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Thank you for starting this thread. I experienced my first symptoms of neuropathy mainly at night back in January. I also felt tired and achy, did not think much of it. After about a week it went away and was most bothersome at night, to the point it was hard to sleep. I had an appointment with a neurologist but canceled as it went away. Yesterday I received my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine and almost within 10-15 minutes small tingling sensations appeared. Last night was similar to what I experienced in Jan, tough to sleep with tingling throughout the body but especially arms and hands, again very hard to sleep. I now believe that I had COVID in January. I am a teacher and we’ve been in the classroom since August so my level of exposure is high. I did not get tested as my symptoms didn’t seem to align with COVID. I am hoping this bout is again short lived. I appreciate all I have read from you folks. Any advice for managing uncomfortable feelings, especially at night, is much appreciated.
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Please keep me posted with your post-covid neurological side effects. I'm on day (7), and 4 hours ago, I experienced weakness in my left leg and left arm. The back of my left arm was sensitive and felt heavy. Strength returned in both limbs one hour before this posting, but random burning and pinpricks remain, especially in the feet. GBS Syndrome and TM are on my doctor's radar, among other neurological syndromes. We are all hoping that this spontaneously resolves.
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Hello @rungreg, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @lacy2. I have small fiber peripheral neuropathy but it wasn't from getting the Pfizer vaccine. I've had both the first and second shots with just the minor sore arm around the shot the following day and the second day after the last Pfizer vaccine I had the extreme fatigue which my wife and daughter also had after the 2nd shot.
One thing I think helps since the small fiber nerves are close to the skin is to make sure you keep the feet and legs moisturized with a good skin lotion. I've been doing it regularly since being diagnosed with neuropathy. I used to use a magnesium lotion which others felt really gave them a calming feeling in their legs but recently have just used whatever is available. I may try the magnesium lotion again to see if it really makes a difference in the type of lotion. Here are the two I've used.
Life-Flo Magnesium Lotion - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K5QUAIG/
Aveeno Skin Relief Fragrance-Free Moisturizing Lotion - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013OJUY4/
Here's some information from the CDC on the antibody test - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/serology-overview.html
Have you thought about getting a COVID antibody test?