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Posted 5/7/2015 2:17 AM (GMT 0)
I do have to say, I thought something was truly wrong with me. I didn't realizing this was not an isolated situation. Thank God.

This is what I want to share. about two hours ago, I have experienced exactly what is being discussed in this post. Being a migraine survivor, I consciously record in my memory everything I eat.

I do have a bridge in mouth which I maintain by brushing and flossing regularly. Yesterday, I ate Shrimp Alfredo my daughter made for dinner. At the end of the night, I started feeling heartburn; something I have not felt for about fifteen years. But then again Shrimp Alfredo is not something I eat.

I then drank a shot glass containing one part vinegar and four part water with a touch of honey.

This helped tremendously.

Tonight, I ate tuna casserole and got heart burn again but added minty menthol taste and feel around my head skin and body. The strangest thing is; dairy products in the past was the cause of my heart-burns. I must research how these products are being processed.

The vinegar mix worked for me. I'm not sure of any of you posters eating habits, but I have learned the way each food that I eat affects my body. I just wanted to share this.
Posted 5/7/2015 2:24 AM (GMT 0)
I do have to say, I thought something was truly wrong with me. I didn't realizing this was not an isolated situation. Thank God.

This is what I want to share. about two hours ago, I have experienced exactly what is being discussed in this post. Being a migraine survivor, I consciously record in my memory everything I eat.

I do have a bridge in mouth which I maintain by brushing and flossing regularly. Yesterday, I ate Shrimp Alfredo my daughter made for dinner. At the end of the night, I started feeling heartburn; something I have not felt for about fifteen years. But then again Shrimp Alfredo is not something I eat.

I then drank a shot glass containing one part vinegar and four part water with a touch of honey.

This helped tremendously.

Tonight, I ate tuna casserole and got heart burn again but added minty menthol taste and feel around my head skin and body. The strangest thing is; dairy products in the past was the cause of my heart-burns. I must research how these products are being processed.

The vinegar mix worked for me. I'm not sure of any of you posters eating habits, but I have learned the way each food that I eat affects my body. I just wanted to share this.
Posted 5/21/2015 1:09 AM (GMT 0)
No answers sorry, I recently had a heart attack and had two stents fitted after this I noticed this horrible minty taste everybody else describes, the only changes for me are the drugs i have to take after the attack and I also and I immediately gave up smoking, I take Ramapril and Amalodopine, rosuvastatin, metformin, Aspirin, Presigurol.
While i take all that I am quite fit walk a lot cycle a lot, do suffer with heartburn or indigestion though, but have done for years if eaten the wrong foods, normally processed foods, cakes, biscuits, junk meat, so I try to avoid most of that stuff, I have noticed as have other people the taste is not there when I wake up, what that means I don't know but it has to be significant to the cause. the whole thing is very frustrating as the Medical prof never seems to have heard of it, but it is very real.
Posted 9/9/2015 2:33 AM (GMT 0)
Has anyone consumed anything with mint oil in it, or even used mint soap that contained mint essential oil in it. This happened to me after using a organic liquid soap that had peppermint oil in it. The menthol ended up poisoning me. Mint oil could be absorbed through the skin easily, be careful.
Posted 10/26/2015 6:58 PM (GMT 0)
Hi!

Well Im glad Im not alone on this. I too am now experiencing this very same feeling in my throat/esophagus. Started after a weekend of beer drinking. Its been 3 weeks now and it comes and goes. Feels like i swallowed some toothpaste or something. Never had any acid symptoms of acid reflux. I also noticed it come on yesterday after cleaning out a bunch of cologne and perfumes from our bathroom. Coincidental?

One thing I noticed was after having a bowl of cereal it went away, might have been the milk. Coffee seems to trigger it as well. For now I have cut out all alcohol and am watching what I eat. hopefully its just acid reflux and not some strange issue.

My family and colleagues think Im nuts!

Mike

Post Edited (Luco) : 10/26/2015 2:00:24 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 11/8/2015 5:04 PM (GMT 0)
My symptoms started about one week after having a non-cancerous tumor removed from my parathyroid. You are told to take a large amount of calcium supplements for a few weeks following surgery so I thought it was from that. I was told by health food store that I had made my stomach too alkaline from the calcium. I think part of that was true because I only get the burning occasionally in my stomach now. Drinking a good aloe drink and taking a digestive enzyme helpedmy stomach burning, but not my eyes, tongue and nose. I have stopped the calcium but the symptoms have only gotten worse. At first it as just my tongue so I thought it was Burning Mouth syndrome, took vitamin B for that but no help. Got tested and I am not low in vitamin b. It is driving me crazy, this constant chemically, menthol, minty feeling. Some days are worse than others. Sometimes now it starts with the menthol type feeling stinging my eyes, then travels down to my nose and travels to tongue and lips. Also I had tingling and weirdness on all the soft tissues of the mouth - my lips, inside and out. it like I had rubbed menthol from Vicks vapor rub in my eyes I have tried rinsing my eyes out, flushing several times a day with salt water wash in nostrils. Eliminating this and that. I can not find a solution. I am very familiar with GERD, in fact most of it was caused by the parathyroid tumor and that gone. It was suggested by a alternative health professional that this sounds like something has poisoned me and is trying to be released. I do have some mold in my house from a leak in the roof. Does any one out there have any answers. It now 8 weeks of this!
Posted 11/9/2015 2:58 PM (GMT 0)
Well the minty sensation has subsided for now. I cut out drinking any type of alcohol and reduced my coffee intake. I also started to watch what I eat. Im going to assume this was some sort of acid reflux although I have never had any stomach issues. I hope everyone figures this one out and stays healthy.



Thanks for the support,

Mike
Posted 11/25/2015 5:37 PM (GMT 0)
Pls help am i going mad . I have had same symptoms of minty tase in my mouth for over a week now. Also in the nose thoat head everywhere its driving me insane and doctor is baffled and doesnt even know where to start.
Posted 12/30/2015 5:46 AM (GMT 0)
Uggg another mystery to re-solve. Question do you have Wooden cabinets? Do you eat things that come out of them like chips? If so go smell the inside of your cabinet. Even if there is no scent radiating from it there is a smell from the wood coming on to the food you eat and when ingested or such can be only (smelled) not tasted but you cannot tell the difference so who cares. This phenomenon is know as wood roistering. It works the same as hickory smoking some ribs. If the smell cannot be detected when sniffing your cabinets the smell coming off the wood is probably from house gases or forced heaters slowly over time cooking the wood. Oh I know it sounds insane but anything left in heat for a long time especially something that encloses and traps heat will eventually start to wear down no matter the temperature. That is what has happened to your cabinets. Yes you guys think its all these stupid things without going into hardcore investigation. This phenomenon is actually an average trouble southerners homes. 1 because they live in a hotter region, 2 because they mostly have wooden cabinets. Any doctor stupid enough to think its acid reflux needs to have his doctorate revoked and wear a dunce hat. A doctor who cares would do their research and find that it is a simple thing. So if your house is usually heated or if you live in a mildly hot region and have wooden cabinets here is your answer. I had this same thing happen to me for about 2 weeks until I just about had it and went and smelled the area from where my food came from and what do you know the smell of old cinnamon and spearamint left over gum has infected my chips and everything that I ate. I realized this after no longer eating from there for a time getting back to the house and as soon as I opened a bag of chips and ate one BOOM so then guessing the source of this wasnt from me (the smell) I climbed up to my cabinet and yep as I said before cinnamon and spearamint and wood decay.
Posted 1/26/2016 5:22 AM (GMT 0)
I'm wondering if any of you could be mildly ketoacidotic at the time you are smelling minty/sweet?? Does anyone here limit carbohydrates in their diet significantly (can occur on these diets), eat infrequently and drink alcohol or may be an uncontrolled diabetic? Just a thought.
Posted 5/2/2016 7:58 PM (GMT 0)
ANSWER!!
Exposure to antibacterial products!!
i have tracked this for three years now but don't know what it is in the product that causes this, i just know i avoid the stuff!
Posted 7/5/2016 10:15 PM (GMT 0)
Anyone figure out what caused their issues? I just started having it about three days ago. Tasted like a menthol cigarette in the back of my throat. Today my nose and mouth taste cool and minty. Not bad, but worriesome. I have been using Salonpas(Hisamitsu brand) menthol patches for a sore back and even fell asleep wearing them on two occasions. I thought that might be the culprit. Haven't used for two days. Still have the minty mouth today, two days after stopping them. So compared to others in this thread 1. somewhat anxious, 2. have GERD(or at least treating what the doc thinks is GERD with omeprazol), 3. Have soreness in back that I thought could be cough from GERD and/or tweaking it while sleeping on tatami mat in Japan the other week. 4. No failing dental work
As for health, I am overweight male 45 and had a stroke in the eye a year and a half ago.
Posted 7/5/2016 11:15 PM (GMT 0)
Exposure to antibacterial products cause this sensation
Posted 7/11/2016 10:05 PM (GMT 0)
You mean like antibiotics as well as just cleaning products?
Posted 7/27/2016 10:46 PM (GMT 0)
Well, I finished a round of Omeprazole and gave it a rest for 5 days. The mintiness went away. I went back on a different form of omeprazole and it is back. I have a feeling it is related to GERD. The bizarre thing about mine is the mintiness is in my nose, sometimes the throat and/or chest, sometimes the stomach will get a little upset, but I also get a weird cool sensation around my eyes. I've never heard of anyone with that before, so I feel like an oddball...anyway, doc is moving me to a different type of prescription Omeprazole next...
Posted 8/30/2016 2:37 AM (GMT 0)
Anyway, this is a followup to my posts. I went to my Doc, who gave me Omeprazole 20mg. It doesn't seem to help. I developed the minty mouth. I switched to another generic Omeprazole and still had minty mouth. I was switched to pantoprazole. Still had minty mouth. Never seemed to get rid of GERD. Still have a cough and one that is most prevalent in morning and after eating. I thought maybe my mintiness was from Salonpas menthol patches that I used, or maybe from someone down the hall using essential oils and it got in the air duct that empties over my head, or maybe my wife's new Noczema face cleaner. None of the above. I talked to my doc about the mintiness and she had never heard of it. At that point the only other physical culprit I could think of was the toothpaste. So I decided to cut that out. The doc said she would check with a neurologist about my mintiness. In the end I stopped using the new tube of mint toothpaste and I noticed that the mintiness changed. It didn't go away, per se, but something changed. I felt there was something there, but it wasn't mint flavored anymore. In the meantime my doc wrote to me saying that she talked to a neurologist and they said mintiness is sometimes associated with GERD(yay, I'm not necessarily crazy anymore). She said to take zinc 50mg and hopefully this will go away. I have been taking for about 3 days and it seems to have lessened. I still have the cough, but at least I may be getting rid of the mintiness. I think the GERD lingers, though.

--John
Posted 9/14/2016 11:59 PM (GMT 0)
Just made a new group regarding this phenomena and/or symptom on FB. Maybe we can battle this and reach out to others that are having the same problem and find a diagnosis or cause. Ive had this now for almost 2 years on and off and currently pretty strong now. The group is "Menthol Mouth Sensation".
It is not burning mouth syndrome for sure. I am on a strong dose of prilosec due to Bartetts, with no relief. But I know this is not normal. Ive been a nurse for 30 years and have not heard of this until recently. Hope to get to the bottom of this.
Posted 9/17/2016 2:44 AM (GMT 0)
Hello i know this tpoic has been bought up but i was wondering if anyone has found out the accurate Diag of the Mint taste when one breaths in? it is anorying me and worries me could it be a lung issue?
Posted 10/1/2016 4:53 AM (GMT 0)
I just took 2 gas relief gel tabs because I ate cauliflower. A couple minutes later I had that minty taste/smell for the very first time. My brother was smoking his pipe so I asked if he changed his tobacco. I am a laryngectomee so I cannot breathe from my nose or mouth. I do have problems with GERD also. I did not have indigestion at the time I took the gel tabs, I was just trying to ward it off. They have never had this effect on me before either.

And for the person, sorry I forgot your name, with the problem of weight gain, I started The Starch Solution lifestyle. It is basically a "fat-free vegan type" diet. I lost 14 lbs in a month and I feel so much better. No joint aches either. You may want to try it.
Posted 10/2/2016 3:00 PM (GMT 0)
By the way, I have dentures so I do not use toothpaste. This means toothpaste does not cause the minty taste. I do use mint mouthwash, but I didn't swish that day, so it is not the cause either. Just so you all know.
Posted 1/23/2017 1:09 AM (GMT 0)
I experienced a really bad case of minty mouth after a craniotomy to remove a brain tumor. Everything tasted and smelled like strong mint. Orange juice was extremely bitter. The only thing that tasted good was mint chocolate chip ice cream. The taste seemed to drip out of sinuses down the back of my throat sometimes leaking into the mouth.

I thought it was due to the Decadron and Keppra they prescribed me so I got off that as fast as I could. One unexpected benefit of Decadron was that it caused my normally stuffy sinuses to clear out better than I had ever experienced in my entire life. The big downside was the inability to sleep (typical steroid side effect) and the mint taste. The mint wore off after about two weeks.

~Rolan
Posted 5/4/2017 4:02 PM (GMT 0)
I'm so glad I found this thread. I had no idea what was going on! What a bizarre symptom. I also was starting to worry that it was some neurology thing cause what the heck else would cause strange sensations like this?

This is how it's played out for me:
- was on 20mg pantoprazole daily (in my 5th month) but was still having to clear my throat a lot and every little food seemed to bother me so I thought maybe going on 40mg might help
- was on 40mg for 7 days and noticed no difference (odd in itself) however on day 2 of the increased dose, I started getting the minty feeling.
- minty feeling getting worse/spreading. Now I feel it all over my body. It's still a mild sensation but it's making me feel cold all over. It's been 3 days seen I've been off the 40s and back on the 20s.

I'm a bit scared to try the vinegar/baking soda diluted in water thing as I can't even have a splash of juice in a glass of water but I'm curious if it would at least get rid of the mint thing for a bit.

*UPDATE*
With the theory that I might be "too alkaline" now and maybe I need to reduce the PPIs, I tried skipping a dose. It was a lot easier than when I tried to skip a dose several months back. I still had some burning and discomfort but it wasn't too horrible. The interesting thing is after I skipped the dose, the menthol feeling was reduced in intensity. I'll keep testing this out. I'm going to try 3 days on, and 1 day off the PPI (which is about a 25% reduction in the amount of PPI a week). If I skip more frequently the side effects become overly distracting, at least at this point in time.

Post Edited (silverlining) : 5/8/2017 7:47:35 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 6/10/2017 9:58 AM (GMT 0)
Hello everyone, I have a theory. I also have been having these symptoms so I googled and came across this thread. To me it seems like something foreign is in my sinus and eye and I got to thinking what do I put in my body that's foreign. I have a lot of allergy and sinus problems and so I use a nasal flush and but I also have itchy red eyes a lot so I use visine ac a lot. So I checked the label on the visine and if you peel it down has some warning information under it that says to keep it away from children because if ingested it can cause the lowering of body temperature which is serious. I wanted to ask everyone here if they use visine or any other brand of eye drops with the same active ingredients. I'm not sure how eyedrops work but they must shrink capillaries and cause less blood flow to the surface of the eye or possibly to mucus membrane causing that cool sensation. So would everyone else here that's having these symptoms let me know if you are also using eyedrops.
Posted 10/9/2017 2:37 PM (GMT 0)
Has anyone recovered from all this ?
Posted 12/2/2017 5:28 PM (GMT 0)
HappyNessa I have the exact thing as you and it seems to be coming from my spirolactate coating too! I’m ya scary I’m afraid it’s an allergic reaction all at once ! Starts as soon as I take it like it’s stuck in my throat or chest!! What did you ever do about it??
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