Smell Disorders: Why and What To Do

In this episode of I CARE FOR YOUR BRAIN with Dr. Sullivan, board certified neuropsychologist Dr. Karen D. Sullivan discusses how smell changes as we age and smell disorders from temporary, and what you can do to help restore it with smell training, to permanent loss, which can be associated with disease progression. Learn more at www.icfyb.com

[@Good-DaySunshine]

This Dr is a genius. Most Dr.s (that I've come across) dont want to find out or care about the "WHY"- and Ive noticed those same Drs don't have ears to hear...they don't really listen to what the patient is saying. That cost my husband his life. For 8 months his Dr brushed off what we tried to tell him, in the end, my husband bled out in the hospital on Christmas Eve- from a stupid ulcer. So yes... WHY is what every Dr on the planet should be reaching for- day by day and patient by patient.

[@IAm1InTheIAm]

Super helpful, thanks! I'll share it with my patients- RN👍

[@wincile]

I also had COVID and everything smelled like urine and chemicals. I’ve been using strong smelling essential oils put in a diffuser and running it all day for months now. My smell is coming back!

[@suzannehutnick3170]

My 19-yr-old daughter completely lost her sense of smell from COVID and still hasn’t gotten it back! 😢

[@dalekoons-gu3qg]

My husband has had altered smell since Covid in 2020. He reports that things like meats, coffee, peanut butter and chocolate smell like urine and feces. Also anything stir fried or cooked in oil. Difficult for him as the taster and me as the cook.

[@jacquelinefirestone6800]

I didn't have covid, and I'm 80, I can smell very few thins any more. I do have a bad case of E-Tremors. that could be my problem

[@onerider808]

My single symptom of the bio-weapon we were attacked with was that I lost my sense of smell...for months. Couldnt smell ammonia, vinegar, anything...

[@Good-DaySunshine]

Wow! That's awful!