LPR or something else? Bitter/sour taste.......

Hi guys, thank you for all your responses.

Thankfully, I think I got to the bottom of this...

It turned out to be fillers within a certain brand of Levothyroxine that I'd been prescribed. My pharmacist has been so helpful and orders me in a specific brand which I seem to get on with.

My advice is don't give up!! It was a long, lonely, distressing journey but keep cutting out certain things and experimenting and hopefully - one day - you'll get there...

Best wishes everyone xxx

Zinc deficiency is one of the most common causes of altered taste in women. There are over 300 meds on the market that can cause bad taste, even after swallowing, meds remains in saliva.

Many meds can cause zinc deficiency, alterations in calcium absorption and abnormal levels of alkaline phosphotase (all three work together).

People with blockage of the bladder can experience a bad taste in the mouth because of the proximitry of sensors in the brain.

Ear problems can cause a bad taste.

You also have taste buds in your throat and esophagus, not just your tongue. 

For the lady that had an increase in bad taste after eating seafood, I would demand a test to check for mercury poisoning.

There is so much crap in our food nowadays, new meds are continuously being pulled off the market and the amount of production-based factory problems, of those who manufacture, package and distribute our foods and medications is sky high, violations in the thousands of incidents each year. 

In the U.S.A., you can check the FDA website for up-to-the-minute recalls on food & medications that can are harmful to us. There are thousands of recalls and alerts annually.

You can check with your county health department website for up-to-date water issues & alerts, there are many alerts per year, most of us never hear about.

 

I've come to this thread a year after you posted it. I'm wondering if you ever got to the bottom of this awful symptom or found a cure for yours?

I have Sjogrens too but have had this awful sour taste symptom for five or six years now - worsening in severity at times but a continual presence for at least the last two years.

As part of my SjogrensI have small fibre neuropathy and some reflux and high inflammation with thick blood. I'm also hypothyroid. I agree with many different contributors here. I think sugar does exacerbate mine,as do many medications - but I crave sugar and salty food which give temporary relief - so it's a vicious circle. I Di at least make sure I mainly eat natural sugars or sweetness or very dark chocolate, honey and pink Himalayan rock salt. Spicy foods appear to make it worse too.

None of it really helps the rancid taste much so far so I haven't really found the key triggers apart from possibly being overweight and oestrogen deficiency (I'm post menopausal and mine started with RA type symptoms when I was still in throes of menopause). Some helpful clues here though.

Has anyone found the solution for this bitter/vile taste? Does anyone have an answer? My mom has lost 20 pounds, because she is afraid of eating and having to taste that horrible taste in her mouth?

I have the same problem and I think it has to do with my stomach although no one has confirmed that yet. I do take Probiotics (Udo's Flora Super 8 formula) which seems to help. I have been down in depressions and almost given up on my "disease". I will go through the bottom of it.

Hi, did the taste go away? I'm on day 4 of constant sour bitter taste in the back of my throat. It has been once side only but this morning I think it's going to the other side also.

Hi I have suffered with this for over two years. Have you  managed to find a cure.

I have had this problem for a year now, I thrust so hard that my tongue is bleeding. I asked my dentist to drill my front teeth and that didn't help. I have multiple sclerosis and thought it was my medicines but no. This is driving me crazy I feel like ripping my teeth out! I really need someone to find The answer to this problem!! Please help spowell86

Hi mrspinkrat...Wondering if you eventually found a solution?? 

I am going through an almost idential situation and am becoming desperate.

Please help!