Yale study reports chronic symptoms after Covid vaccine.

I agree with you. First bout of Covid in January 2021 was very bad. Then had two Pfizer jabs in May and July of that year. First jab made me sick for a week plus. After that proceeded to get Covid twice and now seem to get it every six months. Just had the latest bout at the beginning of July this year and it was the worst one I've experienced to date. Coughing was off the chart and the fatigue is absolutely mind-numbing. Vertigo is always lurking as well just waiting to put a new spin on things! I have been classified as having long Covid but I have this stinking, sinking feeling that the Covid vaccine actually contributed to having long Covid. From the reading and listening that I've been doing, this jab does not work the way regular vaccines do and I think it has messed up my immune system. Of course you will not have a doctor ever confirm that.
The newest development, and it put me in Emergency last Friday, is an anal fissure from extreme coughing. I have been given an ointment called Nifedipine to insert two to three times a day. Of course, no one mentioned side effects and boy does it have those! The dizziness is positively scary, headache that feels like your skull is cracking and constant shaking and tremors. I have volunteered for the local dance troupe called "All Shook Up" (kidding). Sorry for the sick humour but if I don't laugh, I'm gonna cry. This seems like just a never-ending saga and I would really like to write the last chapter on this.
Good thoughts to all and keep praying.

See if you can get a morning cortisol and a DHEA-S lab drawn.

This happened to me and after several years of suffering crippling fatigue and brain fog, I learned I have adrenal insuffiency. I'm waiting for a referral to endocrinology to determine which kind.

To help my symptoms until then, I am on a small dose of hydrocortisone. It is helping with brain fog and I am awake more and have the energy to move around the house, and occasionally outside of the house.

I hope they can remedy your fissure. A couple of stitches maybe? But it is a sensitive area to stitch.

Stitches are something I want to avoid at all costs. I am using Hydralax and really increased my fibre intake. The last thing they want you doing is straining. The ointment is supposed to help with healing and then increased fibre makes things move easier. I can't believe all this is related to a chronic Covid cough.

The truth is the vaccine I’m 💯 sure caused your symptoms tho the covid infection could have started you down the pathway and the vaccine finished the job. I can tell u I’m 💯 sure because I never had covid but literally 4 days after the first Pfizer vaccine I became suddenly ill. I mean, sudden onset vertigo, dizziness, internal tremor, head fullness buzzing sensation with tinnitus and I had difficulty talking, concentrating and profound life altering fatigue. 4.5 years later after 3 shots I now am dx with Lupus SLE; MECFS; POTS; Dysautinomia; PEM; Tachacardia, and who knows what will further develop as time goes on. In my case, I have no doubt that the vaccine caused autoimmune disease for me. Research has shown that Covid and the vaccine can cause autoimmune disease so for you it’s most likely both Covid and the vaccine are responsible for your illness. I would have your doctor send you for lab work to test your ANA and go from there……it took over 4 years to get my dx and I don’t understand why doctors aren’t flying in that the vaccine and covid impact a persons immune system so if they get sick and stay chronically sick they need to test for autoimmune…this isn’t rocket science 🙄. I wish you well.

Thanks for this. I am going to see if my doctor can send me for the ANA test. That sounds like a good idea. For the vertigo - have you tried an Eply maneuver? If the vertigo is caused by the disruption of the crystals in the inner ear, the maneuver can help. You can find oodles of videos online as to how to do it. I can now do my own at home and usually with some fair bit of success. All the best to you.

Hi great you’re going to get ANA tested as a start. That is the gateway test then there’s a bunch more after that will narrow down which autoimmune disease you might have. When I first got vertigo/dizziness the ER doc said loose crystals BPPV- but when I went to a physio, they said no it wasn’t. They firmly told me NOT to do the Eply maneuver because it could actually loosen the crystals. Then they dx me with PPPD. I did all the exercises but nothing helped. After 3 years it slowly improved but it has never gone away. I can’t go for walks it kicks in right away. Stores are terrible but I’ve learned how to cope. I think it’s POTS and Dysautonomia which the vaccine and Covid is known to cause. Many doctors don’t have a clue about these problems so I don’t even talk about the dx except for the internal medicine doctor that actually dx me. Good luck on your journey back to health 🤞

I’ve always been an active and energetic person. Now I’m exhausted all the time, all day long, every day since I took the vaccine. I could fall asleep at anytime. I took Pfizer. I keep taking vitamins, switching brands, nothing helps. I feel ruined.

There are too many questions about the covid mrna vaccines. More studies need to be done about side effects and long term issues.

@jdmom1111
I started this thread in February with the quote about the Yale study. A couple months later, I realized that the vaccine caused an autoimmune flare. From the article: "Along with spike protein persistence, the researchers are assessing the contributions of autoimmunity....."
I now know that I have psoriatic arthritis and each Covid shot (had 4) caused a flare.