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[WhiskerMeister]

this is probably nothing but it's had me concerned for a few days. so basically, i was sitting in math class when i realized that my mouth tasted kind of like msg. no seriously, it was exactly like i had just taken a spoonful and popped it in. this was really disorienting as one might expect, but i was able to ignore it.

then, later on today i noticed it again. that distinct kind-of-salty but not really msg taste, floating around on my tongue, fluttering about, woefully transient. it tastes good, sure, but i'm kind of wondering why. i haven't even eaten any msg heavy foods in like a month. now i know that hallucinations are signs of mental illness, but i'm pretty sure this isn't related? i'm kind of wondering if other people can taste it but that is kind of a hard thing to test. is my tongue just naturally delicious?

[Retro]

is my tongue just naturally delicious?

Yes.

[G-Flex]

That's weird as hell. Been on any medication lately?

[kilakan]

you could have a very mild infection in one of your teeth, the type of pus/liquid that comes out of it can be salty tasting, or you could be have mild seizures.
Or you have been licking Asians.

[nenjin]

Have you tried looking in your own mouth in the mirror yet?

[Astramancer]

Sometimes my mouth tastes very strongly of something randomly for no reason.  I brush my teeth, and it goes away.

Also, smell is a very strong factor in taste, so you could be smelling something that smells like MSG, but not very strongly, so you don't consciously recognize, but strong enough for you to taste.

[Creamcorn]

Maybe you need listerine.

[Medicine Man]

Or you have been licking Asians.

WHAT?!?

[kilakan]

rather surprised it took 4 posts for someone to notice what I typed...

[sonerohi]

Drink more water. I notice that my mouth tastes like salty french fries when I'm getting dehydrated. My inner internet doctor tells me that it is because there is more salt per bit of water, so the taste is more pronounced.

[WhiskerMeister]

That's weird as hell. Been on any medication lately?

none at all.

you could have a very mild infection in one of your teeth, the type of pus/liquid that comes out of it can be salty tasting

that is seriously kind of disgusting and also intriguing. one area of my mouth has been aching only lightly for about a month which i blamed on gingivitis -- i have a dentist appointment in october sometime. to think that it's spewing foul fluid into my mouth is not particularly pleasant.

Drink more water. I notice that my mouth tastes like salty french fries when I'm getting dehydrated. My inner internet doctor tells me that it is because there is more salt per bit of water, so the taste is more pronounced.

i'm kind of hoping it's this, as both days it's happened i hadn't eaten or drank anything at all.

Have you tried looking in your own mouth in the mirror yet?

i just tried this and it looks pretty generic, i guess? nothing out of the ordinary really.

[Medicine Man]

When you can taste salt spit into a tissue/Kleenex and if it is light yellowy I'm afraid to say you might be tasting pus.

[Trekkin]

You're not tasting MSG, you're tasting umami. It's probably the weirdest of the fundamental tastes, and you're probably just smelling something or the air is weird where you are. It's kind of unlikely you're suddenly salivating glutamic acid, and pus doesn't register as umami for most people. If I had to guess, I'd say some of your taste receptors are overproducing ATP and your nerves need a little while to get attuned to the new stimulus level.

If it really bothers you, try eating really savory foods. Maybe that'll get your orbitofrontal cortex back to what you recall as normal.

[Iren]

I used to had this problem due to plaque, the daily brushing wasn't enough to remove it all and made my gums bleed a bit while sleeping, that gave me a salty taste until I brushed. Get your dentist to make you a general dental cleanup and plaque removal and wash your mouth with diluted peroxide (about 1 part of medical peroxide on 5 parts of water) after brushing, that will be enough.

[G-Flex]

that is seriously kind of disgusting and also intriguing. one area of my mouth has been aching only lightly for about a month which i blamed on gingivitis -- i have a dentist appointment in october sometime. to think that it's spewing foul fluid into my mouth is not particularly pleasant.

Er, you don't need much fluid for it to taste like something. The amount doesn't need to even be remotely visible. If you've got gingivitis, then yeah, tasting bodily fluids to a small degree is probably not surprising.



And yeah, drink water. It's good for you, being necessary for survival and all.