Age: 26.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Body temperature increased, Chills, Crying, Decreased appetite, Dissociation
Clinical narrative: Shot received at 7pm on the 23rd (Fri). I felt a little giddy, likely due to the emotional impact of excitement for treatment (this happened to me with my first shot, and both times with my partner). Experienced what I felt was like feeling mentally a little 'out of it' a few hours in, maybe late that night 10-12pm. I did not have notable physical symptoms until exactly 12 hours after injection. Around 7-8AM I was woken up with body aches. I spent most of that day (Sat) taking ibuprofen and hydrating a lot. I had a small fever that peaked at 100.00 F after chills, etc, once this broke I mostly felt better. Sunday I had some minor aches. It is now Tuesday and here is the reason I am writing this report: I have had very low appetite since getting the shot, but I have pre-existing GI issues. This also happened on the first shot. Both times I have also had slight lymph swelling (mostly on first shot, and it was on the side of my body where injection was given, notably in the armpit, but possibly groin or shoulder). The only thing that has honestly caused me concern is my mental health: I have pre-existing psychiatric diagnoses and some extenuating circumstances (recent death in the family, needing to travel, job loss, pandemic, on top of major depression and PTSD) however I felt that my threshold for coping with day to day stuff has been blunted since getting the vaccine. It is manageable and I do think that it will go away as it did with the first shot. I felt like the last few days have been akin to "PMSing", ie; irritable, crying a lot. Contextually, there are reasons for me to be having emotional fluctuations, but I have therapy and have been off/on medications safely and usually have this fairly under control. The reason it was bothering me is I felt that if this happened to other people who had less support or managed diagnoses or other circumstances, it could be worse for them. My partner (who is BP2) has also felt a little more emotionally unstable than usual. We do not think this is from the psychological toll solely of vaccination, the pandemic, or reopening, as it seems to be unrelated to this. Sure, this is anecdotal, but I think it may be important, especially in the event of someone who could have psychotic or mood swing issues (ie: BP1 or schizophrenia, etc). Again, anecdotal, but on some online forums a lot of people have reported having similar mood instability when theirs was otherwise manageable (and these were people who were pro-vax, pro-science, etc). I am worried that if there is not a warning in the future, more people could pre-emptively have mental health adverse effects and not know why. I think it is very seriously from the vaccine. For me this mostly included appetite issues, insomnia (especially the night after I got the shot), crying more, irritability, feeling kind of "flat", etc. Perhaps this is just due to the body fighting and doing it's job. I felt however it would be irresponsible of me not to report it.  I have spoken with my mental health provider about this and do not find that I need further treatment but that I wanted them to know, and that I wanted to file a VAERS report additionally to help the study of the vaccine in case this happens to others.