[DigitalZombie]

Hello everyone I wanted to ask you a question for those of you who may have received the vaccine and also dealing with insomnia. I keep putting off my appointment date because I’m worried that my insomnia is going to get in the way of healing with my second dose. Have any of you had the vaccine and dealt with the possible side effects and healed just fine?

I’m sure this is just my anxiety and I would love to be fully vaccinated but I’m just worried and concerned.

[Chee2308]

Hello!
Nothing really significantly affects sleep drive and therefore how you sleep apart from being awake long enough. As long as you continue to tie the things you do to sleep, your sleep issues will continue to bother you. Good luck with the vaccination and best wishes.

[danamelinda]

I was struggling with the height of my insomnia during the time I got vaccinated. I had a lot of worry about getting my shots due to healing, but I found that it did not impact anything significantly! I healed just fine and had a fairly mild reaction.

[hiker]

Hi, DigitatlZombie (great name!):

I got both doses and had no problems with nausea, insomnia, etc. I am 69 years old, My shoulder was a little sore for a few hours, not a big deal. (My minor arthritis is more of an issue, but that is not related to the vaccine.)

I have dealt with insomnia for a long time. It has gotten the better of me on occasion when I have had a run of poor sleep and it starts getting into my head. You know, anxiety about omg, am I ever going to sleep well again, etc. Easy to fall into when you are exhausted and your thoughts start going haywire.

And when I get into this mindset, I can get anxious about anything interfering with sleep. Name it: politics, family issues, money, ……and you can certainly add Covid vaccine issues in there.

True, some people don’t feel great for a couple days after the second dose. And if that happens to you, I am guessing you might not sleep great for a couple of nights. And if this should happen, try to notice if you are getting into the freak-out mindset described above.
When I do, I try to frame it like this:

1. “I’m having the thought that I am not going to sleep well tonight and maybe not for a long time, I cannot handle this.”

as opposed to

2. “I am not going to sleep well tonight and maybe not for a long time, I cannot handle this.”

I doubt that the vaccine will directly cause any insomnia. Anxiety about the vaccine doing so—or anxiety about anything—can definitely cause insomnia.

Just the other day, Martin put out an email about how we can easily obsess about sleep/insomnia. Suggest you contact him to get copied (sorry, I don’t have the tech know-how to forward, if that is even possible).

I admire your willingness to step up and get vaccinated. My brother-in-law likely would still be alive if more people in the community had taken more precautions.

[Chee2308]

Hello people!
Thanks for sharing your experiences. The issues about doing harmless stuffs affecting sleep are way overblown. It would be like getting bitten by a mosquito and saying “omg, i’m never going to sleep tonight or ever again”. In reality, it’s really nothing at all. It’s just your mind playing games with you and as long you buy into them, you will continue to have sleep issues over harmless nothings.

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