Post COVID: Anyone experiencing internal vibrations?
I have had long covid for over two years and a symptom began sporadically during the initial seven weeks that has worsened since a second covid experience. It began as a “flutter” in my chest upon waking, lasting 5 seconds or so. It is not painful just a new sensation I have never experienced. After getting covid again in February 2022, the internal vibrations have become full body and go on for forty seconds. It is always upon waking or falling asleep temporarily during meditation and waking again. Long Covid retired me from my profession and I am not under any stress. I had a recent cardiac incident (also due to long Covid) and wore a Holter monitor. I triggered it whilst having an IV incident: definitely not cardiac induced. Has anyone else experienced IV like this?
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i have the same symptoms. it does improve with time. mine started in 2022. it is still with me.
I appreciate the term "like an entity moving through me". Exactly. I've had this disorder for over two years and it is constantly mutating and impacting different systems in my body. I don't even remember all my symptoms.
I appreciate what we can all share on the connect forum. In my description “entity” it’s as though this “thing” has a life of its own. But then again, virus’s while not considered “alive”, they survive and replicate within a living host. The covid virus is still a mystery to a large extent and is being studied extensively.
Hi I had the same thing get hot an cold an big vibs, while sleeping found out thought my fitbit watch that I have AFIB all hanks to covid but getting better hope this helps
Just ran across this thread and FINALLY found people who understand. I get the vibrations pretty much every morning. I've determined that big/late meals, alcohol, and intense evening workouts are triggers for the worst symptoms. By worse I mean I have made the ER trip for possible heart attack only to find out I'm in perfect health. Other times I thought a heart attack might be real this time but didn't go to the ER b/c I'm self insured and those get costly.
Those triggers are all eliminated and now is just that stupid buzz 95% of mornings. It's kind of like the movie Groundhog day. Sometimes I guess I live a perfect day and get no vibrations. But I have no idea how to repeat the day every day (and won't go crazy trying).
All that said, I don't recall being ill before this all started. I am "one of those people" who never took COVID tests just because being ill has never been a problem for me. Really healthy other than this.
So, how would one know this is a long COVID thing other than guesswork?
It is God awful, isn’t it? I have the “brain fog” and post exertional malaise, rashes and hives and this constant internal vibration. Sometimes they are not as noticeable but they are 24/7. I think that mine didn’t start until I received the vaccine but I’m not sure because for a long time, I believed they were external and I kept trying to figure out what the heck was vibrating! It’s like a low vibrational buzz or hum passing through me. No trembling if I hold my hand out or anything but it keeps me awake at night.
Internal buzz-tremor since two weeks after Paxlovid following my second bout of covid. Doctors attributed this to accumulated spike proteins from combined covid 2020 and 2024, severe reaction to Moderna vaccine, and to Paxlovid. All raise spike protein. It started in just my trunk waking me up at night. Now sometimes full body, and face, all day. You can't see it. Docs dont know what to do - waiting for the science to catch up. And I can't take any more vaccines again ever, or paxlovid.
Found this great article on internal vibrations - mine are usually centered around my chest and are not terribly bothersome. Looks like prescription low dose Naltrexone might help. I am started it as soon as the compounding pharmacy gets it to me:
https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/long-covid-symptoms-internal-tremors-and-vibrations
I'm using naltrexone at 6mg/ day, dramatic difference with pain and fatigue from taking 4.5mg/day. Also a platinum red light panel 20 min daily, and strict pacing with a neuro PT. Also anti inflammatory supplements. All feel critical to improvement of pain and fatigue. Grateful for that, the pain was horrendous. Nothing yet has helped the buzz-tremor.