I've stumbled on this group two weeks ago when I was in the midst of the worst time of my life. My case was weird one. One day while playing cricket, a dog entered the field and took away the tennis ball we were playing with. I retrieved the ball and played with it. I washed my hand but only with water from a bottle, not very thoroughly. And then up on fixing the rubber grip on a bat and was at it for more than an hour and I happened to skin the palm of my right hand. A little patch of about 8mm dia. It didn't bleed. And I forgot about for three weeks until I was reading about corona virus and remembered about rabies. Thus began the spiral of my googling about it, doubting of my chances to very rapidly believing that the end is nigh. Enter anxiety. I have a little baby girl who just began walking. Oh how I wept thinking of how stupid I was for not washing my hands properly and for not getting vaccinated soon enough. I met a few doctors who totally brushed off my worries. But fuelled by anxiety, symptoms began showing. Lightly numbed right thumb and index finger which twitched a couple of times. Tightened throat. Seeing my plight, a doctor friend of mine in consultation with an MD suggested I get the vaccine anyway. I got the first one when there was heightened numbness in the right palm, cold feeling as well. I then stumbled upon this group and read most of the stories and my fear vanished. As of now, it's been a week since the last shot. Various locations in the body have been experiencing some very mild twitches, coldness etc. I'm sure there will be more to come. Once in a while doubt creeps leading to anxiety. Thanks to Batbite and others, Im coping up!

Thank you for sharing your experience, and may everything go well for you post vaccine. We all have a soft heart for stray and loose animals, but it is so important to remember that it doesn't take a bite, just a lick and broken skin. Thanks for the reminder.

After my first shot my right arm and leg started tingling for a couple of hours and when that stopped my right thigh felt extremely weak. Then the next day my right jaw felt tight and numb then I got a headache. I also had urinary urgency too. The symptoms will come and go but it does get better. I still flare ups that involve fast heartbeat and an anxiety feeling, or muscle weakness but it’s not as intense as it was when I first got the shots. I haven’t had a really bad flare in about a week now. Still don’t feel normal but much better overall. It will get better, hang in there!

Nice to read that you are doing good. My case seems scary as of now. I have had mild loss of sensitivity on my limbs to a varying degree. There was occasional pins and needles and a constant worry that my limbs were weakening. I'm a 32 yr male of lean build. Muscles are just about minimum. A week after the last shot I noticed that I don't really 'feel' my muscles. I can control them and found no motor changes. And day before yesterday I found out that I'm not sweating enough. I live in Chennai and I used to sweat profusely. Now my arms and legs hardly do. My head and trunk seem to be doing better. I checked by standing in the afternoon sun for a while. I'm utterly scared. With no hospitals open and the lock out for covid19 I have no means of of getting tested. I consulted a neurologist online who suggested anxiety meds for 2 weeks. Came here hoping to find some answers.

Hi unbitten! It will get better. I’ve noticed that my sympathetic system gets out of wack sometimes; irregular heartbeat, fast heart rate at weird times but it’s not as intense now as it was 4 weeks ago. If the symptoms tend to come and go then you should be fine. Lots of us on here experiences perceived weakness and not real weakness to the point where you can’t grasp something or stand. I notice that my flares are worse at night and that makes sense because cortisol levels drop at night and a lot of the symptoms are caused by inflammation and cortisol suppressed inflammation. Anyway try to take it one day at time. It will probably get worse before it gets better but it will get better. Your flares will decrease as time goes on. It’s not all in your head and it’s not just anxiety.

Hello I'm not even sure if I'm doing this right but I'll give it a try.
3 days ago I may or may not have been scratched by a coyote pup my own stupid fault but anyways i have 2 young kids at home and after I help the darn thing I started freaking out. I help the pup in a thorn patch so I have no clue of it scratched me or not. My friend who was with me Insists it did not and it was just cut up by the thorn bushes but either way the pup laid on my arms that were cut open. The doctors say that if it cleaned itself before I picked it up I could be at risk and it's best to continue with the series. I had my second one today 4 26 2020 an hour after I had a racing heartbeat and I felt very warm no temp but felt very warm. I went back to the er I was told to expect side effects every vaccine has them well I then developed diarrhea I have crohns so I'm use to that well I started to have a feeling of numbness in my right foot and hand and now I have a prickly feeling too.... I'm freaking out and wondering if I should even get the other 2 vaccines.... this has be scared to death... advise please because idk what the heck to do

Hello LakynBerringer 90, glad you found us on this site, sorry for your current experiences. As Unbitten recently reminded us, broken skin and animal saliva = rabies risk. As unpleasant as your symptoms are, I'd follow the doctors advice and finish the series. Your Crohns complicates things for sure. Ask your doctors about the option of taking an antihistamine before your next injections, it is what got me through the series with my allergy problems. My heart goes out to each and every one who experiences these neurological side effects. It's hard. An awful choice between the side effects and rabies. I had a "mantra" of sorts going through 2 1/2 years of neurological hell, "Rabies is a death sentence." And there is so much to live for. This past March (2020) marked three years since I was hit with the worst of my symptoms, and I am fine, doing very well. The decision is yours, but I'd advise listening to your doctors.

Thank you for getting back to me. My PCP advised me to go threw with the last 2. I talked to her for a good 30 minutes today. She said if I do end up with GBS it's not a death sentence. The rabies on the other hand is. She said most people who had GBS have normal lives like 95 percent plus. I got an anxiety med too. It's just scares me I have an 8 year old and a 2 year old and I dont want them to be without a mother. I have never had a reaction to any vaccine before like this. I have got the flu vaccine for mang many years and nothing. I'm just so scared I go back for the 3rd one on the 30th. Plus i was told a week ago my crohns is attacking my vision just very stressed at the moment.... i want to live life is so beautiful. I love my kids they drive me crazy at times and I've said to myself I wish I could go back and change having kids but I dont mean it and I'm so terrified I may leave them without a mother or I may end up paralyzed... God help me is all I can say.... drinking my usual 1 gallon of water a day taking my normal vitamins.... and praying....

I just feel like I'm waiting to die from all of this... like it's going to have a very bad outcome...

I had some of the same exact symptoms, the heart racing feeling warm, diarrhea. Even had a low grade fever with chills and nausea. If they gave you the imovax vaccine there are many side effects to it. It doesn’t list the irregular heartbeat as one but I’m sure it does something to activate the sympathetic system and gives anxiety/panic attack symptoms. I would also have a generalized feeling of all over body weakness that scared the crap out of me. Along with the anxiety symptoms it can cause you to be super scared. My last shot was March 17 and I have had about 4 major flares that made me question whether I was gonna live or die. The side effects have calmed down significantly. My last flare was about a week ago. I would continue with the shots and ask your dr to give an anti anxiety med because that helped me get through the toughest symptoms. My worse flare up happened a week after my last shot I had diarrhea, nausea, low grade fever, chills, heartbeat irregular, generalized weakness and overall fatigue with shortness of breath that made me feel like my chest was caving in; extremely scary! BuT a month later everything is much better. Hang in there the side effects don’t last and they will decrease with time. Some on here have said that it 2-4 months for the symptoms to decrease.