Age: 29.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: FLUA4
Symptoms: Disturbance in attention, Dizziness, Dyspnoea, Feeling abnormal, Formication
Clinical narrative: Had a sever reaction to flu shot. I have been affected for 22 years and nobody cares. In October of 1999 I was provided a flyer. As with all flu seasons and pandemics the pure pressure of getting the vaccine became a life changing event on October 12th, 1999. I received the flu shot at about 3:30pm after work, at work. I drove home with no problem; I needed to get ready as my sister and future brother-in-law were coming over for dinner. Around 5:30 pm, I had rush of adrenaline to my body, can?t breathe, skin crawling, fire shooting through palms, fire shooting through spine, throat feeling like it is closing, dizziness, ears ringing, and world closing in on me, unable to comprehend my surroundings.  I walked outside my apartment trying to catch my breath and could not focus. I recalled feeling like a mind body separation, unable to focus on surroundings and dizziness.  I returned back to my apartment and told my girlfriend, Sister and Boyfriend who were over for dinner that I need to go to the hospital, something is seriously wrong with me. around 6 pm I arrived at hospital told doctor aforementioned, asked numerous questions, have I had any medications, surgery?s, in the past 24 hours etc.. Then they asked if I had a flu shot, I had not even correlated the two together. I responded yes, and then I was told I was having an (Anaphylaxis Reaction)  I was told I would be given a shot, I remember them saying, and it was Epinephrine, Benadryl, and prednisone. It was about 15 minutes and everything stopped pretty quickly, but heart was pounding. Not sure what time I was released but it was late. I did not sleep well that night, but I had to be at work the next day, gotta pay bills right! I went to work the next day October 13, 1999 at roughly 7:30am, the sun came up and put a little heat on my skin. I reached into my work truck for my sunscreen and attempted to put it on. I remember feeling the warmth of the sun and then BAM, I felt like I was having the reaction all over again. This time I did not feel the shooting fire through my hand and spine. I could not catch my breath, felt like something was seriously wrong. I was having this mind body separation feeling, hard to focus or catch a train of thought. Told my co-worker I need to go back to the office. I remember closing my eyes and trying to work on breathing the whole trip back.  I called the hospital and remember them saying I need to follow up with my doctor. Tried calling my doctor and said I need to see him, explained what had happened and I do remember feeling stuck in this panic mode and not being able to focus, dizziness, heart palpitations and ringing in my ears. I was able to see my doctor on October 13th, do not know what time it was. I had tinnitus, ringing in the ears, itching skin, heart palpitations, and serious mental confusion. I was a mess. He said I had something called Biphasic Anaphylaxis, nothing is written in my charts, but that is what I remember being told. Didn?t really matter at the time, how do fix this was my feeling. I tried to go to work hoping I would get through this, but had to take time off! October 14th, No improvement, I was in complete misery! October 15th, No improvement, I was in complete misery! October 16th, No improvement, I was in complete misery! October 17th, Back to ER, Still in complete misery! October 18th, No improvement, I was in complete misery! October 19th, No improvement, I was in complete misery! I remember having multiple episodes where I couldn?t breathe and having major panic attacks. Could not focus, and thought the world was coming to an end again. I was having real trouble staying at work and performing my job. I remember my boss asking if I am going to be alright, he was truly concerned as I was the top worker and my production was zero. October 19, 1999 I was finally able to see Dr. again. I was not sleeping and none of my symptoms had subsided.  I remember crying in his office, Dr. put his hand on my shoulder and said you?re going to be ok; you are going to get through this. Dr. went into a cabinet and gave me a trial Ativan, and within a short time things settled down except the light ringing in the ears. He told me he was going to refer me to a psychiatrist to get this all figured out. Ativan was working but I was still having multiple problems so Dr. said I need to see a Psychiatrist if I am going to be on this long term. I was referred to Dr. through the insurance. I started seeing Dr. sometime I believe in early 2000,