COVID vaccines and neuropathy

That’s wonderful! I was wondering how many mg you took each day. I am now 5 months out since my vaccine and unfortunately my pain did not subside. In fact it has intensified and spread. It may be too late to work for me but who knows. I’m going to give it a try. Thanks for sharing!

500 mg (1000 GDU) x3 per day.

Hi, and sorry for my english, it's not my mother tongue.
I was floxed with Cipro nearly four years ago, and my tendons have never returned the same.
After my first Pfizer shot, I've had a bad neuropathy on both hands and fingers (never experienced before) and I thought it could be connected with the flox. Perhaps something in my floxed cells is not working as it should do.
The neuropathy is not over (4 weeks have passed): I'm taking some supplements and the pain is better, but my hands are still suffering.
Wednesday I'll have my second Pfizer shot and I'm concerned...

It seems AZ and J&J vaccines give worse side-effects than Pf or Mod. However all have been linked with exacerbating PN. In my case, my PN got much worse after my 2nd Pf dose. Originally my PN was from an ADR to Cipro, like some others in this forum. After a week of significant pain, I did research and found that Bromelain (the pineapple enzyme) snips the covid spike protein, potentially attenuating symptoms (I would provide the link to the paper but this website won't let me). As vaccines are basically the spike protein, I took bromelain x3 per day and after just 3 days my PN got much better and is now almost gone. Of course, it may have got better by itself anyway... Maybe others in this forum with worsened PN after vaccination can try replicate the same result?

Bought some on my way home this evening. Here's hoping...

Everything about this neuropathy is weird. With the gabapentin, the soles of my feet no longer burn, but the tingling and numbness are still there. My calves almost always feel like they're swaddled or compressed by something. My fingertips have electric like tingling in them. I can no longer wear my rings because my finger joints are swollen.

It's all just so weird. I'm 7 months post vax now and am afraid to stop the gabapentin to see if it's working or not. I don't want this stuff to come back with a vengeance, but I also want to know if it's waning on its own.

I also kind of want to go ahead and get my booster to see if it's simply aging that's causing this or if it is, in fact, the vaccine. At the same time I dread getting the booster because I don't want to exacerbate the condition.

Again, just weird stuff.

I also saw an interesting YouTube video of Dr. Brandon Beaber, neurologist, who was talking about some of the side effects he's seen from the vax. At the end of his video, he talks about a patient he consulted and discussed with the doctor of a patient (he didn't actually treat the patient) who developed, after the Pfizet vaccine, Transverse Myelitis. This sounded suspiciously like what I'm experiencing.

I still haven't had any more blood work done. I work in a pharmacy. You can only imagine how busy we are with all this Covid stuff. It's crazy!

I will be talking with my doctor next week about getting some additional blood work done targeting the suggestions y'all have made. (Thanks for all of the useful tips.)

I didn’t have neuropathy before the shot and after second shot day three neuropathy in my right leg, foot and hand. I knew I shouldn’t have gotten this stupid shot. I have enough health issues and now this.

I’m a 36yo male, healthy and physically active w/no prior history of neuropathy.
On 4/21 I received my first dose of the Moderna vaccine in my right arm and within two minutes had a vasovagal reaction—tingling in my underarm, flush feeling face and stiffness and tingling in my upper lips. That mostly subsided within 30 minutes as the dull arm pain set in. Over the next 7 days my arm pain intensified some and moved up my shoulder and down my triceps and into my elbow.
4/28 I awoke with numbness and tingling in my pointer and middle finger of my shot (right) arm in addition to the arm pain and neck and shoulder muscle tightness.
5/8 Arm pain and finger numbness still present, I did some yard work which exacerbated the arm pain, and at this point it was the first day I recognized the pain as a specific intense nerve pain from my shoulder, down my triceps, across my forearm and into my pointer and middle fingers. From this point on the nerve pain and finger numbness/tingling persisted and included intermittent cold forearm/fingers.
5/11 Met with my primary physician who diagnosed me with cervical radiculopathy (C7) as cause for the specific finger numbness without any prior trauma. Prescribed physical therapy, prednisolone and flexeril.
5/12 Had a massage w/aroma therapy, cryotherapy, and cupping. Provided some relaxation, but no change in nerve pain or symptoms.
5/14 First day of PT; neck and arms stretches, neck traction and nerve glides
5/17 Completed Medrol dose pack, steroids seemingly had no effect. Flexeril at night helped relax neck and shoulder muscles a bit.
5/20 (Today) Still have numbness and tingling in my pointer and middle fingers with specific nerve pain down my triceps, elbow, across forearm and into my two fingers that intensifies with activity and at night. Intermittent cold sensation in right hand, underarm inflammation and tenderness, and general weakness of right hand and arm. My 2nd dose is scheduled for tomorrow and given my reaction to the first, I don’t think I’ll be getting it. At this point I’m not concerned with when these symptoms resolve but if they ever resolve.