raging_agaholic said:

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Interesting thing about my loss of smell/taste:

For some reason I can still taste salt. So everything I eat, even if it has just a little salt on it, tastes very salty. Also, I could taste my toothpaste when I brushed my teeth last night. But I blew up the bathroom this morning and couldn't smell a thing.

Weird.

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Base tastes is what came back first for me.

I went from nothing and just blank mush to being able to just taste salt/bitter/sweet.. then the nuance came back slowly.

I still think my sense of smell is diminished (1year plus) as I can't smell our kids dirty diaper until I open it up. Used to be able To smell it across the room.

Not that I'm complaining.

What is the deal with the ivermectin? Everything I read online says not to take it, it's not safe, etc. But seems like a lot of people here recommend it. Have people had good results with it? Any dangers?

Your taste loss has me confused as I would have sworn you have some sort of cold w/ all the drainage, productive cough, etc. I thought COVID was a bit more fever / chills / chest pain vs drainage but I may be way off on that.

My recent symptoms have been all heavy feeling in the nose / eyes from all the congestion. Lots of draining / productive coughs. No fever. No headache. Each of the last 2 nights have been incrementally better. My sore throat was the first 2 days and was far and way the most painful part of my symptoms so glad that part is over. Pretty sure what I have is a cold vs covid but still may do an antibody test later...


Hope you and your family bounce back soon!

How do I get some?

mrmill3218 said:

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How do I get some?

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https://texags.com/forums/84/topics/3211405

mrmill3218 said:

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What is the deal with the ivermectin? Everything I read online says not to take it, it's not safe, etc. But seems like a lot of people here recommend it. Have people had good results with it? Any dangers?

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Ive had Covid long haul symptoms for 13 months. Ive tried all of the medicines and doctor remedies: Steroid pak, azithromycin, doxycycline, zinc, vitamin c and d etc. The ONLY thing that helped get rid of my symptons was Ivermectin. It was like an on/off switch. Unfortunately the symptoms came back after I stopped taking it.

mrmill3218 said:

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How do I get some?

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Go to the website push health and request a prescription. Very easy.

ea1060 said:

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mrmill3218 said:

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How do I get some?

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Go to the website push health and request a prescription. Very easy.

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What did you put in for dosage / quantity / reason?

This is what I put...

Dosage: "Whatever is appropriate based on my weight"
Quantity: "Enough to ride this thing out"

They're going to do the math of .2mg/kg bodyweight on their own, but you have to put something or it won't accept the form.

raging_agaholic said:

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Interesting thing about my loss of smell/taste:

For some reason I can still taste salt. So everything I eat, even if it has just a little salt on it, tastes very salty. Also, I could taste my toothpaste when I brushed my teeth last night. But I blew up the bathroom this morning and couldn't smell a thing.

Weird.

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Rage, you lost your sense of smell not taste.

Taste, you will still be able to taste salt, sweet, bitter, sour, and umami. (go into your pantry, and try a little salt, sugar...soy sauce will feel almost totally normal).

Its your smell that gives things the rest of the flavor. I would suggest every morning, go through your spice cabinet and smell some things...just pick a few at random. Then, in the afternoon, try again.

You can at least track whether you think you are getting better or worse.

Tex117 said:

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raging_agaholic said:

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Interesting thing about my loss of smell/taste:

For some reason I can still taste salt. So everything I eat, even if it has just a little salt on it, tastes very salty. Also, I could taste my toothpaste when I brushed my teeth last night. But I blew up the bathroom this morning and couldn't smell a thing.

Weird.

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Rage, you lost your sense of smell not taste.

Taste, you will still be able to taste salt, sweet, bitter, sour, and umami. (go into your pantry, and try a little salt, sugar...soy sauce will feel almost totally normal).

Its your smell that gives things the rest of the flavor. I would suggest every morning, go through your spice cabinet and smell some things...just pick a few at random. Then, in the afternoon, try again.

You can at least track whether you think you are getting better or worse.

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That makes sense - and would explain why I can't smell it when my 14 year old rips one but I can still faintly taste celery.

raging_agaholic said:

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Tex117 said:

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raging_agaholic said:

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Interesting thing about my loss of smell/taste:

For some reason I can still taste salt. So everything I eat, even if it has just a little salt on it, tastes very salty. Also, I could taste my toothpaste when I brushed my teeth last night. But I blew up the bathroom this morning and couldn't smell a thing.

Weird.

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Rage, you lost your sense of smell not taste.

Taste, you will still be able to taste salt, sweet, bitter, sour, and umami. (go into your pantry, and try a little salt, sugar...soy sauce will feel almost totally normal).

Its your smell that gives things the rest of the flavor. I would suggest every morning, go through your spice cabinet and smell some things...just pick a few at random. Then, in the afternoon, try again.

You can at least track whether you think you are getting better or worse.

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That makes sense - and would explain why I can't smell it when my 14 year old rips one but I can still faintly taste celery.

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LOL. Well, I guess there is that I suppose.

Hope you feel better.

88planoAg said:

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Tex117 said:

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raging_agaholic said:

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Interesting thing about my loss of smell/taste:

For some reason I can still taste salt. So everything I eat, even if it has just a little salt on it, tastes very salty. Also, I could taste my toothpaste when I brushed my teeth last night. But I blew up the bathroom this morning and couldn't smell a thing.

Weird.

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Rage, you lost your sense of smell not taste.

Taste, you will still be able to taste salt, sweet, bitter, sour, and umami. (go into your pantry, and try a little salt, sugar...soy sauce will feel almost totally normal).

Its your smell that gives things the rest of the flavor. I would suggest every morning, go through your spice cabinet and smell some things...just pick a few at random. Then, in the afternoon, try again.

You can at least track whether you think you are getting better or worse.

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There was a study that said smelling specific scents would help re-train your olfactory nerve. Clove, Lemon, Rose and Eucalyptus. So I ordered those and tried it. I can smell them all now; at first I couldn't smell the rose at all, and habituation with all the others was almost immediate.

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Well there ya go!

Another thing I've noticed is that my mouth is far less sensitive to heat. Coffee, soup, etc normally I need them to sit for a few minutes before I can drink or eat them, but over the last few days I've realized that I can consume them right away. So weird.

interesting. sounds like a numbing type issue. be careful not to permanently burn your tastebuds in the interim.

good luck!

raging_agaholic said:

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Another thing I've noticed is that my mouth is far less sensitive to heat. Coffee, soup, etc normally I need them to sit for a few minutes before I can drink or eat them, but over the last few days I've realized that I can consume them right away. So weird.

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Word of caution.

When I was getting my taste back, even somewhat Spivey foods were unbearable to eat.

I am a big spicy fan, eat peppers or some sort of hot sauce with almost everything. It was really tough to eat just plain tacos from chuys and not be able to finish as just the regular seasoning was too spicy.

It was really weird, but as time went on, my heat tolerance came back... as did my heartburn.

I'm on day three of symptoms and my wife on day two.

Her symptoms seem to have increased versus mine. Initially I felt pretty rough yesterday, today not too bad. Her coughing has increased, where mine has decreased and she is having chills.

Edit just lost taste and smell.

Day 9 - I'm definitely on the back end of this thing. Breathing has gotten easier, and the only major residual symptom is lack of smell (which I've been following with different scents for the past five days, and seems to slightly be improving).

One thing that has stuck out to me in the past two or three mornings: I have always enjoyed two or three cups of black coffee for breakfast, it's what I exclusively consume every morning. But yesterday and today especially, I can barely make it through my first cup without getting extremely gassy and nauseated.

The thought that I won't be able to a): enjoy my coffee in the morning and b): get my needed dose of caffeine is very disconcerting. Has anyone else experienced the same phenomenon?

raging_agaholic said:

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Day 9 - I'm definitely on the back end of this thing. Breathing has gotten easier, and the only major residual symptom is lack of smell (which I've been following with different scents for the past five days, and seems to slightly be improving).

One thing that has stuck out to me in the past two or three mornings: I have always enjoyed two or three cups of black coffee for breakfast, it's what I exclusively consume every morning. But yesterday and today especially, I can barely make it through my first cup without getting extremely gassy and nauseated.

The thought that I won't be able to a): enjoy my coffee in the morning and b): get my needed dose of caffeine is very disconcerting. Has anyone else experienced the same phenomenon?

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I'm two days behind you with the exact same symptoms. My fatigue and being winded stopped around Wed. Evening though.

Felt good enough to work in the yard today. Transplanted a few peach trees and replanted some rosemary.

Now I feel like an old mandamnit China, this virus is a sunnuva*****.

raging_agaholic said:

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Felt good enough to work in the yard today. Transplanted a few peach trees and replanted some rosemary.

Now I feel like an old mandamnit China, this virus is a sunnuva*****.

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Aren't you in actuality an old man?

Baron Von Flag Smasher said:

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raging_agaholic said:

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Felt good enough to work in the yard today. Transplanted a few peach trees and replanted some rosemary.

Now I feel like an old mandamnit China, this virus is a sunnuva*****.

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Aren't you in actuality an old man?

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That's your opinion, Von Flag Smasher. I choose to not consider myself "old" for at least another 30 yearsmaybe 40.

Rage is definitely old. Glad you're feeling better, guy.

Blue Bell Ag said:

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Ivermectin helped me get through Covid. I may or may not have bought it at a feed store.

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I took it for two days as well but got an rx though purehealth.

Only symptom now is lack of taste and smell going on 7 days now

raging_agaholic said:

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Interesting thing about my loss of smell/taste:

For some reason I can still taste salt. So everything I eat, even if it has just a little salt on it, tastes very salty. Also, I could taste my toothpaste when I brushed my teeth last night. But I blew up the bathroom this morning and couldn't smell a thing.

Weird.

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It was the same for me

planoaggie123 said:

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Confirmed COVID?

I am getting over a 2 / 3 day sore throat, cough, etc. No fever.

Feels more like a cold or something.

Tempted to do an antibody test in a week or two....

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Coming back from Vegas on tues my wife started having sinus pain. Developed into cold symptoms but never any fever. Got at home test from CVS today and she was positive, me negative. I had it last year, she didn't.

Fumbleruski said:

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Rage is definitely old. Glad you're feeling better, guy.

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Maybe we can hang out during football season. I'm not as fat as I used to be, so I don't take up nearly as much couch space.