A lot of new posts since I last checked in. Recap: My Pfizer shot was April 16. Been dizzy since the 19th. No 2nd dose.
my blood/lab work came back as normal. Waiting for a phone call to schedule MRI on the brain.
Along with my dizziness, ai find if difficult at times to control my arms and legs. Using my fingers can be tough, typing is hard. It’s hard to explain because I’ve never experienced the dizziness or anything before. It’s like my arms and legs aren’t doing exactly what my brain is telling them. Maybe the vax is causing complications with my nervous system.
I have been drinking celery juice powder with water, taking grape seed extract, ginger root, turmeric, celery seed extract, vitamin C, fish oil, vitamin D3, magnesium, along with a daily multi-vitamin. Not sure if anything is helping though.
Hi all, My Dad had AstraZeneca shot in Feb after few days he started experiencing "Meniere's disease" which is like dizziness while moving head, sitting, standing or even moving head in sleep. This was neither getting better nor worse for about 3 weeks, having consulted few doctors and even ENT specialist and everybody prescribed Vertin tablet and later consulted couple of doctors to check if its ok to take the shot of Covishield, seems like no doctor or any information they had to tell this is due to vaccination's side effect, they all suggested to go for 2nd shot. Now after 2nd shot, the situation is much worse, not able to do his daily activities, started deteriorating after 3 days of the shot, now into 10th day no sign of improvement, feeling very emotional hearing his pain. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me who come across any suggestion or updates for this problem's solution 🙏 🙏🙏
Hey everyone,
A short update from my side:
I took antihistamine about 4 days, I feel that nothing improved, maybe my ears felt like it inflammed again. Not too much but I felt it. I tried to live with these symptoms, not reading all day long articles and tried not worrying all the time. It's extremely hard... I have a lot of goals but I feel this unsteadiness won't help me to reach them.
I got better and worse days. Sometimes I feel total anxiety and depressed but then I calm myself down to chill my relatives too.
It is really depressing seeing how many people suffer from this. And day by day more people write here. And some who think that their symptoms gone, came back again. What is total uncalming that some of here has symptoms since more than 2-3 months.... I am suffering almost 1,5 months but it seems like an infinite war.
On the other hand I also have concern that what if the vaccine not making enough antibodies in my body, or if I have to take another vaccine later. So many things that are unknown and which makes me total nervous.
I hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel, but we must wait for that. Get better buddies! ✌️
Hi, smileyoer! Taking a break is good. I too have not been improving for a while. And, today I notice a few more symptoms, which can be discouraging. Sometimes something very small, like realizing my eye on my affected side is noticably less sensitive than my other eye when I put my dry eye drops in.
Reading what you are thinking caused me to remember a story I read about a little girl. It went something like this. She had a wise father that she trusted very much and she got to ride a train with him sometimes. This was a special time during which she sometimes asked him questions. On one train trip, she was pondering something she didn't understand and asked him about it. He decided she would do better knowing the answer later and to answer her, He gently asked her when he gave her the ticket she needed to ride the train. She said, Why Papa, you give it to me right before we climb the steps to board the train. He then told her that she would know the answer when it was time to need it. She grew up to experience and live through some extremely hard things; you may have heard her name - Corrie TenBoom.
I don't know what today or tomorrow hold, but I too will wait for it and walk through this day, trusting that I'll have what I need for each day. Trusting is a good break. 😏
Hey Sassafras,
It was such a nice story. Yeah maybe sometimes we have to pay attention for smaller improvements and not focusing on what was before the jab.
Trusting is a great thing but sometimes it's really hard, isn't it? 😄
It would be better if doctors can say something promising but I feel they actually don't know what could happened. When people got covid it also could activate neurological problems and I think our situation is kind similar for that.
I have read articles that aroun 65% of affected got better with months and others have some remaining problems like tiredness. I feel the improvements but who knows if they will still continue or this will remain permanently...
Many here said what their doctors said and it's totally differ from each other this is what makes me total nervous.
But you are totally right we have to be optimistic even if it's really hard sometimes.
Wish you the best Sassafras!
@thenystagmus
Hi Sassafras - That is exactly what I needed to hear!! Thanks for that! You are so right in all you said and I really appreciate you!
I feel very fortunate and safer for having gotten the vaccine, even with what I have had to go through. I had so many ups and downs, too, with good stretches and having been basically symptom free other than mild tinnitus for three weeks now, I really thought this time it was over. I guess I was just so disappointed to have the dizziness come back.
I have really tried to remain as positive as I could during this whole thing. I have always been the strong one and having everyone constantly asking how I am was getting to me, too. It has all been so exhausting!!
Now that I know it ain't over till it's over, and it may never be, I will just take this think one day at a time and be grateful for more good days than bad.
Feel well!
Has anyone that has received any of the new Covid Vaccines, did you experience any increased dizziness or other symptoms?
Woke up with vertigo nine days post vaccine (Pfizer/BioNtech). Have had symptoms including dizziness, headaches, numb and tingling arms and generalized pain intermittently since then (5 months). Have had clear brain scans, bloods, physical exams and urine tests. Wondering has anyone with these symptoms been tested for autoimmune disorders?
Hi Holly, Frankly, it's gotten a bit difficult for me to hear the good news of others getting all better. I find myself turning a strange shade of colour, a bit green, y'know ...along with a tint of skepticism that it will lastingly last, having gone through so many ups & downs myself. But, overwhelmingly, I am really really blessed for those that have gotten vaccinated without suffering unwanted symptoms following and I'm very happy for those that have had issues and they've resolved. Shoot, I'm even happy for those of us that have symptoms that don't continue at an awful intensity all the time, or that continue to ramp up.
So, I can't offer you what you're asking for ...but I'll give you what I have: some of us are still here, seeking a better experience of health. There are those here that have dealt with vestibular issues for years, some for decades. We're all benefited by their experience and their presence here. They're not counting on becoming symptom-free life long, but are looking for the best they can become. Im coming to terms with the realization that I may get to join the ranks of the recovered, or I may remain in the company of those continuing to cope.
Sometimes I think I could enter into more acceptance if I didn't feel that my vaccination triggered this business for me, because I have a lot of thoughts and feelings about the powers that be not correlating the vaccine with things people are suffering after receiving it. Feelings of being hung up to dry, left twisting in the wind.
But, in saying all that, I'm really distressed by what you're going through. I'm so sorry you're having such a disappointing experience after doing so well. I wish you wisdom and grace in getting through this day and as much health as possible in the following days. And we are going to keep seeking and fighting for that!! 🥴🤨🙏👍
As one who has dealt with a vestibular issue for decades--I will say that it probably is a bit easier to accept knowing there isn't anything I did or didn't do that caused it. But there always have been and always will be times it makes me depressed and angry to have to deal with this. It has diminished the quality of my life and prevented me from doing things I wanted to do. No way to just shrug it off and say "oh, well". It's one day at a time with something like this.
To those blaming yourselves and saying "if only I hadn't taken the vaccine".... Unless you took the vaccine knowing this could happen, you are not to blame. Had you known, you would have made a different choice. You can't make an informed choice when you don't have the information to do that. When someone knows the risks of a choice, and proceeds anyway, then the bad consequences ARE on them. But I don't think that is the case with anyone here.
Sad to say that I’ve found myself back here after a solid 3-4 weeks of being dizziness/vertigo free. I’m back to feeling it 2 months after first moderna shot. Same exact feeling as before. What a let down.
no history of vertigo/dizziness in my 30 years of life. It all started 4 days after first moderna shot. Dizziness went away 3 weeks after that. Now just about 2 months after my shot it’s back in full force.
Hey Sassafras,
It was such a nice story. Yeah maybe sometimes we have to pay attention for smaller improvements and not focusing on what was before the jab.
Trusting is a great thing but sometimes it's really hard, isn't it? 😄
It would be better if doctors can say something promising but I feel they actually don't know what could happened. When people got covid it also could activate neurological problems and I think our situation is kind similar for that.
I have read articles that aroun 65% of affected got better with months and others have some remaining problems like tiredness. I feel the improvements but who knows if they will still continue or this will remain permanently...
Many here said what their doctors said and it's totally differ from each other this is what makes me total nervous.
But you are totally right we have to be optimistic even if it's really hard sometimes.
Wish you the best Sassafras!
Yes, trusting is hard for me, too. I keep processing my thoughts and feelings to repeatedly get back to that place. Doing that here "verbally" helps me in that. Remembering that true story brought me more calm, so I thought I'd share it. I can use all the calm I can get these days! 😌
Yes, I do suspect there are many similarities between Covid infection and Covid inoculation, and therein may lie the problem. They're still learning much about it all and I hope for a benefit from that. Some of the articles I've read about our body's immune system responses are incredible! It's an amazing barrage we mount to invaders! And these dastardly enemies to our health can be sly, mimicking our own cells. As they learn more, I hope they will be able to make these vaccines to be less problematic.
Wishing you and all of us wellness of body, mind and spirit! We can't afford to give up more ground to this beastie! We will fight it! 🤗
@thenystagmus
Hi Sassafras - That is exactly what I needed to hear!! Thanks for that! You are so right in all you said and I really appreciate you!
I feel very fortunate and safer for having gotten the vaccine, even with what I have had to go through. I had so many ups and downs, too, with good stretches and having been basically symptom free other than mild tinnitus for three weeks now, I really thought this time it was over. I guess I was just so disappointed to have the dizziness come back.
I have really tried to remain as positive as I could during this whole thing. I have always been the strong one and having everyone constantly asking how I am was getting to me, too. It has all been so exhausting!!
Now that I know it ain't over till it's over, and it may never be, I will just take this think one day at a time and be grateful for more good days than bad.
Feel well!
I needed to "hear" those things, too! 😉 Maybe this particular facet of reoccurrences will ultimately somehow be helpful in guiding understanding and treatment for some (most?) of us? Well, we can at least hope so! 👍 Although, it sure makes for a rough ride when our expectations are taken for a sudden drop, like when you "lose your stomach" on the roller coaster. Um, maybe too graphic of a metaphor... There's not much else that I hate more than what you went through as a result of that yesterday!! I like your typo (if it was one?) "I will just take this think one day at a time..." There's a lot of filtering of thoughts that I go through... 🤨...☺️
I wish grace for you for this day! 🙏☀️
Wow! That is amazing! I'm happy to hear that. The method looks like it would send me into a tailspin! I want to try it though. I don't really have dizziness anymore and I can roll around in bed easily now. There is a very very slight "tinge" of a dizzy spell or vertigo that starts sometimes when I'm falling asleep. Almost some anxiety in there too. It's strange but I'll try this method. Thanks for sharing.
Hi @quinn, if symptoms are due to BPPV, going through positioning methods to try to influence crystals in your inner ear to go back where they belong can bring amazing relief. If symptoms are due to other reasons, doing these types of exercises can possibly make symptoms more annoying, or just not bring relief. A preliminary positioning exam can help predict whether you have BPPV issues. There's lots of information available about this here on the VEDA website and videos available on the internet also. That would be great if it got you further down the road to recovery! Best wishes!
@thenystagmus Hi, just typed a whole load of stuff and it disappeared. Anyway, I'll try again. I am not going back to my doctor just yet because I don't want to be labelled and given medication for something that may only be temporary or undergo tests that are going to cause me anxiety. I had bloods done six months ago and they were all within normal range so I am encouraged by that. I've read here that some people have been getting some abnormal blood results since the vaccine but I am going to give it more time. After my first jab I was gradually improving even though symptoms were coming and going, I believe the easing of symptoms led me to taking the second jab. If this takes another twelve weeks then so be it. Obviously if things got bad then I would seek medical help. I've had bad reactions to jabs before, both the flu jab and steroid jab for shoulder pain, I felt ill for weeks after these but symptoms did go eventually. The dizziness does put me in anxiety mode, I sometimes feel an anxiety attack coming on, sweats, palpitations etc but I control this with slow breathing and I do something to take my mind off it. It's no good trying to fight it, you have to let it do its thing. Let's hope our symptoms will ease with the changing season and we have a good summer to look forward to.🙏😊
I've had my reply disappear before, too. I've used the revisions button and sometimes gotten it back with the restore button that then appears.
I follow your thought processes and the things you've shared make sense to me. I think we know our own bodies, and ha! Getting to know them better through all of this! I am enjoying the advent of summer. I find hope in the smallest things ...like the infant rabbit I spy in my flower beds that's twice as big as it was a few days back! 🤗
I had the JnJ-jansen vaccine. Within a week I had a new to me vertigo. For decades I have had BPPV, and the Epley Maneuver fixes it within the hour, generally I am good for months afterwards. I keep a print out by the bed and my wife runs the stop watch, works like a charm.
My "vaccine vertigo" after the JNJ-Jansen vaccine is very different. Thinking it was BPPV, went to the Epley Maneuver, no help. Tried it again, no help. Went to my General Practitioner, who went through the BPPV protocols, no help. With BPPV my pupils dance around. With Vaccine Vertigo my pupils are "rock solid" according to my GP. Prescription for Prednisone. Prednisone gave some relief, but now 4 days later, back to dizzy.
With BPPV, I get dizzy as soon as I lie down. With Vaccine Vertigo I get dizzy after I lie down and then move, very different sensation. In laymen's terms BPPV is "sand crystals" in the wrong part of the "hour glass", the Epley Maneuver and similar maneuvers move the "sand crystals" to the proper part of the "hour glass". My "Vaccine Vertigo" feels more like thick "inner ear fluid" than "sand crystals".
Mornings are the worst. Staying hydrated appears to help.
...sme of us are still here, seeking a better experience of health. There are those here that have dealt with vestibular issues for years, some for decades. We're all benefited by their experience and their presence here. They're not counting on becoming symptom-free life long, but are looking for the best they can become. Im coming to terms with the realization that I may get to join the ranks of the recovered, or I may remain in the company of those continuing to cope...
As one who has dealt with a vestibular issue for decades--I will say that it probably is a bit easier to accept knowing there isn't anything I did or didn't do that caused it. But there always have been and always will be times it makes me depressed and angry to have to deal with this. It has diminished the quality of my life and prevented me from doing things I wanted to do. No way to just shrug it off and say "oh, well". It's one day at a time with something like this.
To those blaming yourselves and saying "if only I hadn't taken the vaccine".... Unless you took the vaccine knowing this could happen, you are not to blame. Had you known, you would have made a different choice. You can't make an informed choice when you don't have the information to do that. When someone knows the risks of a choice, and proceeds anyway, then the bad consequences ARE on them. But I don't think that is the case with anyone here.
Thank you, dragonlover ...that's a drumbeat I can fall in step with! I'm glad you're here, sharing. Regret can be a pervasive mental & emotional poison, but I know I can choose to allow it and then move on from it. I don't want to swim through my days in a cesspool of remorse. I appreciate you pointing out that we didn't participate in this happening to us with foreknowledge and shouldn't hold ourselves to blame for the results. It's good to let ourselves off the hook for that. Oh my! And Mercy! on any encouraging us to submit to it that have knowledge of it's potential to cause life-altering issues.
Sad to say that I’ve found myself back here after a solid 3-4 weeks of being dizziness/vertigo free. I’m back to feeling it 2 months after first moderna shot. Same exact feeling as before. What a let down.
no history of vertigo/dizziness in my 30 years of life. It all started 4 days after first moderna shot. Dizziness went away 3 weeks after that. Now just about 2 months after my shot it’s back in full force.
Has anything changed? Have you had an increase in congestion or allergies? I'm sorry you are having issues again. My vertigo went away for 3 days, but then came back also. Hang in there, we need to keep sharing ideas and treatments that are working.
Feel better~
Teresa
Hi! I've been averaging recovery times for the thread. Last count we were a little over 4 weeks. I'm a little behind this week as I have been dizzy and went to see the eye doctor for the increased floaters. This week I'm going to research and post a list of the things we are doing that are helping with vertigo/dizziness.