Terbinafine loss of taste.

yes, it took about 12 weeks or so but yes a full recovery. Try pretzels, walnuts and cucumbers. Those all had a little bit of taste. Hang in there!

I totally sympathize with you. It's an awful experience. Mine happened overnight as well. I did have a full recovery. There were many weeks I thought it would never come back. It took about 8/9 weeks for me to notice any improvement. I would say I had a total recovery in 12 weeks. I found that whole foods taste the best. Sweet taste takes the longest to come back. Pistachios and popcorn were good snacks. Vegetables like green peppers and cucumbers were also ok. I found that the more bland food was the more I could tolerate it. It will get better, you just have to be patient.

Hi somenumbers, looks like you brought the gang back together again. I too had a full recovery, but it is a guess as to how long. The taste went away abruptly but returned very very slowly over weeks. I think I had descent improvement 6-7 weeks and I'll go with Abbi with the 12 week full recovery, but again it was so slow that it is hard to nail down the time. During that time, there were good days and bad days, ups and downs. I too heard it could be permanent, but haven't seen any first hand accounts. I'm confident you will fully recover.

Well I'm now just over six weeks in. The foul taste had subsided and - for the past two weeks - I had been perceiving probably about 20-30% of the flavour of most foods, with only bread, cheese and potatoes still having the foul taste.

Today, it somehow seems to have gotten worse again. I have a disgusting taste in my mouth that I can't get rid of with mouthwash, extra strong peppermints or wasabi paste.

Makes working quite difficult, as I can't really concentrate.

Thank you both for the encouragement by the way, and apologies for the whinge. I think my family and friends are just sick of hearing about it. People who haven't experienced it just can't seem to grasp how depressing and disheartening it is.