Anybody here with parosmia? Is it worth a doctor visit?

Anybody here with parosmia? Is it worth a doctor visit?
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BTW, I am just sort of self-diagnosing it as parosmia so that one of you can google it and maybe get a better idea of what I am experiencing. I am not 100% that is what it is.
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