Welcome,
I hope you are doing a bit better now.
My finger and wrist has stopped hurting, but I still feel weird pain this and there over my body and in my head.
I sometimes also feel burning sensation on my arms, but it was quick one.
Some days, the fear that it would develop to serious case or I would be sent to hospital pop in my mind, but I try my best to calm down. i think that It has been over 1 month already, so it could not possible become an intensive and urgent situation.

I think copping with anxiety is more important, and those side effects will eventually disappear just give our body time.
I now engage meditation in my daily life. I have been doing 15 min meditation/day more than a week, and I feel a lot stronger.

Please try stay calm. You will go through it.

Hello everyone, hope you are faring better than I am. I don't seem to be getting better. Only new symptoms everyday. A racing heart that also slows down scaringly low in the nights. Muscles that don't ache. A low body temperature even when awake 97-. Water retention. An incident when I almost fainted due to hypotension... I hope that the list ends. And dealing all this alone is taking a huge toll on me. Finally going to see a neurologist tomorrow. Hoping for some answers.

Hi Unbitten...so sorry to hear of your story and unresolved post vaccine side effects. I think my side effects peaked at 3-4 months out. Initially just had mild muscle aches/dizziness but new symptoms started within weeks, nerve pains, ice pick headache pains, thick feeling throat. Of course, extreme Anxiety, panic and depression was part of this journey at the beginning, but has now died down. Had a major panic attack and went to the ER and they took my temp which was 96.7, they had no concern over this.

I did see a Neurologist at 2 months post vaccine. But I went in armed with information I had found on the computer about post vaccine problems. I also did a complete written 'TIMELINE' of the events, my side effects after each shot and ongoing issues. At my initial visit, I handed them a copy of everything so they had it for my record. If I hadn't of done that, I doubt my doc would have had any clue as to what was causing my issues. Physical exam and blood work were normal. Also keeping my composure and not showing any of my anxiety at the visit, he concurred that I most likely have irritation of nerves/muscles from the vaccine. That it could take time to resolve on it's own.

Anyway, best of luck with your Neuro exam...praying all comes out good for you. Don't like to give advise, so just letting you know how I handled my appt with my Neuro given there is so little medical information on our issues.

Keep us updated.

The neurologist ordered a nerve conduction test and it's results showed normal. He told me not to obsess over every small detail about my body and prescribed some anxiety meds. He told me to stop worrying and things will fall in place. I intend to do that for now and wait!

First off, I just wanted to say "thank you" to everyone who has contributed to this thread. Obviously my curiosity about reactions to the rabies vaccine brought me here, and there is some comfort in knowing that, sadly, others have experienced similar things.

I sustained a very minor bite by a friendly neighborhood cat that I had seen and interacted with a few times. I think it's either an indoor/outdoor cat or maybe recently abandoned. The night of the bite it laid down on my foot and gave me what I would call a "love bite" just above my ankle. That startled me, so I jerked my leg away and the skin was slightly broken in two spots. No puncture, no subsequent infection, all good, right? Well, I only saw the cat once more after that, the next day. I never considered rabies, but got nervous after talking to some friends, and failing to track down the animal or an owner after trying for a few days. Multiple searches for "rabies symptoms" and "rabies incubation period" likely did not help.

Talked to my PCP who recommended I call the county health dept. Since the cat hadn't been seen for a few days they recommended I start rabies treatment while animal control set up a trap. Went in that day for the HRIG, rabies vaccine day 0 and a tetanus shot. The HRIG was way more painful than the actual injury. Not a lot of space down there around the ankle, but they got all of the HRIG in.

Received the day 3 vaccine this past week and day 7 is early next week.

The day I started the treatment was pretty rough, as was the day after. Headache, tiredness, etc. Probably due to stress and lack of sleep as well.

I've had calf twitches (in both calves actually) on and off all week, some numbness on the outside of the leg where the bite occurred and pins & needles type feeling in my foot. The area of the actual bite hasn't really bothered me, and it's healed now. Of course the first things my mind went to were A) I waited too long and B) the vaccine has failed. It's probably too soon to really know either of those things so hopefully what I'm currently experiencing is all I get. The alternative is, uh, not great, haha.

Again, thank you to all who have posted, and be safe out there!

Glad you found us. Hope things go well for you and that what is posted here has been helpful and reassuring.

Thank you for the warm welcome, Batbite. The detailed posts by you and others have really helped me keep some of my symptoms in perspective.

For anyone who may come across this thread in the future, here are some interesting links I've found (you'll probably have to C&P since I can't post links yet).
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That second link describes the case of an Australian man who had neurological symptoms following each one of his vaccine injections. For him, they lasted anywhere from 60 minutes to 3 days.

I think some people are just predisposed to nerve and neurological reactions to this vaccine. The vaccine is trying to protect your central nervous system so it makes sense that it could cause symptoms to varying degrees.

For me, I'm predisposed to sciatica. My back hasn't bothered me during this vaccine course, but that predisposition could point to a likelihood of other nerve involvement. My HRIG injection was close to the saphenous nerve so it could very well be inflamed. My three vaccine shots in the deltoid seem to "reignite" that HRIG injection site, and that lasts for a few days. I'm curious to see how I feel after this last vaccine shot when I can go more than a week between shots.