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Originally Posted by MC709
(Post 1224111)
Hello. I am here and using my cell phone so I am not sure I'm posting correctly.
I recently received the rabies treatment and have been experiencing the same issues ATX_Man described in 2013.
ATX_Man, are you still on this forum? How are you doing and do you have any advice?
Any others who have recently experienced the side effects of the rabies vaccine?
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Hi There -
I haven't been around here for a while, but I am here to say that like ATX_Man says, I believe you, and we (everyone else having rxns to rabies vaccines in this thread) will all get better.
I am just over 2 yrs post rabies vax(see my way earlier posts in this thread for symptoms - too many to post again! but neuropathy was def one of them) and I am ~85-95% better on most days. I really went from many many awful debilitating symptoms in the first months (unfortunately, yes, months - ~ 6-8 months for the worst to go away really) to just a mild tingling and numbness that comes and goes when it pleases in my left leg below my knee.
I went through the gamut of MRI's and a few different nueros - and they basically all agreed that my immune system was overreacting to the vaccine.
Ultimately, to dampen the symptoms, a few temporary prescriptions on gabapentin and then amitriptyline helped on my worst days to control the buzzing, numbing, tingling feeling i would have for days on end. I eventually was able to manage without the RX drugs after a few months. Honestly, on nights and weekends that were really bad, having a few drinks seriously seemed to help calm my overacting nerves(obv i don't condone drinking and driving or being buzzed at work or anything! Oh, and if alcohol isn't good to you, then obv don't drink). For over the counter treatment - try vitamins - people listed a slew of them in this thread. I tried changing my diet, too, and it seemed to help. Meditate, pray, whatever you do to find Zen - do that, too. Your psychii and stress affect this stupid reaction, too, you'll find.
Once my issues were limited to mainly my left leg after about a year post vax, I had an ultrasound on my peroneal nerve in my leg about a year ago (~ 1 yr post vax) and the neurologist noted that it was still inflamed. His theory is that the vaccine causes a lengthy neurological response to different nerves in our body- and while nothing (thankfully) shows up on MRI in terms of MS or ALS - our body's nerves swell in different places for different people who have this reaction (optic nerves, sciatic nerves, all the way down to the tips of your toes and fingers for some people). He is very optimistic that the last of my nerve issues will go away over time as the rest have, too. But honestly, even if this little twinge sticks around for the rest of my days, it is nothing compared the the dark months.
The real thing, for me at least, was managing the stress and, let's face it, the depression that sets in when your world gets turned upside down by this out of nowhere, temporary disability. IT SUCKS. no other words to describe it really. Managing the stress, pain, and depression is key. Confide in family, friends, or even therapists if you need to in order to get through this. I believe, that like ATX_man, myself, and others in this thread, that we will all get better. Stay strong everyone - and I hope everyone is doing better today than yesterday.
