I've been dealing with parosmia for 9 months now
Sorry if there are any grammatical errors, I'm not a native English speaker—I'm Italian.
Hey, I'm another person who started suffering from parosmia 😭 Fortunately, it's only partial. I want to share how it all started: In May 2024, I got sick (I tested negative for COVID). The first few days were fine, but as I was getting better, I started losing some smells and tastes. Everything went back to normal, except for the taste/smell of cigarettes, coffee, and things like that. I rushed to the hospital because I was panicking, and they reassured me, telling me that in most cases, everything returns to normal.
Now, here I am—9-10 months later with this condition, which, even though it's partial, has been causing a lot of depression. In the first few days, I noticed some very minimal improvement, but it was really small 🥲.
Can anyone give me some advice? Is there anything I can do about it? I've also noticed that when I get sick, the smells and tastes that are already altered tend to get worse, and then slightly improve when I get better. Will i recover?