Will my partners taste come back after a stroke
Its been 6 months.
The thing is his taste was fine in hospital but since he came.home it went
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There’s every chance it will come back. I know it isn’t easy when things taste odd or you can’t taste them but if he can keep eating as normal that will help his brain start to recognise different tastes again.
I had alteted taste after my stroke & things tasted vile but that has mainly settled now. I do find some things I used to love I no longer do & vice versa.
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Thank you so much for the advice. Ill let him know xx
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I lost taste also, a very weird sensation. Most foods tasted awful and according to my wife I wrecked many a meal with salt trying to get a taste of something from my meals 
I got what I now know as my ability to taste food back in around 5-6 months. Do I have the same sense of taste back that I had before my stroke? Possibly not, but everything is now palatable and tastes as it should from memory.
Remember 6 months is no time in stroke recovery and we all get to certain stages at different times. One day a mental restriction is there, the next day it’s improved as good as it gets, or its gone completely.
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Aww bless ya thank you
Im glad you have got some sense of taste back x
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Speaking of taste I had some issues with eating initially . However, everything is back to normal taste wise. Except chocolate, which I’ve lost the taste for. I tried a bar the other week - first time in a year. Found I didn’t enjoy it as the sweetness and texture were different than before i had my TIA.
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@malc33 it’s strange is it not. One of the tastes sweet and bitter that the brain struggles with. Thankfully I love rum and raisin chocolate which makes it easier when I need a naughty nibble
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Same here. I was ok in hospital but then everything had a metallic taste to it. I was staying with a friend and kept thinking that it was his cooking and I longed to get back to my own - took a while to realise it was me! Taste is gradually returning (four months after) - not quite normal but getting there.
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Its getting him so down the taste 
Hes very down today as it is
And I dont know how to help him
Maybe keep trying different foods - you might find one or two things that are near how they should taste. It is a problem - they tell us we should be eating well to help recovery but if it all tastes bad then it’s not easy. I’m only 4 months in but finding stroke recovery very tricky
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O wow 4 months in.
My parners 6 months . Hes got aphasia.
Its nice to speak to someone who had a stroke close to my partner. If that makes sense.
What are you struggling with
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I was very shocked - fit and well, not overweight, regular exercise etc. I recovered mobility quite quickly (still some weakness) and was allowed to drive but the first 6 weeks were awful - I just felt ill all the time and lay on the settee! Since then the main issue has been feeling unsteady, extreme fatigue and lethargy and generally unwell - it tends to ease as the day goes on. Also anxious and depressed. (I live on my own) I try to walk every day - very short one. Desperate to get back to normal - volunteering, part time work, day trips to London etc. Have made it back to cinema and coffee with friends. Its a long hard road.
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Aww bless you.
My partner was working away when it happened.
His mobility is good.
Numbness in 3 fingers on right hand.
It affected his cognitive ability.
He can talk. But has expressive aphasia x
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My partners depression is bad
This depression may not be what you or him think it is. I can only speak from my own experience, there may be others on here who agree or disagree. At this point he is fairly locked into his own thought processes and will be battling with the majority of those thoughts to understand what is happening to him.
My experience? I had a Subarachnoid Hemorrhagic stroke and 2 Ischemic strokes and was never given antidepressants. I have 2 friends that have had Ischemic strokes both were immediately on release from hospital prescribed antidepressants by their GPs. When they challenged their GPs as to why, they were both taken off them.
If someone had asked me before my stroke how I would describe someone that is depressed I would have gone with the standard majority of thinking. Sadness, emptiness, hopelessness and worthlessness etc.
Believe me when I say this, the majority of GPs will prescribe antidepressants to a stroke patient without any sound diagnosis or reasoning. Why? Because stroke patients come across as depressed.
When your brain is injured it can cause biological changes bringing on symptoms that can come across as depression as you and I would understand it.
I was diagnosed as emotionally labile which bring on shifts in mood which didn’t mirror what I was actually feeling at the time. There is a chat on here not that far back.
If he has not been properly diagnosed with depression and has been given antidepressants you need to find out the reasoning behind it.
I would add that GPs will prescribe medication without sound diagnosis or reasoning full stop!!
They did it for my Mum and we had to get her off these medications, all of which were detrimental to her health and not needed (personal observation/view - others may disagree).
I myself, have been wrongly been prescribed BP (blood pressure) lowering medication following an incredibly naĂŻve diagnosis of the high BP.
We have learned the hard way not to trust anything a GP tells us and always ensure you are happy before you take their advice and especially any medications, all of which come with side effects that may or may not affect you. Again, I must state that we are all different and there will be those reading this will swear by their GP and the medications.
It is your body and mind and you have to take responsibility for it - only you know exactly how you feel and how these medications make you feel. Please don’t go blindly following any advice from healthcare professionals and indeed me. I mean who am I but just an ignorant self-opinionated individual.
I should have added that at no time has a GP prescribed any medication for my stroke. My Neuro Rehab Consultant at my local hospital has been in charge of that since day one and it’s not allowed to be changed without consulting him. So I have had no interference from GPs, maybe I am fortunate in that way to have had such excellent aftercare.
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If I may say so JimBob, I rather think you might be in a pretty exclusive club 
Sadly, many get discharged, often too early, into community care and with the discharge note saying “GP to follow up”. I have so many discharge notes like this and I have to say, never did the GP follow up. We always had to initiate or remind them of their duty for ongoing care. They simply scan the document (possibly e-mail these days) and file it in Mum’s file. It’s a very sad, sad state of affairs. Overall, the system is truly shambolic though there are the few bright spots.
I would not wish this on anyone.
Take care
Hi thanks for all of this
He was diagnosed with depression and had suicidal thoughts.
Ive been giving antidepressants too
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It took about a year for my taste to return. So there’s plenty of time yet. It’s just not fun in the meantime 
The thing is to keep on eating regardless, his brain needs all the nutrients to recover.
Lorraine
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