low appetite/sense of smell

[thrice3]

chiari related? i've noticed my sense of smell has been off for a week or so. someone will complain of a smell and i can either not smell it at all or barely smell it. and for the past few days i've had very low appetite. in the last 24 hours i've only eaten a couple spoonfuls of cottage cheese and had about half of a smoothie. i haven't noticed much of a change in taste though.
my headaches have been triggered a LOT easier too.
know what this could be? change in weather? flare up (which i've never had before)?

[thrice3]

wow! so glad i'm not alone in this lol

[cash242]

It is so funny you mention that before surgery I had zero appetite and as jiggle said I would have to make myself eat.  My favorite memory of post op was 2 weeks after surgery a friend brought over everything for a hot fudge sundae and it tasted so good..in fact it tasted so good I made 3 the next day when I was home alone!!! It was wonderful sadly I am back to no taste and it makes me sad as I love to cook and nothing ever sounds good to make.  

[selmaS]

  Thanks and u as well....

  And CW here is the thread I mentioned.....

[thrice3]

and you too selma!

[thrice3]

i never thought about it that way...overloaded senses. could be. hopefully it will subside soon and not happen often because I have to say....having bad sense of smell and taste is seriously inconvenient. you never know whats going to happen next when you have chiari! lol
jiggle, sorry you have to deal with this frequently :(

[selmaS]

  Hi...b4 surgery I noticed certain odors were offensive to me....and it seemed to change....not sure y, and even post op I am still finding issues with taste and smells....and it is not that I can not smell it, it just doesn't smell good to me.....

  And smell and taste go hand in hand so, if I no longer can stand the way it smells, there is no way I can eat it....

    I am sure it is a neuro issue.....just have not figured out y post op I still am having the issue unless it is the regeneration of the nerves....just like the twitching...it just may be overloaded senses.....????

[jiggle93]

no, I havnt had surgery. I can remember this happening as far back as childhood, but more vividly since the birth of my oldest DD.  I couldnt figure out why things I normally loved and craved tasted horrible to me. I use to have a love for  Dr.Pepper, when I was pregnant I didnt have any. After she was born I couldnt stand it. Tasted like cough syrup!  Has been happening ever since, tho not as regularly as it does now.
When I came home from the hospital after meningitis, thats when I lost all taste, smell, and had no desire to eat.  Now it is a common occurance.
So when you have a day that everything tastes wonderful, enjoy it, endulge yourself in the smells and flavors. It helps to make a flavor memory for the next time that it tastes like your chewing cardboard!

[thrice3]

have you had surgery? and yes, its nice knowing i'm not the only one! my friends/family never know how to react lol just a "huh thats weird" is usually all i get haha

[jiggle93]

I'm not sure whats triggering this for you, but this is my most common gripe of having CM. I go through cycles of no taste, no smell, and no appetite. Sometimes its just on of them, and sometimes its a combo of them.  I have learned to eat by schedule during these times. Since nothing sounds, smells, or tastes good I usually make myself eat a smaller size meal that I normally would enjoy knowing that my body needs the nutrients to stay balanced. Smoothies should be a great option....We tend to have humorous meals at my house when we sit down to eat, since I cant tell how it actually tastes, which usually includes jokes about "this beef tastes great!"...followed by me saying " well I guess I messed that up-its chicken, not beef!"  Or someone will say, I love the way this tastes! and I'll say, then eat a bunch of it tonight-cause the next time I'm sure it'll taste completely different....the biggest thing I've learned to do is have someone else taste the food for me and tell me if something is still good and not expired as I cant tell the difference.
Hope this helps you to know your not the only one.