Loss of smell

No difference, I have always had an excellent sense of smell--and I still do.
I get to clean out the fridge--lucky me!

I have been using my CPAP for about 5 months now. I have had a diminished sense of smell for many years due to sinus problems but since being on the machine I have lost it completely and my sense of taste is very diminished now. I will stay on the machine because of all the benefits from it but really miss being able to smell things.

Check this: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/75986.php

raggedykat wrote:Funny, I was thinking the other day about how my sense of smell has returned since starting cpap therapy. Strange how everyone is so different.

Ditto for me - I can smell and taste more acutely than before CPAP.

Cheers,
xena

It has messed my sense of smell too and certain things have an od after smell like food and people's breath.

Well if that is true, I guess I liked the way things smelled before or perhaps I was used to it. Otherwise, life stinks.

I have experienced the same thing. Loss of smell for over a month now .

I totally lost my sense of taste for a couple months, but not my sense of smell. I could eat anything and it all tasted the same. I started honing in on textures, then it slowly came back over the next six months. I don't think this was CPAP-related. I'd been on CPAP for a couple years.