RT @megelison
Almost two years out, and I figured progress would stop. I’m very happy to report I’m still seeing small but noticeable improvements in my #parosmia. I am still regaining dimension in complex smells like perfume, and detecting subtler smells than this time last year.

RT @megelison
I'm four months out from my breakthrough infection of Covid, and I've been experiencing some #parosmia: a phenomenon some people have after the virus that makes things smell weird and bad and not like they usually do. This is my thread about that.

“Many workers in the food industry experiencing parosmia—or a long-term distorted sense of smell—find their lives and livelihoods disrupted. And they have trouble accessing help.”

https://civileats.com/2023/01/19/long-covid-food-workers-parosmia-anosmia-loss-of-smell-taste/

#covid #LongCovid #parosmia #smell #taste #senses #foodindustry

I lost my sense of #smell for four days a year ago. Not fun. #food #wine #parosmia #covid #CivilEats https://civileats.com/2023/01/19/long-covid-food-workers-parosmia-anosmia-loss-of-smell-taste/

@emily_rj I also replied to someone on Twitter yesterday about this, maybe it was you. My phantosmia went from cigarette smoke to ashtray to coal to dirty cooking: all sort of smokey. When I was having strong and frequent waves/attacks of all-over tingling and weakness very early in LC, it was accompanied by a metallic/smokey taste that felt like it came from my lungs. I've seen others say that their phantosmia was smokey so maybe it isn't (only?) memory-based.

#LongCovid #phantosmia #parosmia

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63972873 #Covid #parosmia

The symptoms of Long Covid don’t stop for #Christmas
Tips for coping with parosmia from AbscentUK.
#LongCovid #LongCovidKids #parosmia #Christmas
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63972873

What has your experience with #parosmia been like? For me one of the worst aspects is twofold: (1) Wine/Spirits, Perfume, Chocolate and Coffee all smell and taste awful. (2) The smell taste is hard to describe... I'd call it "Broken" this awful savory mix of burnt toast, stinky onion, middle school cafeteria and yet even that is not really it. It's just so OFF. For what it's worth Smell training does help but you have to be chronic/dogmatic with it. (it helps but it's not a cure.)