Display MoreIt is natural that she should not want a second vaccination. It is natural, but not very scientific or rational. Her first action should be to consult with experts to solve the sleep problem, because it is extremely unlikely it was caused by the vaccine. As a doctor, she should know that.
Of course this should be reported to VAERS. Even if she is the only person on earth who suffers from this, and even if other doctors and experts conclude it is unlikely it was caused by the vaccine, the whole purpose of VAERS is to find a needle-in-the-haystack problem like this. I suppose if the doctors find some other cause, and they fix the problem, it would not be a good idea to report it VAERS. Or perhaps the report could be updated.
The problem with anecdotal incidents like this is that they cause amateurs with no scientific knowledge to avoid getting the vaccine. People learn that one person in New Zealand died from the mRNA vaccine, and they conclude that the vaccine is dangerous. They ignore the billions of people who were vaccinated and had no serious side effects. This is like learning the someone somewhere once choked to death eating grapes, and concluding that eating grapes is dangerous and should be avoided. (An expert estimated that the vaccines are roughly as dangerous as eating grapes, at about ~10 deaths per 6.9 billion doses for mRNA and adenovirus types.)
If my wife were killed in an airplane crash, it would be perfectly understandable if I developed a phobia of flying on airplanes. I suppose anyone would! But that would be an irrational phobia, because airplanes are extremely safe and it is very unlikely that I would be killed in another accident. A rational, scientifically trained person will know that -- but even rational scientists have phobias! As Arthur Clarke said, anyone knows ghosts do not exist but a sensible person is still afraid of them.
Of cause she did consult with a doctor, expert with such issues, and did not do any self treatment. It is also telling that the side effect was never reported, so if doctors do not report all issues how could we know if they are commonly enough to be a problem. After all the issue was nasty but not a severe life threatening side effect, and those are much less likely to be reported. Personally I think the jab was contaminated, but she also has a very strong immune system and is otherwise never sick even when we had small children.