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by omnomynous 1548 days ago
I am probably going to get downvoted into oblivion despite just sharing my lived experience, but I felt kind of similar to this on a smaller time scale for a couple days after my first and second pfizer doses. I would, at random times, have ZERO recollection of what I did in the time window starting ~20 minutes ago and ending ~20 seconds ago. Like, questioning whether my phone was stolen because there were photos in my camera roll that I was positive I had never seen before. I saw my GP about it and they suggested 8 hours of sleep with a regular schedule (I do), making sure I take a multivitamin (I do), making sure I'm getting adequate nutrition (I do), and to come back in a week if it was still happening.

Mine luckily cleared up after a few days, but I got it again the day after I got my 2nd dose, which also fortunately cleared up after a few days. Got Moderna for my booster and did not experience that with Moderna at all. I'm starting to wonder if I got unlucky and just got 2 bad batches from Pfizer or if it was possibly psychosomatic / stress-originating rather than chemical/biological.

One suggestion I have, something that helped me feel a lot more comfortable and secure in the world was asking family / close friends if they had noticed changes with me lately, and leaning on them to help me reconstruct a timeline of when it started happening. I hope that can offer assistance to you, but definitely see a doctor (or multiple doctors, if you are unsatisfied with the treatment, or want further confirmation of the diagnosis / other ideas) too if you haven't already.

2 comments

It would appear that the mRNA vax triggered an uncommon autoimmune response for you. Such reactions are not common, yet have been documented. Since they are transient there has been very little attention given to them.

It is extremely unlikely that you got a bad batch of Pfizer. Moderna and Pfizer are different formulations, so having differing reactions to them is unsurprising.

> Such reactions are not common, yet have been documented.

Such reactions could be common, but people:

1) walk around clueless/don't know their bodies

2) don't report issues "How will that help me?"

I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying. How do those two points connect here?
If people don't report/just assume their Dr filed the report, issues go unreported.

I suspect this is largely the case in USA at minimum.

Might be an idea to make sure you have a working carbon monoxide alarm. If you have a leak it'll build up faster than your body can get rid of it.