Yet another strange Covid symptom as reported by a friend.

[LuckyCharms]

Overwhelming feeling of pins and needles in their entire head. Like when your leg or arm falls asleep, only the feeling is in their head. This is their most prominent symptom.

Friend is fully vaxxed and boosted. Doing reasonably well.

[underpants]

1. Interesting. I haven't heard much recently about loss of balance.

Omicron hit a friend who I don’t see much in person anymore Hard. Several members of his family. Complete exhaustion was their main symptom.

[LuckyCharms]

2. Yes, my friend is VERY fatigued.

We spoke on the phone for about 45 minutes yesterday. The call was enough to make them need to take a nap.

[Harker]

12. Inner ear congestion, maybe? n/t

[Martin68]

14. That was my thought, Harker. Nasal congestion can affect the inner ear, and balance.

[Harker]

15. Getting wobbly brings forth a panoply of dangerous issues.

Especially in winter.

[ecstatic]

3. Omg! nt

[LuckyCharms]

4. I'm told it doesn't feel dangerous, but it's

annoying to the point of interrupting their sleep.

[ecstatic]

8. Maybe sleeping with the head elevated would help?

I used to deal with that in my legs almost daily and it's stopped since getting a wedge pillow to elevate my knees at night.

I would be really worried if I felt that in my head. I would definitely want a scan of some kind if it continued past 2 weeks.

[LuckyCharms]

9. Thank you. I just texted them and gently suggested they should call their doc...

"just to check in" and make their symptoms known.

[Mossfern]

5. I have headaches and my scalp hurts

so bad at times that just wearing my glasses is painful. I still feel 'icky' after testing positive more than three weeks ago.
I don't go out because I'm afraid that I may infect someone (but I'll work that out with my psychotherapist)

I have every intention to go out and do things and get too fatigued and need to lie down for a bit.

[LuckyCharms]

7. I think your apprehension about going out is normal

I do hope your symptoms clear up very soon! I'm hearing that the fatigue is what is really getting people down.

[Ford_Prefect]

17. When I had it there was a period of 3-4 weeks afterwards when symptoms would appear

out of nowhere and continue for part of a day or several days.

I had some of the pins and needles in my scalp periodically. That was the most maddeningly painful thing. It would come on with no warning at all and nothing you could do made it moderate or stop even for a moment. I tried warm showers, skin cream, cold fresh, winter outdoor air and nothing helped. When that hits you cannot sleep, or think clearly, or watch TV or listen to music to distract yourself.

[LuckyCharms]

19. I'm so sorry. That sounds like it's miserable.

[Ford_Prefect]

20. It was, thank you. I got better...

The surprising thing was my doctor didn't appear to have heard there could be an extended period of significant, post-COVID symptoms. That was almost as unnerving as having the pins and needles.

[mucifer]

6. I get the sense that there is a larger number of people who even boosted the

vaccine does nothing for with omicron. Thanks unvaxxed!

Kinda like the flu shot.

Sorry about your friend. Sounds like neuropathic pain. Hoping a gabapentin or something like it will be prescribed and help.

[Amishman]

10. Some people get strange symptoms

A coworker recently had altered sense of taste plus extreme flatulence and gas pain. Had covid test because of the taste issue, came back positive. She recovered with no other symptoms.

[LuckyCharms]

11. Yes. My friend started off with vomiting and the runs, and then fell into

more of the classic fatigue, sore throat, etc.

[Wicked Blue]

13. Thank you for posting this. Very informative.

And thank you to those who added to this thread. I've learned a lot.

[tavernier]

16. Still hearing tree frogs since being fully vaccinated.

I don’t mind, though. They aren’t terribly loud and sometimes almost soothing, like being out on my porch on a warm summer evening.

[roamer65]

18. Neuropathy.

Hopefully it’s only temporary.