Age: 44.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Photopsia, Skin swelling, Skin warm, Sleep disorder, Spinal pain
Clinical narrative: Why is this not submitted by the attenind physicians? Problems have persisted for over 6 months. Tried entering on website --tiems out before it is completed.  11/08/21  approx. 3-3:30 pm sharp pain in right armpit, within hours it had spread across my chest and up my spine/neck to the base of skull. Pain was bad enough that I had to keep my arms angled out to keep pressure off my armpits. I started to form tinnitus, sound and light sensitivity, sensations like needle/tingles in my gums, eye lids, etc. Sleep that night was short -- probably less than 3-4 hours. Basically wake up to ringing around 3 am almsot everyday starting 11/08 and has not ceased (currently 6/12/22) Sleep pattern -- attmept sleep each night 9:30 pm actual sleep begins around 11pm/midnight each day 11/09/21 Same pains and issues. Sleep again affected. 11/10/21 Armpit pain reduced, but sharpness in armpits still rpesent, pain across chest dulled to just a lighter tightness. no change in tinnitus, sound sensitivity, light sensisty, etc. Sleep still very short. Muscles easily cramping, exhausted, etc.. 11/11/21 -- same 11/12/21 saw family physician and was told to take 1 325 mg aspirin per day for 30 days. Nothing he could do for the tinnitus.  Issues continuted--called doctor for referral to specialist . 11/13/211 Tinnitus and sensitivity still fairly strong. Chest has pronoucned tightness similar to having lifted a lot of weights) 11/14 /21- 11/18/21 -- little to no sleep (waking 2-3 am each day), pain cocnsitent, rigning consistent. Muscles across chest and neck sore. 11/19/21 Appointment with specialist -- prescribed prednisone to stop/slow immune response to see if it would reduce the ringing in my ears and help me sleep. Told to take Melatonin or Benedryl -- proceeded with meletonin 5 mg , still wkaing up in early am (2:30) 11/20/21 Began prednisone -- Sleep greatly affected by Predinsone dose -- wired like until 5 am. 11/21/21 Again little sleep (prednisone related?). Tinnitus seemingly more present. Took Benedryl as advised by specialist -- did nto want to mix with melatonin until cleared by doctor 11/22/21 Tinnitus still waking me up 3:30 am -- I am so exhausted I am unable to work or even concentrate. Tinnitus is loud. Tried sleeping only to see flashes  wake me after few minutes. Scared me and reachedout to specialist show said to take 10 mg melatonin and Benedryl.  11/23/21 Slept until 4 am not feeling good at all. Face ais very warm and puffy. Light is so strong, that I can see very pronounced inverted images when closing my eyes.  chest is really hurting. The tightness has become very strong and sharp like at a anlge from the to/above nipple of my left pectoral through to the mid -back. Sat in a dark room and asked for no noise from the family --they left so I could just be in quiet. Later (around 6 pm) I was so weak I had my wife take me to the walk-in clinic . My blood pressure was too high (174 over?? I do not see it in my records) they refused to see me and sent me stright to the ER, by the time I was admitted, it had dropped to 138/86 per my records, but had actually been uncontrolled during my time at the ER. I was released once the blood pressure stablized and reduced. Again took melatonin and went to sleep 11/24/21 rewoke at 151 am. Pain still very strong in chest aroudn heart through to my back.   Tinnitus, Light and Motion sensitivity  December 2021 through March 2022 I had issues with any places with loud sounds, reflective surfaces and bright lights. I was asked to take physical theray, which I attended 1 session and was told I need to retrain my nerves. I have not attended physical therapy becuase of the distance to drive and time of day it would need to occur. March 2022 forward I have less issues with lights and motion, but still have issues. Periphery is sensitive to motion and occasinal highly reflective areas make me dizzy.   December 2021 ENT Specialist prescribed gabapentin to help with sleep. I took it until March 2022 as it was making me feel more allof than anything.  Chest Pain -- slowly subsided in December, but would revist me. Occasional pain spikes, but the tighness went away.  Blood pressure would randomly spike and still does to today as verified by an at home blood pressure monitor (viahealth with logging). I regularly would have issues with blood pressure spiking above 150/120. Most recent spike went ito 166/89 was on 05/23/22 with a spike starting at 10:50 pm where I felt weird the spike grew and settled by 4:40 PM. Of note, I had not done anythign physical and had no consumed any caffiene or antyhing else. BP readings -- >  10:50 am - 149/90, 1:57 pm 154/81, 2:20 pm 164/101, 230 pm 166/89, 3:45 pm 124/80, and 4:40 pm 107/79.  I was so unerverd during the 164/101 I had called my family physiscian to see what I should do as I was not doing anything but sitting at my computer typing. When this happens all of my energy is sapped from me.  Medical records can give more specificity to the above log. Life has been hell since and tinnitus has gretaly affected my life.