Long COVID
No benefitIll for 4.5 years
Long COVID sleeping 20+ hours a day with lost taste and smell, no benefit
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- 4.5 years
- Last post
- Oct 2026
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I contracted covid around November 1st 2021. ... The only things I can taste now are sweet, sour, bitter, salt and metal.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
The only things I can taste now are sweet, sour, bitter, salt and metal.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I contracted covid around November 1st 2021.
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Summary
Stone 50434 contracted COVID-19 around 1 November 2021, sleeping up to 20+ hours a day. Taste and smell were lost; taste returned only for sweet, sour, bitter, salt and metal, and smell remained dulled like colour blindness. They coped by embracing the loss and enjoying food textures more.
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What they tried
Also tried
embrace the loss (coping by accepting lost taste and smell)· Helped
Their words about each treatment
- embrace the loss (coping by accepting lost taste and smell) · Helped
One way of coping that has made it bearable is to embrace the loss. I enjoy textures in food a lot more than before.
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Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| around November 1st 2021 | COVID-19 onset; slept up to 20+ hours a dayI contracted covid around November 1st 2021. My experience was a lot sleeping, up to 20+ hours a day.In context ↗ | Severe |
| 2026-10-09 | Taste limited to basic tastes; smell partly returned but dulledThe only things I can taste now are sweet, sour, bitter, salt and metal. My sense of smell did somewhat return but it is now equivalent to being color blind.In context ↗ | Not stated |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Sleep problems
My experience was a lot sleeping, up to 20+ hours a day.
In context ↗ - Loss of smell or taste
With it came the loss of taste and smell. The only things I can taste now are sweet, sour, bitter, salt and metal.
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