BEFORE WE HEAD TO BREAK… ALL THIS WEEK… WE’RE TAKING YOUR COVID-19 QUESTIONS TO LOCAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WITH OUR “GET THE FACTS ON THE VAX” SERIES. A VIEWER ASKS: ARE SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION AND EXHAUSTION COMMON REACTIONS TO THE VACCINE? HERE’S DOCTOR WOUTER RIETSEMA FROM C-V-P-H. <10:05..I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT DEPRESSION, PER SE, BUT IF YOU TALK ABOUT BRAIN FOG AND HEADACHE… THAT CERTAINLY COULD EFFECT YOUR MOOD. THERE’S NOTHING TO SUGGEST ANY OF THIS IS LASTING.10:22> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE? SEND US YOUR QUESTION… ON OUR WEBSITE, BY EMAIL, OR ON FACEBOO
Get the Facts on the Vax: Are symptoms of exhaustion, depression common after vaccine?
Updated: 5:33 PM EDT May 21, 2021
Dr. Wouter Rietsema, who practices at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, has answered a series of questions submitted from viewers across the region on COVID-19 vaccines currently being administered in the United States. QUESTION: Are symptoms of depression and exhaustion common reactions to the vaccine?ANSWER: “I’ve not heard anything about depression per se,” Rietsema said. “But if you think about having a headache and fatigue and brain fog, it could be that that affects your mood.”He continued, “There’s nothing out there to suggest that this is lasting.”MORE: See answers to more frequently asked questions about COVID-19 vaccines.
Dr. Wouter Rietsema, who practices at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, has answered a series of questions submitted from viewers across the region on COVID-19 vaccines currently being administered in the United States.
QUESTION: Are symptoms of depression and exhaustion common reactions to the vaccine?
ANSWER: “I’ve not heard anything about depression per se,” Rietsema said. “But if you think about having a headache and fatigue and brain fog, it could be that that affects your mood.”
He continued, “There’s nothing out there to suggest that this is lasting.”
MORE: See answers to more frequently asked questions about COVID-19 vaccines.