I started about 4 months ago with everything tasting like salt, like strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, etc. and other foods just didn't taste right. My chiropractor gave me zinc tablets and those things began to taste normal after about 3 months but now everything, even water, tastes like pepper and I am very thirsty all the time. All of this happened following getting sick on Memorial Day with a gastro problem. I have lymphocytic colitis. I ran a low grade fever. I have gotten progressively sicker since that day with numerous tests and nothing shows any new diagnosis. I am weak and losing weight. I have an aversion to eating and have to force myself to eat. I am at my wit's end and no doctor seems to be able to help me. I was wondering to my headache specialist today if it was any of my drugs. He looked up when I started Topiramate for migraines and it was in April so he is having me cut it in 1/2 to see if that will help with the gut and still control the headaches.