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COVID vaccines and neuropathy

Neuropathy | Last Active: Nov 7 12:50pm | Replies (2237)

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@dhamil

That is great! Did you do anything besides gabapentin that may have helped with your neuropathy? I stopped taking gabapentin because of the side effects and found that it wasn’t helping with my neuropathy anyway. My neuropathy has never went away since my first and only Pfizer vaccine 4/21. It does get better here and there but always comes back just as bad and sometimes worse.

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Thank you.
I’m sorry to hear that you’re not finding permanent improvement with your neuropathy at this time. I was fortunate that the Gabapentin helped with no negative side effects. I gradually got off of it as my symptoms subsided. I did a 20 minute yoga nidra meditation every day which I think just helped to calm me mentally and physically. For those 20 minutes a day, it felt like I didn’t have neuropathy because I was so focused on the meditation that I forgot about the discomfort. My stated intention during the practice was, “I am healing”. I had to believe that I would completely heal one day. I also exercise walked on the days that my feet allowed. My neurologist told me from the beginning that walking does help, if you’re able. I think it helped that I was otherwise healthy and that apparently, my nerves were in good shape prior to the sudden onset of neuropathy. It’s difficult to stay positive in the midst of the pain and discomfort, but for me, it really was vital. I hope this helps and I wish you all the best.

Me too. Strangely, naltrexone for mystery itching calmed down the numbness and confusion for me a lot. I discovered it has an anti inflammatory action both on cytokines and the microglia in the brain. I had to stop taking it unfortunately bc it made my anxiety way worse.