My GP prescribed 40mg of Citalopram (increasing from starting dose of 20mg), and Psychiatrist additionally introduced 15mg of Mirtazapine, taken at bedtime. As I saw someone else report in their own case, it was the Psychiatrist who said this is not "just anxiety" and likely has physical causes, and returned me to the physical doctors.
Anyone who has dizziness as a major symptom may be interested ... my ENT Consultant has diagnosed me with peripheral vestibulopathy. In his opinion, 'hair cells' in my inner ear on the left-side (my 2nd jab side) are damaged and the vestibular (balance) system cannot function as normal. To the cause he said something like 'it's not possible to know, I could tell you it's viral but I couldn't prove it'. In my own mind, the cause was almost certainly my second AZ jab the day immediately before the dizzy symptoms started, back in October 2021. He said it's likely the cellular damage is permanent, but he thinks it will be possible to re-train the brain to compensate to some extent, by doing vestibular physical / physio therapy, over a period of months. I start next week. 100% recovery is not guaranteed, but he is hopeful it should get me a lot of the way there.
@elena1690 re pain at the site of the vaccine injection, I have also experienced this constantly all the way through - now nearly four months. I don’t really think of it as one of my symptoms, compared to all the others which have made life very challenging, and changed, these months. But it is there, and I think of it as a sign that something with that vaccine, or the way it was administered, or my body’s reaction to it was / is “not right”. Of course they say the soreness should go after a few days. If I tell a doctor I’ve still got it months later, they generally don’t engage on the point.
My GP prescribed 40mg of Citalopram (increasing from starting dose of 20mg), and Psychiatrist additionally introduced 15mg of Mirtazapine, taken at bedtime. As I saw someone else report in their own case, it was the Psychiatrist who said this is not "just anxiety" and likely has physical causes, and returned me to the physical doctors.
This psychiatrist is a very good doctor!
Because everyone can make very simple observations: it is normal to feel fear sometimes, and fear is actually an instrument of survival. And in difficult life conditions, such as when health problems occur, concern is natural.
Something else: there are many articles about researchers looking to map the brain, that is, for example, to identify areas of the brain that are more involved than others in the genesis of certain feelings. For example, the amygdala is a region of the brain that plays a role in fear.
Another observation: when a man drinks a glass of wine, why does he do it? To feel better, as feelings. To change how he feels. That is, certain substances, such as alcohol, obviously act in certain areas of the brain and change how a person feels.
There are people on this forum who have noticed that the feelings of fear, panic, they feel are not correlated with what naturally triggers fear.
I mean, of course, everyone has a health concern and everything that happens, but some say they have a quiet life situation and what they feel appears "out of nowhere", sometimes suddenly, unjustified, so it's something very different.
That is why it is very natural to understand that, in the context of symptoms such as: pressure on the head, headache, brain fog, sensation of electric current, burning sensation in the head, high temperature and all the other symptoms of the head, which have been described, lead very strongly to the assumption that the brain areas, which play a more important role in the genesis of the feeling of fear, are somehow disturbed, physically, organically.
Or maybe there are substances, from this inflammatory phenomenon, maybe, from the brain or that reach the brain, and that act as chemical mediators of anxiety, for a while, until they are inactivated.
@nickpaul I disagree that it's permanent for most people. When they gave me steroids, all my symptoms disappeared and I felt like I did pre-vaccine.. Once the steroids tapered off the symptoms of vertigo and dizzyness slowly came back. To me that means it's inflammatory or immune-mediated. I did the vestibular rehab and I don't think it really helped all that much, probably because there was still some underlying issue. But I hope it works for you.
Hi, I've been watching this thread since my side effects started after my second dose of Pfizer. I had, dizziness/out of balance, weakness, ear problems like tinnitus, pressure/fullness, popping, occasional pain etc... (they are milder now but still lingering)
I have an upcoming trip (first time flying since the pandemic started) and I'm terrified that my ears might get worse due to the pressure in the airplane. I've always had some ear pain in the past during take-off or landing but I'm having bad anxiety just thinking that it might be worse this time around because of the vaccine side effects. Did anyone here with lingering ear problems go on plane rides? If so, did you have ear pain or discomfort?
Thank you,
Lynn
I did.. The plane ride itself was fine, but I felt it triggered my vertigo for the next 24 hours. But after that it was ok.
Yes. Before I got this vaccine I was perfectly healthy. I was an athletic firefighter. Other than minor joint pain I had no health issues, and yearly physical exams. Part of my labs was a test for covid antibodies- I never had covid. This started the day after I got the vaccine. The symptoms have persisted since I got the vaccine. I dont know what else I would attribute it to. But I never had any of these symptoms or even hints of them prior to 8/23. Was there something that made me uniquely predisposed to trigger this? Maybe, but one things for sure, If I hadn't got that vaccine I would have ANA right now.
Hi, Nick. We haven't heard from you in several months and I wonder how you are doing and/or if you've improved since your last post. I hope you have.
@good-kitty thank you. I’m literally crying tears of gratitude to her your words. Thank you for reaching across the distance to offer me this.
I’ve been off social media for sometime feeling so disillusioned by humanity - so much pro-vax/anti-vax sledging and unkindness (i live in a very anti vax area of Australia).
This Forum seems like such a compassionate, safe space.
Thank you ❤️
I wish I could reach out and give you a big hug. Sadly, I feel exactly the same about where I live (Canada). It helps just to know there are pockets of people in places like this who don't buy into the judgement and the division.
While I've experienced some of the saddest and scariest days of my life in the past few months, I also feel like it's reminded me of the kind of person I want to be for others. I see it every day here in this forum.
We are literally getting through this together, and that's what counts.
Sending warm wishes down to you from the snowy hills of British Columbia ❤️
I'm glad this UK doctor keeps talking to the media about his refusal to get a jab. In today's news he has even mentioned that there are "side effects that are not really clearly talked about at present and people are concerned that they are higher than are being shared".
Anyone working in a medical position dealing with patients would have to have a brick for a brain to not connect the dots that the vaccine is causing so many unusual symptoms. I'm going to follow this guy closely I think sooner or later he will start spilling the beans on the side effects he has been witnessing.
I'm glad this UK doctor keeps talking to the media about his refusal to get a jab. In today's news he has even mentioned that there are "side effects that are not really clearly talked about at present and people are concerned that they are higher than are being shared".
Anyone working in a medical position dealing with patients would have to have a brick for a brain to not connect the dots that the vaccine is causing so many unusual symptoms. I'm going to follow this guy closely I think sooner or later he will start spilling the beans on the side effects he has been witnessing.
I'm glad this UK doctor keeps talking to the media about his refusal to get a jab. In today's news he has even mentioned that there are "side effects that are not really clearly talked about at present and people are concerned that they are higher than are being shared".
Anyone working in a medical position dealing with patients would have to have a brick for a brain to not connect the dots that the vaccine is causing so many unusual symptoms. I'm going to follow this guy closely I think sooner or later he will start spilling the beans on the side effects he has been witnessing.
@lmkk Thanks for this! I will from now on. I am a medical doctor - and trod the party line - mentioning only the side effects that we were 'allowed to' - headache, muscle pain at the site and fatigue for a few days - and then noticed a trend of all sorts of other problems. When I discussed this with colleagues I was met with a bland look and a shrug. When I had my problems myself and ended up in CCU with several specialists giving opinions as to what was going on NOT ONE was prepared to say that it might be a side effect and not one was prepared to quantify the scope of side effects that might be occurring.
I haven't worked since - I cannot in all good conscience.
@prayingforthebest Hi I’m new at this . I have also been suffering with Insomnia for a couple months. And I am miserable. I sleep and wake up every 2 hours, but at least I can go back to sleep now. Have to use anxiety meds to get to sleep but I want to get off of them. How are you sleeping now? I have a list of symptoms but the dry mouth and insomnia are the worst. Would love to hear from you. Thanks