Loss of taste of food due to anxiety.

[guitaristepiphone]

I don't have taste of food at all. Is this due to anxiety or vitamin c deficiency? I can taste ice cream somewhat though.

[LadyZen]

Are you sick my any chance? I've heard that can cause that sometimes.

[guitaristepiphone in reply to LadyZen]

I have anxiety and overthinking a lot since 2018 :(. I am only 19 but struggling with this.😭

[LadyZen in reply to guitaristepiphone]

My daughter is around your age. She was telling me there was a study indicating Gen Z had high levels of anxieties. My daughter blames the increase in technology, always being connected to information, and pressures of social media, at least for her. In any case, try to find the source of your anxieties and minimize them. Like you said, you're only 19, so you might be able to find ways to cope while you're young and live an abundant life.

But also, you might be sick. If you don't have a fever or severe pain, you might get better on your own. If you get more symptoms, you could go see a doctor.

[guitaristepiphone in reply to LadyZen]

I blame the porn usage I did from mid-14 to mid-19. I also blame my parents for not paying attention to what I watched. I also blame my friend who taught me to search for xxx on google when just 12 or 13 maybe? But I didn't watch at that time. Another friend gave an app in which movies and live tv came. In that there was adult content. I saw just out of curiosity, was traumetized. My parents shouldn't have given smartphone. I was a topper until 10th grade. Suddenly in 2017 or 18 my mental health started to decline and at the same time I started watching porn in mid-2018. I also took toxic stress of studies from 4th grade to 10th grade. I didn't want to watch those content but how I got addicted I don't know. It robbed me of my innocence, emotions, intellect, physical and mental health etc. I wanted to become a doctor. But now my mental health is so bad that I can't.😭😭😭😭😭 I shouldn't have used porn. I think the only option is to quit life now.😭😭😭

[LadyZen in reply to guitaristepiphone]

I'm not really an expert on this subject matter. I'll probably need someone on here to interject and chime in. If it's really effecting you, it may be something you'll need to ask a professional about.

[guitaristepiphone in reply to LadyZen]

I already consult a psychiatrist since 3 years and I am on medication since oct 2020. Now I am WAY BETTER. But still I look at my past and think that I did self-destructive behavior. I had read that masturbation and all were normal and healthy processes during teenage. But as it turns out overdoing anything is harmful.

I don't watch porn now. But I overthink a hell lot. My overthinking problem is NOW a self-destructive behavior rather than porn was. I am LOST in my own life.😭😭

[LadyZen in reply to guitaristepiphone]

That's great you have a psychiatrist and are on meds. I had both a psychiatrist and a therapist at one point. The psychiatrist helped with the meds, and the therapist helped with the root of the issues.

[guitaristepiphone in reply to LadyZen]

My psychiatrist does therapy also along with meds.

[Shnookie]

Please get tested for COVID none of the symptoms of COVID is loss of taste.

[Chest1]

Have you had a recent illness, some can leave you unable to taste for a while. Low Zinc but not low Vit C is recorded as a cause. Also it can sometimes indicate vitamin deficiencies, such as lack of B12. Vitamin or mineral deficiencies—Deficiencies in the B vitamins, especially B12. Discuss with GP before wasting money on supplements. Make sure you eat a big variety of colourful fruit and veg with some meat and lentils, beans.

[guitaristepiphone in reply to Chest1]

Thank you!