Hello! Has anyone experienced weight loss after getting the vaccine? My mom and I got the first Moderna vaccine on October 28, after that we both felt pretty good except I felt dizzy for a few days. We got our second dose of the vaccine on November 25, and we both felt pretty bad. My mother felt great weakness, shivering, headache. I felt extremely dizzy to the point that I felt like I was going to pass out. I didn't have an appetite for 2-3 days but after that I felt better and started eating as usual. The same thing happened to my mom. Nevertheless, we both noticed that we had lost some weight. I don't know how much because we don't have body weight scales at home but I can definitely see a visual change - my cheeks are no longer round as before, my arms are thin, my stomach is flat. The same for my mom. We eat as before and we both have a good appetite, but this weight loss actually worries me. Has anyone else experienced weight loss after the vaccine, like out of nowhere? It should be noted that we have no other complaints and we feel good, we are only worried about this weight loss because at this point I don't know if I will continue to lose weight or not and, to be honest, it scares me.
I'm in the same boat with many gi issues. I don't know what to do to stop losing weight.
@medee and others who are have the hypnic jerks and brain zaps- I had them for about 2-3 weeks during the 2nd or 3rd month after the vaccine. Started with hypnic jerks when trying to fall asleep and then a week later started getting brain zaps. They can be very scary. All of this was at the height of vaccine induced anxiety phase. Thankfully the hypnic jerks and brain zaps went away on their own. I have heard of them in others and that they went away for them as well. Hang in there.
are brain zaps quick and sudden? i have electricity type feeling on the top of my head. it feels like it’s stuff crawling on my scalp sometimes. are those brain zaps?
or are brain zaps more so of a twitch/quivering sensation in your head? i have that also in the back of my head, it feels like muscles or my brain itself is quivering
Brain zaps are more to do with the electric feeling as far as I get it. I have it near to my right ear. That whole part has it constantly.
The other thing that you're talking about that you feel at the top of your head, I have that as well. Top to the back on my head slightly. That whole part. It feels heavy and weird kind of pain. Sometimes my brain nerves hurt. My scalp hurts too.
I don't know what is going on? Have you done any tests for your head? I wanted to but cannot since I have ear pain and tinnitus too post the jab. The MRI might just aggravate it due to the heavy noise it makes. So I haven't yet!
I did not know any of these terms prior to experiencing them. Hypnic jerks are well defined I believe and they happen to normal people as well, when falling asleep. I may have experienced them ocassionally before but after the vax, for a period of about 2-3 weeks, they were guranteed everytime I tried to fall asleep. And the jerks were strong enough to startle and make me wide awake again. And this was all when I suffered the insomnia. So falling back asleep was a battle and as soon as I started dosing off, I would get one of these. After a few days, I started getting these weird zaps in my head, no specific place such as near the ears or back of head. Something I felt inside. I later learned that these are called brain zaps. These weren't constant, rather they were random and almost always when about to fall asleep, similar to the hypnic jerks. All of this has thankfully subsided for me. Hope this helps.
@opheas which probiotic did you take?
Hi I took Florajen. It is refrigerated so you can ask your pharmacist for it. It’s over the counter but they keep it cold. They work really well!
@medee and others who are have the hypnic jerks and brain zaps- I had them for about 2-3 weeks during the 2nd or 3rd month after the vaccine. Started with hypnic jerks when trying to fall asleep and then a week later started getting brain zaps. They can be very scary. All of this was at the height of vaccine induced anxiety phase. Thankfully the hypnic jerks and brain zaps went away on their own. I have heard of them in others and that they went away for them as well. Hang in there.
are brain zaps quick and sudden? i have electricity type feeling on the top of my head. it feels like it’s stuff crawling on my scalp sometimes. are those brain zaps?
or are brain zaps more so of a twitch/quivering sensation in your head? i have that also in the back of my head, it feels like muscles or my brain itself is quivering
Brain zaps are more to do with the electric feeling as far as I get it. I have it near to my right ear. That whole part has it constantly.
The other thing that you're talking about that you feel at the top of your head, I have that as well. Top to the back on my head slightly. That whole part. It feels heavy and weird kind of pain. Sometimes my brain nerves hurt. My scalp hurts too.
I don't know what is going on? Have you done any tests for your head? I wanted to but cannot since I have ear pain and tinnitus too post the jab. The MRI might just aggravate it due to the heavy noise it makes. So I haven't yet!
I did not know any of these terms prior to experiencing them. Hypnic jerks are well defined I believe and they happen to normal people as well, when falling asleep. I may have experienced them ocassionally before but after the vax, for a period of about 2-3 weeks, they were guranteed everytime I tried to fall asleep. And the jerks were strong enough to startle and make me wide awake again. And this was all when I suffered the insomnia. So falling back asleep was a battle and as soon as I started dosing off, I would get one of these. After a few days, I started getting these weird zaps in my head, no specific place such as near the ears or back of head. Something I felt inside. I later learned that these are called brain zaps. These weren't constant, rather they were random and almost always when about to fall asleep, similar to the hypnic jerks. All of this has thankfully subsided for me. Hope this helps.
My brain zaps are continuous. I get it in the day as well. Hope these go away soon!
The tinnitus is constant. For some odd reasons I get new symptoms at times. These few days, I had pain in my left eye, yesterday my ear pain slowly moved into my tooth and gums amd today my right armpit started hurting. I don't understand anything going on.
Has anyone else got new symptoms as well?
I am just praying to get back to normal soon!😭
@chelsun I wouldn't touch the booster with a ten foot pole. Surprised to see so many on this site even considering it.
As I mentioned in my post, I have a recent history of cancer and scars in my lungs from those treatments and am immune compromised. I'm trying to figure out a way to save my life.
@chelsun I wouldn't touch the booster with a ten foot pole. Surprised to see so many on this site even considering it.
people are going back for second shots and boosters? wow.
hey. kinda down…the beginning of the month i felt amazing. i don’t know what happened but i’m having alot more days where i feel like things are going backwards. i changed my diet to low histamine and i think this is the cause but i’m not sure.
Can understand but am hoping there will be a decent alternative to the current vaccines soon - for example, maybe a less reactogenic vaccine will come out. Or maybe another preventive method, such as the monoclonal antibody treatment described in article below that was approved by FDA last week.
"People who have a history of “severe adverse reactions” to the COVID-19 vaccines or any components of those vaccines, a very small population, can also receive the antibody therapy."
Am not recommending this drug in any way - would want to first make sure that those with vaccine reactions would not also react to monoclonal antibodies - but at least it might give hope that some other preventive methods could be in the works. Another possible solution would be a good treatment that is safe and easily accessible for after someone tests positive. Hoping something will be available within the next few months.
i have a question to see what guys think about it.
alot of the foods i’ve been eating have histamine and are labeled on the spike detox page. it’s confusing because then it says to follow a low histamine diet. but eating certain foods that have histamine are powerful for anti-inflammatory benefits…i’m starting to realize that you can’t cut out histamine entirely, it’s basically present in almost everything and is probably why it’s stated “low.”
how are you guys going about the low histamine diet? i need pointers, some advice or something lol!
So I had my Pfizer booster shot end of sept.. I had been not feeling the best so i had labs done.. initial D Dimer was 0.8.. PE study was neg... i work in a hospital so i recheck my D dimer and it is now 1.3... has anyone else experienced a higher d dimer with vaccine?
@opheas are you still taking them?
I take them as needed now, as my symptoms have greatly improved after month 3.
@opheas are you still taking them?
Hit send too early….I wanted to ask what symptoms are you experiencing? How long since your vax?
