I have noticed as I step down sinemet dose that I smell more. I bought an angel's trumpet flower tree and can now smell it. I could not smell it the first time it bloomed. I did not smell the popcorn at the hardware store this week (their cute little-town America draw-in for customers) and the strawberries at the Farmer's market that my friend raved over and had to buy. I never had a great sense of smell but things seem to be returning.

I remain unsure which part of the smell issue is PD and part might be sinemet. I smell things like feta cheese now and coffee while other smells elude me. There is the possibility that sinemet causes Parkinsonian symptoms like other drugs are proven to do like Reglan etc. I no longer have dystonia or dyskinesia but did noticeably shuffle last night at a block party so that the hostess asked if I needed a ride home after one glass of wine. In reading some old posts it seems like there is some debate on the topic.