Age: 32.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Heart rate increased, Tremor, Tunnel vision
Clinical narrative: Within 15 minutes of getting my second dose, my heart rate skyrocketed and I got dizzy with tunnel vision.  I went up to the pharmacist and said I didn't feel right, she had me lie down and took my blood pressure and pulse.  It felt like I was going to have a heart attack - my blood pressure was near 150 and my heart rate was over 100.  My body started shaking uncontrollably and an ambulance was called.  By the time the ambulance got there my heart rate and blood pressure had come down.  The EMT's did an EKG in the ambulance and said it came back normal.  I still felt edgy but was cleared to go home.  I had episodes similar to this for the next week, including brain fog, dizzy spells, trouble focusing, what felt like electric jolts in my head, and a constant pressure on my chest and what felt like trouble getting deep breaths of air in, as well as occasional sharp pains in my chest.  Almost two weeks after my second dose on a Saturday, I was at a friend's house and had an episode similar to the one I had at the pharmacy after my shot.  An ambulance was called and I was taken to the ER.  An EKG was done, a chest scan and blood drawn - I was told everything looked fine.  By Monday I felt more normal, the heaviness in my chest went away and I felt better for the next couple of days.  However, the heaviness in my chest returned and would come and go as the days went on.  I felt like I had been progressing over the days to getting better - the brain fog, trouble focusing and those symptoms had completely subsided, but I was still left with the heavy chest feeling and feeling like I was unable to breath right.  My heart rate would skyrocket out of the blue and still does to this day.  I went to urgent care because getting in to see a general doctor would take a few weeks and I wanted to be looked at ASAP.  His opinion was it is my asthma acting up - which may be the case, but I've never had persistent asthma symptoms like this before in my life.  He set me up to see a cardiologist, which I have set for in a few weeks and I will be seeing my general doctor the day before my cardiologist appointment to get further testing done, specifically for my asthma to see if that is indeed the issue.  I had a cold the week before I got my second dose - I had waited to get the second dose until I felt my cold was all but gone.  I was told I could get the vaccine if I was sick, so long as I didn't have a fever, which I didn't.  I had a mild cough still, and am still coughing to this day.  I have a persistent feeling of anxiety ever since I got the vaccine, something I did not have before.  All of my symptoms I've explained only occurred after getting the vaccine.  I do have an anxiety disorder, but I have had it under control for over 11 years now with no issues, I haven't been medicated for it since I was 22.  The fact my anxiety has now spiraled out of control when I've had no issues in 11 years, I fully believe the vaccine is the cause, and not because I was nervous to get it.  I wasn't nervous to get it, my entire family got it and the worst they experienced was fever/chills and my mom had a slight elevation in her anxiety symptoms, but they subsided after a few days.  I have not felt right since getting this shot, and the doctor's I've spoken to so far seem to keep trying to convince me it's all anxiety related, but I cannot stress enough that it's more than that.  I know my body very well at this point in my life.  My breathing isn't right, I have a constant pressure on my chest that won't go away no matter what I do.  I haven't been able to workout at the gym since this happened, which I regularly went to the gym before this and I also haven't been able to work since because it is a physical job and I am afraid something will happen if my heart rate gets too elevated for too long.