Loss of taste

[kmom]

Haven't posted this till now frankly b/c in all the craziness and stress--switching my kids meds(things settling ) and my dad getting so sick w/ Lyme and co-inf's-- so this was on the back burner b/c it's so minor in comparison. But has anyone felt like they lost their taste buds? I am trying to decipher if it started when Cipro was introduced my med mix. I remember b/f taking Cipro though (maybe like 2 months ago) that I'd go out to eat dinner and nothing ever wowed me. After a few meals out, I remember thinking, "Am I just choosing the wrong meal choice, restaurant, etc b/c I used to really enjoy a meal out?" I love to cook and usually enjoy my meals at home too but I feel the same way about my cooking now. Finally last night I treated the kids w/ breakfast for dinner...they love that switch up. I usually do too but after I ate I thought, "I could have replaced that meal w/ celery dipped in saw dust and it would have tasted just the same to me!" Now I shouldn't complain b/c I could take advantage of this, not be bothered by low calorie choices and lose a few pounds I gain thru my more sedentary lifestyle since getting sick. But if anyone has experienced this or knows about this, can you let me know if it passes? I'm just curious. It's so strange.

[philamom]

kmom- my daughter's taste buds have changed. She was always a picky eater, but it has gotten much worse. A month ago, I reminded her how she used to eat more food choices, and she told me that within the last few years, everything taste different. Everything taste funny to her!

[Suzan]

My dd8 loses her taste buds when she is not well. This is one of her primary symptoms. She will start to only eat one thing for all meals and will have a hard time figuring out what to eat. She will often start to eat what she thought she wanted and realize she can't eat it. It gets worse when she has strep or is sick with any virus but it is a constant underlying thing with her lyme. I hope it gets better with treatment.

 

Susan

[philamom]

My dd8 loses her taste buds when she is not well. This is one of her primary symptoms. She will start to only eat one thing for all meals and will have a hard time figuring out what to eat. She will often start to eat what she thought she wanted and realize she can't eat it. It gets worse when she has strep or is sick with any virus but it is a constant underlying thing with her lyme. I hope it gets better with treatment.

 

Susan

Yeah, I also hope it gets better with treatment. My daughter only eats a handful of foods. It's torture watching her attempt to eat something she doesn't like. I could always tell it was more than just being stubborn.

 

One Thanksgiving, after seeing my brother's kids plates loaded with food, I insisted my daughter eat a bite of stuffing. It took a good 15 minutes of her swallowing/gagging to get it down. After seeing this, I told her she didn't have to eat it, but then her ocd made her continue until she succeeded. I was mortified, while 12 people watched and worried she would vomit. Oh boy, I learned not to push new foods while eating out. Ok...too many details...sorry.

[momcap]

I recall having times when I couldn't taste anything, and nothing tasted good. I didn't know I had lyme then, so I don't know if it corresponded to other symptoms or not. I'm better now, and food tastes good - too good...

 

DS7 has times when his tastes change completely - things he loved he no longer likes, and he craves strange things, like eating a dozen pickles swimming in ketchup, or bingeing on other strange things. He will also get stuck on something that he wants to eat for breakfast, lunch, supper and snacks, for days on end. I don't know if that's OCD (PANDAS) or taste. When his tastes change I also notice him putting salt on everything if he can get away with it. His issues with taste come and go, but so do all of his symptoms. We're still waiting on passports to get to an LLMD, so I don't know how treatment will affect this symptom.