These are all the things that can cause a metallic taste in the mouth:

* Aging (the number of taste buds decrease with age)
* Bell's palsy
* Common cold
* Flu
* Gingivitis
* Heavy smoking (especially pipe smoking)
* Injury to the mouth, nose, or head
* Mouth dryness
* Nasal infection, nasal polyps, sinusitis
* Pharyngitis
* Salivary gland infections
* Side effects of medicines, including antithyroid drugs, captopril, griseofulvin, lithium, penicillamine, procarbazine, rifampin, vinblastine, and vincristine
* Sjogren syndrome
* Strep throat
* Vitamin B-12 or zinc deficiency

Have you had a checkup recently? You might ask for your B12 to get checked; there has been some link between low B12 and panic.

no metal taste just heart and sleep problems

Well, I just received an increase in my amlodipine dosage the other day so that could be what caused it and the temporary feeling of panic associated with foreign bodily feelings...thanks for the post...I read a little about Bell's palsy and the vitamin deficiency before I actually posted this; I can probably rule out Bell's palsy...but that certainly was informative and if it persists, I will certainly express my concerns to my doctor...Thank you much.

CJ

This is actually a symptom of panic attacks it def can be from this:)

i haven't experienced this personally but i do remember a post from months ago where a couple people said they experience this.

question, do you have amalgam fillings? the silver kind? those are half mercury and may cause a metallic taste. in addition, since they are mercury and are poisonous they actually cause a lot of problems, including anxiety.

if you do have them, you may want to get them safely removed (i say safely b/c removing them incorrectly releases even more mercury than just having them in).

I don't have any fillings...thanks for your concerns btw...but after some extensive reading, I came across some information that could even relate it to my dental conditions...I need some oral work and unfortunately can't afford it now...or later for that matter lls...but it is probably anxiety or medicine related...It just took me by complete surprise. I was leaving the bathroom and came out into my living room and my buddy was looking at me like I was crazy. I got really quiet and started to stare off into space. I suppose I did look a bit odd doing this and I told him about it and he didn't seem to have a clue what was happening.

I thought I'd fish for possible solutions to my concerns here as you guys have frequently been relatively supportive. I know that I gotten a weird taste and sense of smell doing some of my panic attacks in the past, but since the smell was absent and my arms weren't feeling strange, I figured it was probably unrelated. It appears to be an isolated episode, but it if happens more often, I'll probably address my doctor...

Thanks again,
CJ

i always wondered where this came from... thanks for this post... now i can stop wondering... it is panic... don't know why i didn't think of it... i have had panic/anxiety since the early 90's .... and should have known where that came from... but i didn't until now...thanks for sharing.... good luck...hugzzz... :)