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Down in the mouth.

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I mentioned a medical mystery involving my mouth last week, and then I never followed up. Bad me. So here it is:

I have a weird taste in my mouth. It gets stronger and fades with the days, but it’s there. It’s kind of metallic, but not rusty like blood. It’s a little bitter and astringent as well. I have no clue what it is.

Last week when it was so strong that I kept thinking, “what is that taste and why won’t it go away?” every ten seconds, I made an appointment with the dentist. My teeth and gums look fine. He found nothing.

ETA: My husband says he hasn’t noticed any change in the quality of my breath, so whatever’s going on, it’s not manifesting itself that way.

I haven’t made any dietary changes. I’m not on any medications. I even discontinued my vitamins for a week to see if that did anything. I do have some dry mouth, but I don’t know if that’s a cause, or if it’s an effect – you know, like I keep swallowing to try to get this taste out so I have a dry mouth.

I decided to start keeping a diary of what I ingested (a depressing exercise) but nothing really turned up so I stopped. The taste seemed to diminish some, but today it’s back just as strong as ever. Last night we had takeout ribs and chocolate cake, because a) we had our IEP meeting yesterday and that always means headaches and stress all day so we decided to indulge, and b) we got our state tax refund and wanted to live the high life. So I guess I’ll start a food diary again, and this time I get to put down all the junk I ate yesterday. Swell.

My husband goes to the same dentist’s office I do. Different dentist, though. They usually don’t make the connection between us since we have different last names. I guess word got around of the medical mystery, because his dentist kept asking him all kinds of questions about whether I was still having the taste. Glad to know my mouth is water cooler material.

I guess the next step is to make a doctor’s appointment. I can’t think of any cause for this, and weird sensory changes should probably be checked out. Until then, if you see me making weird faces like a dog eating peanut butter, just ignore me.

Comments

46 responses to “Down in the mouth.”

  1. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Ew, sorry about the taste. How weird and yucky. But thanks for the video. Whenever I see a dog eating peanut butter, I become a snorfling kid again. It never gets old.

  2. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    Ew, sorry about the taste. How weird and yucky. But thanks for the video. Whenever I see a dog eating peanut butter, I become a snorfling kid again. It never gets old.

  3. anonymous_jones Avatar
    anonymous_jones

    Probably a dumb question but do you Scope and floss?

  4. anonymous_jones Avatar
    anonymous_jones

    Probably a dumb question but do you Scope and floss?

  5. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    I don’t Scope – that stuff tastes like burning. I do floss, but not every single night as I should.

  6. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    I don’t Scope – that stuff tastes like burning. I do floss, but not every single night as I should.

  7. anonymous_jones Avatar
    anonymous_jones

    Fair enough.

    Kinda gross, but sometimes old food can get caught in the tonsils and cause odd tastes and smells.

  8. anonymous_jones Avatar
    anonymous_jones

    Fair enough.

    Kinda gross, but sometimes old food can get caught in the tonsils and cause odd tastes and smells.

  9. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    Yeah, I’m actually familiar with that phenomenon, but that doesn’t feel like this. This doesn’t taste like something organic or rotting, but mediciney and antiseptic, or more like I’m licking a ball of tinfoil.

    And there goes my appetite for the day.

  10. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    Yeah, I’m actually familiar with that phenomenon, but that doesn’t feel like this. This doesn’t taste like something organic or rotting, but mediciney and antiseptic, or more like I’m licking a ball of tinfoil.

    And there goes my appetite for the day.

  11. anonymous_jones Avatar
    anonymous_jones

    Fugg. Sorry kiddo, didn’t mean to ruin things for you.

  12. anonymous_jones Avatar
    anonymous_jones

    Fugg. Sorry kiddo, didn’t mean to ruin things for you.

  13. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    Heh. No worries. I’m made of sturdy stuff.

  14. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    Heh. No worries. I’m made of sturdy stuff.

  15. illiane Avatar
    illiane

    Haven’t had any pine nuts, have you?

    http://www.steadyhealth.com/Bitter_taste_in_mouth_while_eating-t85978-0-asc-20.html

  16. illiane Avatar
    illiane

    Haven’t had any pine nuts, have you?

    http://www.steadyhealth.com/Bitter_taste_in_mouth_while_eating-t85978-0-asc-20.html

  17. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    Huh. I have had some pasta with pesto at a couple of meals over the last couple of days, but the ingredients show walnuts instead of pine nuts.

    Still, interesting.

  18. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    Huh. I have had some pasta with pesto at a couple of meals over the last couple of days, but the ingredients show walnuts instead of pine nuts.

    Still, interesting.

  19. illiane Avatar
    illiane

    Did you mean that the ingredients for the pasta dish included walnuts, or that the ingredients for the pesto had walnuts? If the latter, do you think maybe they used the same machines to make both and so there may be some cross-contamination?

  20. illiane Avatar
    illiane

    Did you mean that the ingredients for the pasta dish included walnuts, or that the ingredients for the pesto had walnuts? If the latter, do you think maybe they used the same machines to make both and so there may be some cross-contamination?

  21. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    The ingredients in the store-bought pesto had walnuts. Now that you’ve mentioned it, it does taste kind of like bad nuts. Weeeeeiiird.

  22. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    The ingredients in the store-bought pesto had walnuts. Now that you’ve mentioned it, it does taste kind of like bad nuts. Weeeeeiiird.

  23. illiane Avatar
    illiane

    Funky.

    I learn something new every day. Today I learnt two new things. One – pine nuts can cause taste issues, and Two – Star fruits (it’s a tropical fruit) contains excitatory neurotoxins which could be fatal to those already suffering from renal problems. Wacky, huh?

  24. illiane Avatar
    illiane

    Funky.

    I learn something new every day. Today I learnt two new things. One – pine nuts can cause taste issues, and Two – Star fruits (it’s a tropical fruit) contains excitatory neurotoxins which could be fatal to those already suffering from renal problems. Wacky, huh?

  25. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    That is very weird. It’s like the oxalic acid in that monstera that I ate.

    Note to self: stay away from starfruit, too.

  26. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    That is very weird. It’s like the oxalic acid in that monstera that I ate.

    Note to self: stay away from starfruit, too.

  27. starsongky Avatar
    starsongky

    You mentioned a dry mouth, could be having micro-nosebleeds way up in the sinus cavity. I’ll have them in my sleep sometimes, and wake up with a metallic taste for awhile.

  28. starsongky Avatar
    starsongky

    You mentioned a dry mouth, could be having micro-nosebleeds way up in the sinus cavity. I’ll have them in my sleep sometimes, and wake up with a metallic taste for awhile.

  29. emmacrew Avatar
    emmacrew

    Sometimes the crud gets mostly digested and ultimately calcifies into “tonsil stones,” which is a different taste sensation than old food, but not really a metallic one. The only other odd flavor I get that I can pinpoint well is strep, but I think you’d have noticed some other symptoms were that the case.

  30. emmacrew Avatar
    emmacrew

    Sometimes the crud gets mostly digested and ultimately calcifies into “tonsil stones,” which is a different taste sensation than old food, but not really a metallic one. The only other odd flavor I get that I can pinpoint well is strep, but I think you’d have noticed some other symptoms were that the case.

  31. emmacrew Avatar
    emmacrew

    I will add that to my mental food oddities list, which also includes the well-known asparagus pee, the way artichokes make water taste sweet, and that eating radishes can effectively create hydrogen peroxide in your mouth.

  32. emmacrew Avatar
    emmacrew

    I will add that to my mental food oddities list, which also includes the well-known asparagus pee, the way artichokes make water taste sweet, and that eating radishes can effectively create hydrogen peroxide in your mouth.

  33. dizzdvl Avatar
    dizzdvl

    Are two fillings touching one another? Are they metal of some sort? I had a new filling and it touched an old filling on the tooth below it and I got a metallic taste. My dentist said the fillings were galvanizing or basically reacting in such a way that they were creating an electric charge. She filed down one so they don’t touch and it’s better, but I still get the metallic taste.

  34. dizzdvl Avatar
    dizzdvl

    Are two fillings touching one another? Are they metal of some sort? I had a new filling and it touched an old filling on the tooth below it and I got a metallic taste. My dentist said the fillings were galvanizing or basically reacting in such a way that they were creating an electric charge. She filed down one so they don’t touch and it’s better, but I still get the metallic taste.

  35. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    I have learned so much from these comments.

  36. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    I have learned so much from these comments.

  37. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    Wow! Can you pick up radio stations on those things?

    I’m very fortunate to have no fillings, so that’s not it. I am learning a LOT from these comments.

  38. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    Wow! Can you pick up radio stations on those things?

    I’m very fortunate to have no fillings, so that’s not it. I am learning a LOT from these comments.

  39. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    Huh. Something to think about.

  40. tvini Avatar
    tvini

    Huh. Something to think about.

  41. cardamom_23 Avatar
    cardamom_23

    OMG!! DON’T WANT excitatory neurotoxins

  42. cardamom_23 Avatar
    cardamom_23

    OMG!! DON’T WANT excitatory neurotoxins

  43. cardamom_23 Avatar
    cardamom_23

    I didn’t know you back then, so I didn’t see the monstera post before. Jeebus, that’s a scary fruit.

  44. cardamom_23 Avatar
    cardamom_23

    I didn’t know you back then, so I didn’t see the monstera post before. Jeebus, that’s a scary fruit.

  45. gmsashera Avatar
    gmsashera

    Hey T… You got me curious and I read on some google-fu sites that wacky estrogen levels can cause women who are pregnant (not that I think you are!) to have metalic taste in their mouths. And one site mentioned antihistamines… Mayo clinic actually had a web page about such stuffs!

  46. gmsashera Avatar
    gmsashera

    Hey T… You got me curious and I read on some google-fu sites that wacky estrogen levels can cause women who are pregnant (not that I think you are!) to have metalic taste in their mouths. And one site mentioned antihistamines… Mayo clinic actually had a web page about such stuffs!

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