I lost my sense of smell four years ago. The doctors told me that it is natural and that it is not a sickness

case 0742

I realized that I had lost my sense of smell when I was driving in a car with my wife and she said something was burning. I couldn't smell anything and kept driving and five minutes later the motor blew up. About five years on I realized that I was losing my sense of taste. I have virtually no sense of taste unless it is something very strong like chili peppers or ginger.

case 0743

I have recently noticed I have lost my sense of smell. I haven't been asked by my doctor about this at all. I really miss my sense of smell and worry that it has to do with my nervous system, as I have been finding it difficult to cope with doing anything. The slightest thing makes me anxious. I really hope my sense of smell comes back as it is wonderful to smell nice scents and flowers.

case 0744

Five years ago I fell and fractured my skull. When I was released from the hospital, I couldn't smell anything. It was depressing. Before, I had a very sensitive nose and loved food and cooking. I told myself to quit whining my sense of smell was nothing compared to other neurological conditions. I tried taking zinc and after about two weeks smelled something while pumping gas. It was the gasoline but it smelled sickeningly sweet. The next week going through a grocery store I smelled this extremely strong smell of dirt or fresh soil. It was chocolate in a large candy display. During the next year I quit taking zinc because I started to smell the super sweet smell all the time. But I started trying to practice smelling things, concentrating and trying to remember what they smelled like. Nothing happened for a while but about ten months later I started to smell real smells again. I kept practicing and today I would say I've got a large part back. But some things still have no smell at all and sometimes I smell stuff no one else does. I can smell our dog's flea medicine through the whole house; it has a choking chemical smell. Gas still smells sweet and chocolate only sometimes smells like dirt.

case 0745

Six years ago, when I was 51 years old, I started smelling foul odors like rotten food, fish, and garbage. I always ask the people around me if they can smell some unpleasant smell. They always say that they don't, but I can. I can smell strong body odor coming from me, but I don't have stinky arm pits, bad breath or vaginal infection. What is the cause of this? Do I have a psychiatric problem? In my family history, my elder brother also went through this problem.

case 0746

Sometimes I detect odors that have no source. Sometimes I experience food odors, other times the formaldehyde odor from high school biology lab when we dissected frogs, wet soil, insecticide, or other chemical odors. Not as frequently, I also taste things that aren't there. Usually these tastes are sharp or pungent — blue cheese, garlic, onion. About the same time the odor/taste hallucinations started, I began having vertigo/dizziness issues. Exams and tests by several doctors indicated that the balance function in each ear functions as it should, but the two sides of the brain do not communicate the information as it should. The odors and vertigo seem to coincide. They come and go and change in intensity together. I realize it might be coincidence, but maybe there is a correlation.

case 0747

I could never smell. I pretended to when I was younger and my parents couldn't believe it when I eventually told them that I can't smell. It didn't really bother me until I had children of my own, sometimes I don't realize they have a dirty nappy and I do worry about not being to smell food that may have gone off.

case 0748

I just lost my sense of smell. Now I can't smell anything at all. All my life I always said my sense of smell was the one I valued more than the others.

case 0749

I have always had a weak sense of smell. Approximately ten years ago I totally lost my olfactory sense. I do not miss it. It has not changed my enjoyment of food. I don't know if this is a factor, but I was born with a cleft lip and palate.

case 0750

One year ago, when I was 68, I had a cold that lasted approximately two weeks. Sometime after that I noticed that food started to taste differently. For example tomato sauce tasted more acidy. I mentioned this to my doctor at my annual physical. He asked me about my sense of smell and did a test. Without seeing what he put up to my nose I thought the smell was spicy but couldn't detect that it was coffee. He said not much can be done about this and hopefully I would regain my sense of smell and taste over time. This hasn't happened yet. Instead it is getting worse and I now smell the same smell all the time. I cannot describe the smell but it isn't pleasant. My sense of taste is decreasing. I am getting frustrated but I'm learning to live with it.

case 0751

About six months ago I started noticing that my farts seemed to be getting less smelly. I tried several smells, fruity, honey, lemon, etc. and found that my sense of smell had diminished. I’d measure the decrease to over half sensitivity (from a 1.0 to a 0.4).

case 0752

My sense of smell has gotten weak. Sometimes I smell weird odors. They smell like paint fumes but there is no new paint around.

case 0753

When I turned 30 I started suffering from anosmia. I thought it was just temporary but it has been going on for one year now. My ear nose throat doctor gave me a corticosteroid. It helped, but I had to stop taking it.

case 0754

Over the last eight months I have noticed that I have lost the ability to smell certain smells. I can still smell most things like grass, spring, summer, perfumes, petrol, paint, burning materials, food, animal waste, and others. Surprisingly, I can't smell my own bodily gas and toilet functions or that of any other human anymore.