt different. This...
Hello Julie, Welcome. My own view is that you are experiencing an allergy based anosmia due to your partial reaction to anti-histmines. This is my condition...
I had a chemical smell that started up in early 2001 after I got home from a concert. I thought maybe it was something to do with the pot that people were...
Hello Deb, Welcome to the group. Your symptoms are very simplar to my own before losing my sense of smell completely. In my case it is allergy indicated and am...
Hi Deb, Please know, I do mean to cause you any alarm, but right before I lost my sense of smell, I kept smelling chemicals everywhere...especially when ...
First time poster here. The original poster's symptoms are identical to mine. I have been smelling a nauseating mix of paint fumes and gasoline on and off for...
Hi Deb: I'm curious....how did you kind of treat it on your own? It sounds like you have phantosmia. Very rarely it can be caused by a brain tumour so you...
Ryan, Please read what I wrote to Deb and Mena. Btw, I'm not anosmic either. Marjorie ... From: Ryan To: dysosmia@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 07,...
Hi Mena: Please read what I just wrote to Deb. I hope it helps. Since you already had the brain scan you don't need to worry about a brain tumour. Marjorie ...
Maybe a neural birth defect in their limbic systems (which control emotions)? Cheers, Karl W. ... From: Elizabeth A. Harrison To: dysosmia@yahoogroups.com ...
Wow, thanks for all of the great responses! I am getting my mail in digest form so I am going to respond in a group response! First of all I am now taking an...
... take anti-seizure meds for severe neuropathy in my feet and legs so if I am having any type of seizure activity I probably would not even know it! I have...
Do you have these symptoms too: Everything has no taste, although I can tell sweet, salty, bitter. Like if I eat a cupcake, I can taste that the frosting is...
Good description of the experience of flavor without olfaction. Whether you doc will be able to appreciate this or not is hard to say. You probably need to...
I have been to the ENT/Head & Neck Dept at Kaiser. They took a CT scan and everything seemed "normal". Since I am going back to my primary doc tomorrow, do you...
The CT scan should have shown the problems that led to my anosmia. This may be a case of "viral" anosmia. Mick is the local expert on that. Best wishes, Karl...
Thanks Karl. Julie, I've already replied to you, let me know if you didn't get the mail. Mick ... r===================== DISCLAIMER ====================== This...
You have also been thru a lot! I am hoping this is just a sinus thing, I have never appreciated my sense of smell as much as I do right now! I have been doing...
So I went back to the doctor today.... After much reluctance, my doctor prescribed theophylline 200mg 2x per day, prednisone on a tapered dose starting on 60mg...
Sounds like a great idea. I'm UK too, dysosmia since January after a vomitting bug. Now I get a chemically smell or else no smell. The doc gave me beconase...
-- - In dysosmia@yahoogroups.com, "Adrian Cooper" <adrian@...> ... virus of some ... British ... wasn't even ... everything. ... Prednisolone, ... to 75%. I ...
... didn't get the mail. ... sweet, salty, bitter ... This may be a case of "viral" anosmia. Mick is the local expert on that. ... sweet, salty, bitter ... ...
I have had a salty taste in my mouth off and on, more on than off, for 6 months with loss of taste. After seeing an ENT doctor, Neurologist, and Primary Care...
Hi Maria, Good decision to visit UCONN's Taste and Smell clinic. I was there in June and was very impressed with the comprehensive evaluation. It was very...
You need to go to a center that specializes in these problems; bring along your complete medical history along with records of the tests you've had done so...
A few days to a couple of weeks, depending on the dose and the severity of the inflammation. Cheers, Karl W. ... From: Julie To: dysosmia@yahoogroups.com Sent:...