Hi. I may have had food poisoning from eating a bowl of cantaloupe last week. The diarrhea later that day was intense, and I had difficulty for a few days after. Or maybe it was walnuts, but I think it was the cantaloupe because I've had walnuts since then. Now for the past few days, my taste has been way off. Things taste different and a bit yucky. I'm on rheumatoid arthritis medicine (for 10 years now). I'm an obese, 52 year old female, 44 inch waist, 212 pounds. My mom had early onset alzheimers and I have the blood ApoE or whatever it is that can indicate risk of Alzheimers. I also sometimes twitch, and I don't know if it's early Parkinson's, although that doesn't run in my family. I always have phlegm, as my allergies are constant. I've never encountered a weird, persistent taste before.