Has anyone lost smell or taste, not covid?

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This has happened to me since before covid. It has happened on and off for years.

I have had months of doing well now it has gone. Nothing. No smell or taste. No food pleasure.

I have been to the doctors over the years. Fobbed off initially with taking doue antihistamines.

Have tried Avamys and Mometasome at the monmemt. Which is doing nothing.

Sometimes when I exercise it comes back briefly.

I don't have a blocked nose. It is making me down and taking enjoyment out of things.

Has anyone had the same? Did it come back?

It has always happened to some people with other viruses, just more likely with COVID. I know a few people who have this issue. I remember talking to someone thirty years ago who had it.

I just read this about half an hour ago! www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/15/anosmia-smell-loss-hope-for-sufferers

Thanks that is really interesting.