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COVID vaccines and neuropathy

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@johnbishop

Welcome @seachel, Sorry to hear you got a double whammy from the Pfizer vaccine and then a COVID infection. I had the 2 Pfizer vaccines and the 1st booster with only normal side effects and then got COVID which turned out to be mild. I did get the 2nd booster with no effects. I also have idiopathic small fiber PN which didn't seem to get worse so am happy about that. There is another discussion you might find helpful to learn what others shared that helped them:

-- Paresthesia, abnormal sensations: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/paresthesiaabnormal-sensation/

Did you start on any treatments after you were diagnosed with paresthesia?

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Thank you for your comment and recommendation. It has been a battle for those of us who’ve had a reaction to the jab to get any sort of diagnosis or treatment. After over a year, I have only 2 weeks ago found a Dr who is ‘investigating’ the paresthesia/neuropathy with tests. She is Dr no.8. I have just been prescribed gabapentin while she investigates (MRI, which was fairly normal, nerve conductivity to follow, biopsy- last resort, she says). However, I found the side effects more than I can handle, so I’ve back to trying to manage it with non-prescription supplements, etc... Drs have been reluctant to attribute any causality to the vaccine (other than myo/pericarditis) and ‘anxiety’ is usually the ‘diagnosis’, as blood tests tend not to show anything ‘abnormal’, despite other manifestations - such as mine -paresthesia, neuropathy, tinnitus…