It was meant to help, but did the opposite

I first experienced the side effects a few weeks after having the Covid vaccine

The symptoms included having a severe pain in my left side of the face, specifically around the right eyeball, which resulted in my right eyeball 'shifting' to around 45 degrees to the left The only medicine I was offered was amitriptyline

The symptoms made me feel dizzy, not being able to drive and constantly feeling nauseous. I wore an eye patch for approximately two and a half months, before this rectified itself The symptoms returned when I had the second jab, but this time it was in left eye. It was a similar situation as previously, and it corrected itself.

Interestingly an article on the web which referred to the side effects of the vaccine indicated what I had described When I went to the eye specialist and presented the information, it was not taken seriously.

From my personal understanding, it seemed that a large number of clinicians did not believe that the vaccine was effective and as such chose not to receive it At the same time it appeared that external information which was being provided (written by 'experts') in this field was not being acknowledged.

The go ahead to rollout the vaccination programme was seen as a priority. However, in my opinion there doesn’t seem to have been any attempt to understand what the side effects were, how they have manifested and the direct detriment upon an individuals’ mental health and health in general.

Suffice to say I have not, and will not be taking a booster jab.

Kuldip Sohanpal Equality and Diversity Manager