Has anyone been experiencing changes in sleep and/or feel disturbed in any way emotionally after taking the vaccine?
For me there's a lot less physical pain than there was 3 days ago, but I still feel tired and in the middle of the day, and can suddenly fall asleep for hours. This is not normally how I am. I am usually a night owl, yet I find myself tiring out and going to bed really early, and still feel worn the next day. I have been having really strange, hyper realistic dreams these last few days, and they're not all nice. Nightmares are something I unfortunately have a history with, so it might not be related to having the vaccine. I have noticed however that I am having several of them in a night, every single night, back to back, often in succession like sequels, and they seem to be more and more vivid. Usually I have nightmare that shakes me up, and then I am normal for a while, with more mundane dreams in the coming days.
I am also just feeling flat and down pretty much all day long, every day in this state of gray melancholy. Usually I feel bright and alive in the summer. I have anxiety, but not so much depression. It comes sometimes, but this is constant I just feel drugged out right now, and have no interest in things I usually enjoy. I'm trying to rationalize what exactly might be happening to me. Could I be having a more adverse reaction to as a result of the vaccine interacting with another medication like the pain meds? Are changes in body temperature (i still have the side effects of chills) making it more difficult for my body to regulate the rem sleep, thus more nightmares? Is because I feel tired and weak that I am just not able to take full care of myself, and not eatting enough nutrition, and I feel down as a result?
I don't know exactly what's happening to me and what is causing it, but whatever it is I don't like it at all, and whatever is taking me over, I know this isn't me. Lost and confused in the fog.