Age: 66.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Balance disorder, Blood test normal, Condition aggravated, Confusional state, Dysarthria
Clinical narrative: On 3 May, 15 minutes after receiving my 1st Covid vaccine injection, I developed a deep, all-over body tremor. (Batch: ER7449-024, date: 3/5/21, time: 10:49am - given). I do have a history of essential tremor, but the tremor was far worsened after receiving the vaccine.  I didn?t report it to staff at the time, as it wasn?t anaphylaxis and I told them I was ?OK? when told my wait time of 20 minutes was up. I had had a similar tremor response to salbutamol during lung function test Dec 2020. It took hours to resolve after the lung function test, but it did eventually go, so I assumed the tremors after the vaccine would also be transitory.  I noticed feeling spacey/dopey (brain fog) when I was walking to my car. I attributed it to a ?normal? vaccine response, as well as a headache later on that day.   However, the tremor and brain-fog never dissipated, in fact, it got worse as the days went on.   The brain-fog is probably now the most debilitating and distressing lingering effect. It feels like my head has been jostled all night - and the feeling is as if I have prescription glasses on that aren?t quite the right prescription.  There was an immediate and noticeable increase in the tremor in my neck/head, a significant increase in the resting tremor in my right forearm, and a ?new? tremor in my core which feels like a loss spinal cord stability, which manifests in what feels like a wobbly oscillation of my core. It is transitory.  I?ve felt unbalanced and ?fumbling?, but not ?dizzy?, and not tired. Within a few days I developed numbness on my palate (nasopalatine nerve?), and felt tightness through my neck and numbness through the left side of my face. This is still on going, though getting better.  Within the first several days (prior to medication: propranolol and lorazepam) the tremors were so bad I had trouble sleeping , and felt like my legs were ?fizzing?. I?ve been trying to use as little medication as possible, but when I have a bad night?s sleep, the tremors and brain-fog are worse the next day.  After several days, the tremors and brain-fog prompted me to contact Healthline, with them offering no solution, other than to get the next vaccine, which I have held off on, until I find some answers.  I?ve reported my reaction to Health Covid Reaction website on 7 May 2021 - four days after Covid vaccination. Report Reference AEFI002846. Since I?m still having effects, I have recently sent additional information to The Centre for Adverse Reactions in Dunedin (attn: to Dr) to add to my initial report.  The evening of 12 May I had an onset of severe pain in my right lung causing shortness of breath, and which felt like pleurisy. It took 4 days to resolve. I have no idea if this is related.  I?ve had some pinpoint, very short-lived headaches, but they don?t last long. I?ve also felt my speech became somewhat forced/slurred, particularly the first few weeks. I?m struggling with short-term memory - doing dumb things, forgetting things, easily distracted - and sometimes feel somewhat ?confused?, struggle with the sequence of simple things, particularly if I?m having a bad day of brain-fog.  The first week or so, I would get a loud buzzing in one ear which go within a minute or so. I do have a constant high-pitched tinnitus going on. For several weeks I felt as if something was moving inside my right ear canal.   I stopped the medication on 3 May because I was feeling so foggy and couldn't attribute the feeling to the drugs or the reaction. While the tremor is reducing, I now see that I still have brain fog, tinnitus, and insomnia (with my legs feeling like they are 'fizzing' at night).  I have windows of feeling OK, which gives me hope that this will eventually resolve. I?ve attempted to continue regular exercise, but never feeling quite 100%.