horrible taste in mouth

[acmillo]

I have experienced an unpleasant taste in my mouth for 2 years now ever since a tooth extraction. After several visits to dentist I went to my gp who was able to refer to the Dental Hospital. They seem to believe the first taste is due to anxiety and that by constantly thinking about it it sort of makes me believe the taste is there. I found it to be very troubling so they recommended that my GP prescribe Mirtazapine. I have been taking 15mg daily for about 5 months. I can"t say that it has made the taste go away but it has at least helped with the worry caused by thinking about the taste all the time. I have another appointment at the Dental Hospital next month to see how I've been doing, so it'll be interesting to see what they say.

[clio51]

Do you just get a taste ?

As I get other symptoms as well.

Let's know how you get on.

[acmillo]

It"s mostly a taste, but sometimes my tongue feels really sesntitve against my teeth. The only way I could describe it is when I was a kid I remember putting the tip of tongue against a square a battery and the feeling is similar to that. I will post what they say to me after thee appointment. In the meantime I find that chewing sugar free gum does help. In fact having anything in my mouth at all seems to help, it's like it distracts my taste buds or something. The annoying thing is I kind of now accept that there almost certainly isn't anything physically wrong so it's just about waiting until my brain decides to accept that.
When I eat food still tastes the same etc so at least it hasn't stopped me enjoying food although sometimes my mouth feels sensitive after eating, but if this happens I just reach for the chewing gum.
Good luck with this, it can be very annoying, but it probably isn't anything to worry about. When I had my first appointment at the Dental Hospital in Glasgow they told me they see 3-5patients a week with similar problems so we are not alone.

[acmillo]

Got my appointment with the dental hospital this week and thought I should update what happened. The specialist I am seeing for my taste disorder seemed encouraged by my response to the 15mg mirtazapine he asked my GP to prescribe back in May. He seemed surprised that I was still on 15mg as he had advised that the dose should be 45mg. He advised me to up my dose to 30mg in the meantime and will send off an update to my GP.
So far I seem to be settling on the 30mg without too many problems although I have felt a bit anxious in the mornings since I started but it soon passes. Although I haven't seen any kind of improvement with the taste ( which know is far too soon) I'm feeling pretty positive about the situation due to the oral specialist's positivity.
I'm going to try zinc and vitamin b12 supplements as they can sometimes help with taste disorders and it certainly can’t hurt to try. The final piece of the puzzle will be stop the old roll ups completely, I managed to get down to 2 so I am nearly there.
If there are others out there who have overcome a similar situation to the OPs or mine I'd be really interested to hear what meds or other remedies that worked for you.
Anyway to all the lovely community on this board have a good weekend.

[Eyji1]

I get a metallic taste in my mouth often. I can also taste my own mouth. A sort of fleshy sensation... It's quite weird. It won't kill you so just calm down :P

This used to freak me out a lot at first too.