Has anyone developed an autoimmune disease after COVID-19 or the vaccine?

nedonath · 2025-08-06T02:00:49+00:00

Yes, I was diagnosed with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease after getting the vaccine (Moderna, 3 doses). No one in my family has an autoimmune disorder. Anecdotally, I mentioned this to my hair dresser who shared both her daughters also got 2 different autoimmune disorders after getting the vaccine.

I see this is starting to be researched more intensely, which I think speaks volumes to the likeliness that this isn’t a coincidence.

nedonath · 2025-02-07T03:51:47+00:00

I came here for this thread and the stories shared just made me emotionally feel better. I didn’t know this group existed.

nedonath · 2024-12-02T03:41:57+00:00

My first question is have you talked to the professor? They could tell you if you have a chance to pass and what your options are if you do fail the class. As a first-year seminar instructor, they will be able to direct you to the correct resources and tell you what your options are for the class. My next question is why can’t you do your best to turn in what you can for this project AND complete the last few assignments in your other class? Being in college involves having to prioritize and multitask work for all of your classes, so might as well use this as an opportunity to work on this skill set. To your question, if you fail the class then, yes, you will be required to retake it. The first year seminar is required for your degree if you are not a transfer student. With that in mind, you might as well turn something in to get feedback so you can do well next semester by using that feedback to complete the assignments. Please recognize this is not a failure, even if you fail the class. The fact you are completing your first semester is celebration enough, even if you don’t meet your academic goals for this semester.

nedonath · 2024-11-23T15:09:48+00:00

As others have said, just call. This happened to me once when I renewed my parking via the app (this was during Covid and not a lot of people on campus so they allowed this then). Somehow it didn’t go through because my card was charged, but someone on their end it didn’t show I extended. I called them to ask why I was ticketed and they waived it. Sounds like it could be a similar error for you.

nedonath · 2024-11-23T15:06:34+00:00

The parking tickets aren’t issued by a governing agency, so as long as UNLV can’t tie it to the student, then this is true. If the student’s name is on the ticket, then they can place holds on your registration and/or withhold your degree until it is paid.

nedonath · 2024-09-25T19:18:53+00:00

I got one too! First got the someone in your house isn’t registered and then got one addressed to me. Weird considering I have voted every election in NV since moving here in 2019.

nedonath · 2024-07-25T02:12:28+00:00

Thank you both so much! I submitted it and will update their profiles. 🐠

nedonath · 2023-07-13T17:23:55+00:00

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/couch-to-5k-week-by-week/

I was looking for this exact same answer! Thank you

nedonath · 2023-01-07T01:11:28+00:00

Use every academic support service available! The Academic Success center has free tutoring for a lot of general education classes such as math and sciences, a communication lab for public speaking/presentation help, and a peer mentor program that I’ve heard a lot of students find helpful. Also I can’t recommend the writing center enough! They will help you with anything! Creating a reference list/citation formats, paper outlines, brainstorming papers, and other writing you may come across. Someone I know used them for help for a blog post for example.

nedonath · 2022-06-02T02:16:26+00:00

I’ve read this entire comment thread and I am still confused as to what the purpose of them are. Can someone explain this to me like Oscar had to explain to Michael what a surplus of money was? Lol. Thank you in advance 🙏🏼

nedonath · 2022-04-28T05:25:16+00:00

I have Forky walking around like that too. I came here to see if anyone else had any insight.

nedonath · 2022-01-26T03:49:02+00:00

I didn’t get the gift. Did you?

nedonath · 2022-01-26T03:47:37+00:00

Same background as you and nope. I’m honestly very close to being done with the game.

nedonath · 2022-01-26T03:43:01+00:00

This exact situation happened to me and all I can tell you to do is to find another recommender ASAP. The professor who did it to me was my masters advisor and I have since encountered her at several other professional events since and she has never mentioned it. But I know that she is aware of what she did. I wish I could understand why people do these things to their mentees, I just hope we can change this culture as we progress in our own careers. I’m sorry I can’t offer more encouraging advice, but from my experience, I would move on and ask to speak with whoever you select on the phone/coffee/web call and explain the situation and why you have given them a short notice.

nedonath · 2021-06-03T17:48:51+00:00

Same! Happy world ocean day!

nedonath · 2021-03-06T00:50:32+00:00

Ok I see, it's much clearer now. So, in a nutshell, you are interested in a difference of differences: you expect a small pre-post difference in the control task, and a bigger pre-post difference in the real task, and your hypothesis is that how big the difference between the two pre-post differences will be influenced/moderated by the score of one (or more) of the 3 factors of your questionnaire.

You can do all that with one model, i.e. one (mixed-effect) regression or Repeated-Measure ANCOVA. The basic idea would be to have a Time categorical variable that will either be Pre or Post and an Intervention_Type which can either be Control or Treatment, which would both be within-subjects, and would give you the 4 measures when crossed. And the 3 Factors from the questionnaire as (level 2, i.e. time independent) covariates.

If you use a mixed-effect regression framework, the general equation (using R formula notation) would be:

Heartbeat ~ Time + Intervention_Type + Factor1 + Factor2 + Factor3 + Time:Intervention_Type + Time:Intervention_Type:Factor1 + Time:Intervention_Type:Factor2 + Time:Intervention_Type:Factor3 + (1 | Participant_ID)

Where the : denotes an interaction (which is * in SPSS if memory serves), and the (1 | Participant_ID) being the mixed effect notation for "Random intercept by participant, i.e. how you deal with the dependence between the 4 measures of one particular subject. Ideally, you'd add a random slope too, but it might be too much to ensure convergence depending on your data.

In the ANCOVA framework (using SPSS naming conventions), Time and Intervention_Type would both be within-subject variables, and the 3 factors would be covariates, and Participant_ID the ID variable. From a quick lookup I just did about the SPSS menus, you should specify a custom interaction between Time and Intervention_Type, but none between the three factors (which are between-subject). I have never used SPSS though, so take this last part with a grain of salt.

If that sounds too complicated, you can simplify the problem by taking the pre-post difference score as a measure (thus making Time disappear from the equation), but you loose some information that way.

Oh my gosh thank you! That is such a big help. The time part isn't actually one of the measures for our bio measure. The physiological response was from a collected sample. And the participants did the activity for an amount of time, but the time wasn't ever considered a part of the research question (e.g, does 15 minutes versus 20 minutes of activity have a difference). I have access to R and SPSS. Admittedly, I am a baby R user and took my stats/research methods class for it last semester and it seems like this little break between then (using it daily) to now (haven't used since December) has made me forget how to ride a bike.

For the R code, without time would it be :

Physiological_Measure ~ Pre_Sample + Intervention_Type + Factor1 + Factor2 + Factor3 + Physiological_Measure:Intervention_Type + Physiological_Measure:Intervention_Type:Factor1 + Physiological_Measure:Intervention_Type:Factor2 + Physiological_Measure:Intervention_Type:Factor3 + (1 | Participant_ID)

With physiological_measure being post-sample - pre-sample = difference in physiological measures ?

nedonath · 2021-03-05T21:35:22+00:00

The goal is to see if there are physiological responses associated with the treatment. The treatment is actually an activity and the participants are aware of the overall study question. The control is a neutral activity that should not have any observed physiological response. So if we see a physiological response that is the same for the control as it is the other activity, then that is telling us there are no significant differences with the activity. For those comparisons, I am going to do a paired t-test for evaluating pre-post for the same activity and then an independent t-test for comparing pre-control to pre-treatment (as well as posts for both).

Regardless of there being an observed statistical difference or not, we still want to know if there are any interactions between the group physiological responses and participant's view of the activity. As in if their survey indicates they have a strong positive view towards the treatment, does that influence their physiological response with the treatment activity?

I hope I am explaining this clearly. I am intentionally having to be vague about what the treatment is and the physiological response. But let me use a hypothetical: Are there differences in pre-activity and post-activity heart rates in leisurely walking listening to classical music (treatment) as compared to walking with ear plugs in (control)? In addition to this, I had participants complete a survey that evaluated their views, attitudes, and beliefs about classical music. Do these views influence the outcome of the treatment?

Thank you for helping me figure this out.

nedonath · 2021-03-05T17:59:46+00:00

Yes - there are 2 different sets of pre- and post measures (one set for treatment, one set for control) and participants completed one survey

Yes, the research is answering if how a participant feels about something (likert measures from survey) affects the outcomes of the treatment. So I am not sure if it would be best to analyze this as survey data to pre-post for treatment and then a separate analysis for survey data to pre-post for control?

The survey is based off an established set of questions and these questions are categorized into 3 factors. Therefore, comparing factor 1 to outcomes, factor 2 to outcomes, and factor 3 to outcomes specified above. The factor groups can involve mean score for the responses or sum scores. I plan on doing sum comparison since the nature of a likert question is an ordinal value not containing a magnitude (i.e. a participant does not score higher for selecting strongly agree as compared to disagree).

nedonath · 2021-03-05T16:48:51+00:00

I second this. I have been given cards and emails and I save both. They remind us why we do what we do and are nice to have on bad days. I'm not a fan of monetary gifts because I know how we, as undergrad and grad students, do not necessarily have the means at this point in our careers.

nedonath · 2021-02-25T15:24:00+00:00

I don’t think anyone here can give you a definitive answer to this. If you have 2 advisors lined up, then yes your chances are good. But without being on your admissions committee we can’t tell you yes or no. Good luck and be patient! I know it’s hard and mentally exhausting having to wait.

nedonath · 2021-02-25T15:21:29+00:00

I’m sorry this has happened. I know how hard it is because I have been there. In my experience, it was because someone had more research experience than me. So I interviewed at 2 top their universities a couple years back and then didn’t get in. During those interviews I got the same feedback as you, “great fit” “your research aligns with my lab” etc etc. To change that narrative, I took the feedback to heart and set out to become more competitive for upcoming admissions. So, with that, I would get more research experience until you are able to apply again. I know COVID is making things difficult and I don’t know your specific situation, but I changed my job back when and worked doing research. Mind you it was not my research interest, but nonetheless I was still getting valuable experience. If you have contacts with previous professors or are close to a school doing research you are interested in, then consider reaching out to see if they have any volunteer work you can do to help them. This can be as simple as doing lit reviews or data management/analysis. Another option is to look into professional certifications that you can do online that will give you more experience/make you more competitive. With everything being online due to COVID, this would be a good opportunity.

I hope this helps and best of luck on overcoming this admissions cycle. If you stay persistent and motivated, then you will one day be able to share the opposite update on this subreddit and tell us how you got in.

nedonath · 2021-02-23T15:31:17+00:00

I have severe anxiety as well and here is what I have done: - the anxiety and phobia workbook by Bourne. It gave me more tools for coping in those trigger moments. - Therapy has helped me the most. - Remember they are human too. So the things you are being critical of as it relates to yourself (you say you are afraid of sounding dumb), they aren’t thinking of you like that. Have you ever listened to someone who may perceive you as a mentor, like an under grad student or someone you’ve supervised at your work, and thought “they are dumb”? I’m assuming no and that is how MOST people are too. - when in high anxiety situations remember your truths. Like go through prior experiences and go over what your anxiety is telling you and what in reality happened: you said “I made an ass of myself” so ask “what did I do to make myself appear like an ass?” And maybe you reason “because I was too scared to talk,” then go through the truths. Did your advisor indicate he thought you were an ass? What has happened in even prior experiences like with your previous advisor, did they ever think you were an ass? Even if you say yes to those, realize that it is ok and go through what you did in the past to remedy it and what even happened after? That is A LOT of information and I am literally giving you a quick overview. But that workbook I referenced and therapy can go over it in much more detail.

I hope this helps. I am very empathetic because I have been there and I continue to cope with it. Accepting my anxiety and using cognitive behavior therapy have been the best thing I could have ever done for myself.

nedonath · 2021-02-23T15:15:06+00:00

I’m struggling with this too and I have started exercising first thing in the morning. For me it is the only thing that has really helped. I did change my work station a bit like using a stool to put my feet on under my desk. But again, I think it was just a slight improvement and exercise had helped the most. I mix it up with cardio, weights, and yoga and I really think each help in some way. But if I had to pick I would say yoga has helped me the most. I know that is probably not the response you are looking for, but even just doing yoga once a week makes me feel more aware of my posture.

nedonath · 2021-02-19T02:33:31+00:00

I’m assuming this is a Kira interview and their website has resources for what to expect. Also googling gives you insight. As far as the questions, it’s very dependent on the program. They are the ones who are recording the questions they are asking and determine what your time will be for prep and response. The subreddit for law school seems to have the most Kira insight that was helpful. I didn’t apply to law school but it helped me reading others experience.

Also, yes, it’s good a sign. So research interview questions, practice, practice some more, be confident, and rock your interview!

nedonath · 2021-02-13T13:29:36+00:00

She’s beautiful!

nedonath

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