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@lrich1450  also had the pfizer shot on the march 8th , 6 days later the vertigo was  vey bad for two days and the rest of the week it was dizziness, tingling under eyes and hairline. my chest near my heart  tingled and my  resting heart rate went over 100 .. usually near 78. march 28th second shot... called doctor they really had nothing to say  ..leaning 95 percent not to go for second 


   
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@sandram

are you better now? I had the same thing. I’m terrified to get shot #2


   
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Hello Everyone, 

I usually don't register and speak in forums but this is extremely important. As stated by many I was scared so I googled side effects from the vaccine etc and came across this forum and it has helped me a ton with my anxiety to know that I am not alone. I received my 2nd dose on February 25th and a week after I began getting dizzy, when I lay down the room spins out of control, my vision has been pretty bad especially my peripheral vision where it's blurred and sometimes double vision. One day while going down the stairs I lost my sense of balance and stumbled down the stairs, the following day I went to the ER. I went to the ER on March 9th and they ran a bunch of tests like CT, EKG, and a couple of neuro tests and they all came back great. ER recommended I visit an ophatamologist which I did a week later and every test came back great and they couldn't explain why my vision was impacted this much. I did blood work to rule out diabetes etc since it runs in my family both mother and father have diabetes. It's been 4 weeks since my second dose and my symptoms aren't as intense as they were in early March but my vision is still just as bad and my balance is still an issue. At first, I didn't want to blame the vaccine especially since I've been a strong advocate for it to get rid of the pandemic, etc plus my mom has lupus so her health is the number one reason I got it, but the timeline and series of events are too much to simply be a coincidence. I've never had any issues with vertigo or anything like it before so this is alarming. I am nervous that this will become a permanent thing so I am on this website daily to check others' health updates. Good luck to everyone. 


   
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@stacey

I am on the same boat as you. When I went to the ER I literally couldn't fully explain what I was feeling all I knew was that my vision was off and my balance. They did a bunch of tests and every test came back good. I received my 2nd dose 4 weeks ago and I am still having bad vision and balance issues. 


   
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Older people have less side effects because their immune systems are weaker. The side effects are caused by your immune system reacting to the vaccine. When your immune system over reacts to Covid you get a cytokine storm and can die. I am guessing that most of us have immune systems that reacted to the vaccine by causing an inflammatory response in the inner ear. 


   
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@jmorini I started the CDC site too, but when it asked about batch I wasn't sure how to proceed. I'm 45 and have never had "Vertigo"....but I do have Ulcerative Colitis - I am 6 weeks post 2nd shot of Pfizer and have had dizziness and/or "wonky/unclear" eyes for 3+ weeks. 


   
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Exactly @michael K...................We are in a tough spot. And we don't know how, individually our bodies will react. Scary times. Take good care.


   
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@jmorini  Taking this to the press is an excellent idea!  The word about these horrific adverse effects needs to gotten out there.  People have every right to know about this so they can make an informed choice.   This has been kept quiet for too long.


   
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@norcallynda Yup - have seen two ENT's - both did lots of testing - not BPPV vertigo. I am absolutely convinced it is a reaction to the vaccine that caused some kind of inflammation in the vestibular system. Going for PT tomorrow but not actually expecting much.


   
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To everyone concerned about the 2nd vaccine... in my case it did not change any of the symptoms of vertigo or tinnitus - did not get better or worse. Doctors suggested getting the second does saying better to have symptoms and get better (I hope!), better to get full immunity from vaccine and better than getting covid and possibly dying!


   
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@hollyd That’s my train of thought. Thank you so much. I will hold onto that positive info. Sorry they haven’t gone away, but very glad you haven’t experienced worsening. 


   
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@mcross  As tired as I am of isolating and only going out for essential errands, I prefer to continue doing that rather than risking the horrific side effects of the vaccine, especially given that I already suffer from Meniere's disease.  


   
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Update:  Two weeks after my 1st Pfizer shot I woke up with vertigo and the room was spinning. Every morning when I got out of bed the vertigo was bad but was fairly manageable most of the day if I did not bend down to pick something up. I have come to conclude that it took 2 weeks for my antibodies to build up enough to have an inflammatory response that has affected my inner ear. I saw an ENT and had my hearing tested and it was fine. The ENT agreed with me that it was probably a side effect from the vaccine and did not bother with the Eply maneuver. I had tried the half somersault maneuver myself and if anything it made me feel worse for a short time.Three days ago the vertigo stopped and that was three weeks after it started. I was having headaches late in the day and initially I had read not to take anything for them because you want to let your antibodies respond to the symptom and build up and if symptoms were received this might not happen. Based on what I had read I decided that my antibodies had built up enough and I took 600 mg of Ibuprofen two days in a row. I think this helped in resolving the vertigo. I suggest that others try 1000 mg Ibuprofen which is equal to one Motrin and report back if it has a positive effect. I am not going to get the 2nd shot until I know a lot more and based on the UK not administering the 2nd dose for 12 weeks I feel confident that there is no rush. Also as I had mentioned in a previous post the British reworking of the Israeli testing concluded that after 3 weeks the Pfizer 1st does was 90% effective for symptoms and 100% effective in keeping you from dying or going to the hospital. It seems like most people on this forum had a more adverse reaction after the 2nd shot compared to the first. Bill Gates said that all the the vaccine manufacturers are already working on a 3rd shot which will address the variants. There is also talk of a vaccine that would address all corona viruses no matter what variant. There are also lots of promising therapeutics in the works that can effectively treat the virus. For me personally I feel the risk of getting the 2nd shot and assuming at least one more will be required and facing the possibility of unresolved vertigo is not woth it compared to the risk of dying from Covid which I think is not that great considering I already have a good amount of protection. 


   
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@isismadec I am with you on this. 


   
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Just thought I would share this and help with a positive outlook for those who choose not to get the 2nd shot. This appears to have just come out today:

 

Pfizer said Tuesday it has begun an early stage clinical trial of an experimental oral antiviral drug for Covid-19.

The New York-based company said the phase one trial of the drug – called PF-07321332 – is being conducted in the United States. The drug is part of a class of medicines called protease inhibitors and works by inhibiting an enzyme that the virus needs to replicate in human cells.

 

Protease inhibitors are used to treat other viral pathogens such as HIV and hepatitis C.

“Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic requires both prevention via vaccine and targeted treatment for those who contract the virus,” Pfizer’s chief scientific officer, Mikael Dolsten, said in a press release. “Given the way that SARS-CoV-2 is mutating and the continued global impact of COVID-19, it appears likely that it will be critical to have access to therapeutic options both now and beyond the pandemic.”

The trial comes as Pfizer is also working on an intravenously administered protease inhibitor, known as PF-07304814. That drug is currently in a phase 1b clinical trial in patients hospitalized with Covid-19.

Pfizer already has an authorized vaccine in the U.S. with German drugmaker BioNTech, but health experts say the world will still need an array of drugs and vaccines to end the pandemic, which has infected more than 29.8 million Americans and killed at least 542,991 in a little over a year, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

The company said preclinical studies have shown the oral drug, the first protease inhibitor taken by mouth for Covid-19 to be evaluated in clinical studies, demonstrates “potent” antiviral activity against the virus.

Because it is taken by mouth, the drug could be used outside of hospitals for people who are newly infected with the virus. Researchers hope the medication will keep the disease from progressing and keep people out of the hospital.


   
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