Hi everyone. I had a concussion on january first( last new years). The doctor said there was bleedig and bruising to the brain. I didnt have salty insurance so I was laying in bed or 3 days trying to rest my injury off until I just couldn't take anymore of the headaches an went to the ER. I got a CT scan and was prescribe some steroid medication. A month later I went back to the nuerologist to get another CT scan and it told the doctors that the bleeding had stoped. Weeks after that out of no where my smell and taste became distorted. Now it June( 5 months after the accident,4 months since my smells been distorted). I really would appreciate some advice about this situation. I'd like to get past this injury an move on but if my sence of smell and Taste is going stay like this it's going to be much harder. I really really née it back to feel like a normal person again. I read somewhere that I should get a CR SCAN and have a doctor check for inflammation aoud the olfactory nerve( which I think is responsible or the sence of smell). I just got a MRI with contrast( I paid 700 for it because I don't have insurance). The doctor said thy everything looks okay. I want to go in and ask him about my sence of smell and ask him if he sees inflammation that could be responsible for my distorted smell. Would he be able to answer these questions? Hat such I ask him. Everytime I breath on through my nose I smell something that not there, instead of fresh air it's this other smell I can't describe. I also read this" *a neurologist to determine whether your fall caused brain damage in one or more of the areas where taste and smell are processed". Why do I feel that Im not getting any serious help from doctors? Please, please, please, what can I do about this? I've been taking vitamin b everyday so I'm helping it'll help. What else should I do? Please someone advice me. Thanks in advance

I've encountered smelling a lot of weird smells that, upon investigation, don't exist - like there is no reason that I should be smelling them and the people around me don't smell them.

I definitely think you should discuss it with your neurologist.

I'm sorry, I can't tell you anything that might help you to heal. I'm dealing with so many other cognitive impairments and severe fatigue and whatnot from the concussion I sustained that I haven't asked my neurologist about it at all - I have bigger fish to fry - and it seems to not happen to me as much as you.

Let us know about your progress and good luck!

lol @ "salty insurance" - were you typing from an iPhone? iPhone auto-spell correct is a hilariously frustrating feature.

Lol yeah I was using my iPhone, yeah Damn you auto spell, I didn't even notice that spelling error.

Both smell and taste use a combination of senses to complete the sensation. You may have a few senses that are not functioning and leave you with an out of balance smell.

Your iPhone garbled posts make it difficult to sort through your information. If you have a chance to use a computer to tell us about your history and injury, may be we can help better.

Please help us out by using paragraph spaces ever 5 lines or so. Some of us have visual struggles that make it difficult to read long posts without paragraph spaces.