Hi everyone,

Just checking in to let y'all know how I'm doing.

A capsule summary of my timeline: Cat bit me Nov 2020. I received 3 Rabavert shots in Dec 2020. I had side effects after shot 2, and more pronounced neurological, digestive, urinary, joint, and muscle problems after shot 3 and was in and out of the ER a lot. By April 2021, twhen I last posted here, the worst of my symptoms had improved, and I still had shooting nerve pain with walking more than 45 minutes or just moving around the house a certain amount and some odd sensations in my head/brainstem area.

Now it's July 2021 and lot of my symptoms are gone or lessened a lot, to the degree that most of my symptoms can't be separated from underlying medical conditions I had before the Rabavert shots.

I still get shooting nerve pain on and off, mostly sciatica related and I would periodically get that before Rabavert. One of the more annoying symptoms I get now is occasional tingling/itchiness in the wrist near the bite site, and this has been going on ever since I got bitten, so I do wonder how much of this is due to healing nerve damage from the bite versus any residual effect from the shots.

I still have an odd sensation at the base of my skull/inside brainstem area and it is more noticeable some times than others, usually when I haven't slept enough and have a headache at my temples. It's less anxiety-producing than it was months ago, because back then it felt like it came with impaired breathing.

The joint pain in my hands that really concerned me (because I am an artist and was making it hard for me to draw anything for long) is gone and that really makes me happy.

I received Pfizer shots for COVID-19 between late April and May, and I didn't even feel the first shot and only felt fatigued after it, and had about 2-3 days of side effects after shot 2 (headache, a little joint pain, a brief-lived fever, and LOTS of fatigue). My feeling about it at the time was, "Eh, that's IT? This is NOTHING compared to Rabavert!". I am relieved everything went okay with the Pfizer shots.

I have seen a neurologist and he ran a ton of blood tests for me for autoimmune factors and antibodies that affect the brain, and those were negative. I have vitamin deficiencies (B12, D3) and have been supplementing for those; I've been told if you're under a lot of stress/immune challenge those can be depleted so perhaps consider asking a doctor to test your levels to see if supplements help... because a deficiency in these can make your symptoms post-rabies vaccine worse.

I have an MRI w/o contrast on order, but haven't gotten it between feeling closer to normal and avoiding medical centers as much as possible because of COVID. I haven't decided when I will go for it.

This is all for now. My main issue overall is how crappy my sleep is, and that may be for any of a number of reasons unrelated to Rabavert. The pandemic and an anemic social life and other stressors I'm sure have played a role in my sleep being messed up and I hope it improves.

you are lucky to be in America. in Kazakhstan they do not believe in the side effects of vaccinations. I have one vaccination and everything hurts (((

my legs hurt i can't walk

2 years of side effects (

Hi all,
It is now one year from my last dose, for a year a had symptoms come and go, mostly mild but still I experiance back pain in the muscles.

I use pain killer, I hope its vanished at the end.

Tomorrow marks a year since completing my rabies vaccines. My kids and I were exposed to bats in our home that was housing a maternity colony of hundreds. We all felt flu like during the duration of the shots, after completing them I had a lot of tingling/numbness, headaches, joint paint, just feeling awful… the worst of it was within the first 3 months and slowly tapering off. I feel as though I’m 99% recovered.

It does get better, don’t lose hope.

Hi. Im new here. Im so glad I found this forum. My 2 Months Puppy and my Cat was fighting so I went to them and ended up getting bit with my puppy and a scratch from my cat. So to have peace of mind, I got the Anti-Rabies Vaccine (Speeda Vaccine). 1st shot, I did develop stiff neck, muscle twitches (mostly in my stomach, left face and left hand), joint pain, both hand pain, pain on my legs. Yesterday I got the 2nd shot and made my eyes blurry so I slept early. And I noticed the tingling sensation (Itchy like) all throughout my body. Now I regret getting the Vax.

We all have been there, but better to be safe.

I know right? Done with the 3rd shot 3 days ago! Im glad all the tingling sensation and pin like feeling gone. Just a sore shoulders

Hi,

I am having similar issues with the j&j... how have your issues been since now?

Hello.

About 3 weeks ago I had an encounter with a bat. I decided to get the rabies vaccine to be safe. I received my first dose of Rabavert and the pep and was fine. 3 days later I received dose 2 of Rabavert. That’s when my life changed. I started having numbness and tingling in all extremities. Weakness in my legs and burning pain in my spine and neck. The pain was so severe I was in tears a lot. I went to ER and told it was anxiety. I received my 3rd dose and everything worsened. I reached out to an infectious disease doc who said I was most likely having an adverse reaction to the vaccine. I went to the ER again as I was so dizzy and in pain. They did a lumbar puncture and now I have a terrible spinal headache on top of the burning pain. All labs normal. I feel like I’ve poisoned myself… I’ve missed 2 weeks of work. reading this forum has helped to know I’m not alone. Thank you.