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Sweet Taste In Mouth
I have been searching all over the internet to find an answer to this, and cannot seem to come across a definite answer. At least it's somewhat comforting to know that other people are having the same problem. I've come here to hopefully get a little bit more help.
Back in the beginning of April '08 I started to feel like I had the flu which included achy joints, an odd sweet smell in my nose, which did not go away after 2 weeks. So, I decided to go to the doctor and they ran a couple of blood tests, and just to be safe he prescribed me Doxycycline in case it was Lyme. They did a CBC which came back normal (a little anemic), some Thyroid test which came back fine, a glucose test which was also normal, and a Lyme test which came back as 'no'. I continued to take the Doxy because it was making me feel a little better, but it gave me some severe gastritis so I went off it and he put me on Ammoxicilin which was probably a huge mistake. The Amox was not working at all and so I went back onto finish the Doxy. The feeling of having the flu lasted for 2 months, and somewhere in all of this the sweet smell also started to develop into a sweet taste. After that I still was not feeling that much better, so I switched doctors.
The new doctor I went to ran a couple more tests which included the same ones as before, taking a urine sample, and the Lyme titer. The Lyme titer came back as equivocal. So, he diagnosed me officially with Lyme and gave me Ceftin. I finished that and I felt better, besides some lingering joint pain, but the sweet taste remained. He said it was probably ketones because my body was recovering or something like that, but I feel fully recovered now and I still get it off and on.
Since then I’ve been on a Z pack for a sinus infection and Cipro for a UTI. Also, he heard a murmur, so I’ve had an ultrasound for that which came back saying I had regurgitation among other things. None of these prescriptions have taken away the sweet taste or smell. Some days it’s there and some days it’s not. It’s driving me crazy! Lyme disease is terrible, but I’m sure I don’t have to tell that to anybody who’s had it! Thanks in advance for any help I may receive!
Back in the beginning of April '08 I started to feel like I had the flu which included achy joints, an odd sweet smell in my nose, which did not go away after 2 weeks. So, I decided to go to the doctor and they ran a couple of blood tests, and just to be safe he prescribed me Doxycycline in case it was Lyme. They did a CBC which came back normal (a little anemic), some Thyroid test which came back fine, a glucose test which was also normal, and a Lyme test which came back as 'no'. I continued to take the Doxy because it was making me feel a little better, but it gave me some severe gastritis so I went off it and he put me on Ammoxicilin which was probably a huge mistake. The Amox was not working at all and so I went back onto finish the Doxy. The feeling of having the flu lasted for 2 months, and somewhere in all of this the sweet smell also started to develop into a sweet taste. After that I still was not feeling that much better, so I switched doctors.
The new doctor I went to ran a couple more tests which included the same ones as before, taking a urine sample, and the Lyme titer. The Lyme titer came back as equivocal. So, he diagnosed me officially with Lyme and gave me Ceftin. I finished that and I felt better, besides some lingering joint pain, but the sweet taste remained. He said it was probably ketones because my body was recovering or something like that, but I feel fully recovered now and I still get it off and on.
Since then I’ve been on a Z pack for a sinus infection and Cipro for a UTI. Also, he heard a murmur, so I’ve had an ultrasound for that which came back saying I had regurgitation among other things. None of these prescriptions have taken away the sweet taste or smell. Some days it’s there and some days it’s not. It’s driving me crazy! Lyme disease is terrible, but I’m sure I don’t have to tell that to anybody who’s had it! Thanks in advance for any help I may receive!
Hi,I am a 19 year old girl.Iam not able to feel the taste of sweet through my toungue.Speciallly when i eat jalebee,its feel like sour taste.
Its being only 3-4 months,I am facing this problem.
Plz suggest solution and medicine for this.
Its being only 3-4 months,I am facing this problem.
Plz suggest solution and medicine for this.
My most common odor-that-isn't-there is what I call delicately the 'dead rat smell'. Truly revolting. It varies a bit from time to time, but the name pretty much sums it up. No running water or moving objects for me, tho. Very slight balance issues sometimes, if I walk around a corner too fast. Sounds like I'm fortunate.
I knew someone who probably had undiagnosed Lyme, who got rotten smell sensations too. If only it could be something nice, like rose petals. :)
I knew someone who probably had undiagnosed Lyme, who got rotten smell sensations too. If only it could be something nice, like rose petals. :)
I'm allergic to eucalyptus so that is not for me. Let me know how it goes though. Curious.
Neurological issues can cause any sort of hallucinations as basically everyone is saying. Ozone, could be, I haven't ever read about that.
But when we're speaking of people with neurological goings-on, that is where "all signs point to".
I had have sensory hallucinations lying flat on my bed, felt like I was falling off the bed or through the bed when I was safely in the middle.
While pouring a glass of water, it felt like it ran down my bare leg, but the water had neither fallen nor was my leg bare.
Sitting in the car at a stop light and feeling like the car was moving. Seeing it move forward toward the crosswalk line. When it wasn't.
Smells that aren't really there: I've had One to do with an odor, but can't recall what it was.
A former friend who suffers from cluster headaches (hence: neurological) had olfactory hallucinations of a Sunday roast dinner in the oven (yum) but also cow dung. 2 smells nowhere in the vicinity of his house.
Neurological issues can cause any sort of hallucinations as basically everyone is saying. Ozone, could be, I haven't ever read about that.
But when we're speaking of people with neurological goings-on, that is where "all signs point to".
I had have sensory hallucinations lying flat on my bed, felt like I was falling off the bed or through the bed when I was safely in the middle.
While pouring a glass of water, it felt like it ran down my bare leg, but the water had neither fallen nor was my leg bare.
Sitting in the car at a stop light and feeling like the car was moving. Seeing it move forward toward the crosswalk line. When it wasn't.
Smells that aren't really there: I've had One to do with an odor, but can't recall what it was.
A former friend who suffers from cluster headaches (hence: neurological) had olfactory hallucinations of a Sunday roast dinner in the oven (yum) but also cow dung. 2 smells nowhere in the vicinity of his house.
About the ozone, maybe so. I have an MD tho who says the odd smells are olfactory hallucinations from Lyme, in other words, smells that aren't really there but my brain thinks they are.
The MD recommended using Eucalyptus radiata in aromatherapy. I bought some but haven't tried it yet. I think I'm supposed to put some in hot water and then inhale the steam.
Anybody tried this?
The MD recommended using Eucalyptus radiata in aromatherapy. I bought some but haven't tried it yet. I think I'm supposed to put some in hot water and then inhale the steam.
Anybody tried this?
I believe it's the ozone they put in bottled water that causes the sweet taste. Ozone also smells very sweet but beware, it's also poisonous, like carbon monoxide. Ozone is also generated by air purifiers, destroying anything made of rubber.
Hey just wanted you all to know. I am slowly weaning myself from the scales. I am no longer weighing myself multiple times a day and I am actually attempting to weigh every other day now, and hope to eventually get it to once a week or maybe once every two weeks. I avoid looking at the number on the scale at the Drs. office, because if its higher...which 9 out of 10 it will be because its a Drs. scale I panic.
My husband thinks my obsession to be perfect is due to the fact that I was in pageants and modeling as a child and teen. I think that it is due to all of the women out there that are painfully thin and are seen as beautiful.
I don't know...anyway I am on the way!!!! Yea!
My husband thinks my obsession to be perfect is due to the fact that I was in pageants and modeling as a child and teen. I think that it is due to all of the women out there that are painfully thin and are seen as beautiful.
I don't know...anyway I am on the way!!!! Yea!
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