Vaccine Side Effects - What side effects did you get from your vaccine?

Wibbs · 14-08-2021 9:07am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117750925#Comment_117750925

What's interesting to me is how quickly people report feeling effects of the vaccines. Within hours in a few cases. I can't see how that can be any immune response at that early stage of things. If someone is actually infected with a virus the incubation period between infection and symptoms of the immune system responding is very rarely less than one day, more like two or three and in some infections it can take weeks, even months(HIV an obvious one). So if people aren't reacting to low level anxiety/placebo type symptoms what is causing these reactions, some of which can be unpleasant?

There seems to be a difference depending on vaccine too. So the J&J seems to illicit the least amount of effects, the Pfizer the most(particularly the second dose). The efficacy of J&J is lesser than Pfizer, as far as catching mild disease anyway, protection against severe disease and death seems to be roughly the same. Is the stronger effect of Pfizer in play here? Though set against that is that the first Pfizer dose which doesn't provide full protection still seems to give harsher side effects. Is it a reaction to the different methods of delivery? IE is the mRNA route more of a temporary insult than the viral vector route? AZ another viral vector type spread over two jabs seems to have fewer sides too. Though clotting is more of a risk with the viral vector types, albeit an absolutely tiny risk.

fits · 14-08-2021 9:14am

I actually didn’t believe the slight wooziness was a vaccine reaction until some time later. It wasn’t bad at all. I expected more about a day later but absolutely nothing - I was 100%

I don’t really read too much into the reactions as I think that’s someone else’s job. Once it’s approved by the people who know what they’re doing it’s fine by me.

Multipass · 14-08-2021 10:52am

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I think Moderna actually has the most reported effects. The vomiting and nausea is typically 12+ hours later, I’d imagine it’s a reaction to a chemical component of the vaccine - whatever they’ve packaged the mRNA in, or used to stabilise it.

revelman · 14-08-2021 11:08am

Are there any studies indicating whether your reaction to the vaccine might be an indicator of how severe your reaction to Covid might be?

About a third of people seem to be getting side effects according to an article I read. So 2/3 of people are not. But many Covid infections are asymptomatic.

screamer · 14-08-2021 12:51pm

I wonder the same. If people react badly to the vaccine, how would they be if they caught Covid?

anyways I got Pfizer, nothing really in side effects, I was still able to look after 3 kids and an infant including night feeds etc, so I was happy with that. I guess we’re all different.

Pwindedd · 14-08-2021 1:14pm

AstraZeneca - 47/F

1st Dose (11 weeks ago) - sore arm within an hour of jab, bit of a temperature that evening, next day felt hungover, had to take to my bed around lunchtime with flu like symptoms. Slept for 5 hours, woke up feeling much better but drained. Pretty much back to normal by day 2

2nd Dose (yesterday) - no sore arm this time, tired and felt warm so went to bed around 8pm. Feeling very dozy today but hoping no further reactions. If all goes well today will treat myself to a chinese takeaway and a film later 🤗

GoWhest · 14-08-2021 1:44pm

Pfizer

First dose: No side effects at all. Not even a sore arm.

Second dose: Got it around 10am yesterday. Was fine until bedtime, was shivery in bed. Didn't sleep all that well last night so tired today but otherwise fine. Great excuse for a lazy Saturday 🙂

twinytwo · 14-08-2021 1:52pm

Pfizer

1st - nothing

2nd - nothing except after 24 hours my left pit was really sore for 4/5 hours

Prominent_Dawg · 14-08-2021 3:41pm

Pfizer

1st - Slight sore arm

2nd - Extreme flu like symptoms - fever, sore throat, runny nose, headaches.. (Possibly Covid)

14-08-2021 4:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117751038#Comment_117751038

mRNA enters the muscle cells and immediately starts encoding for the spike protein which means it’s producing in numbers detectable by the immune system quickly. The viral vector is more similar to how a virus would operate however it does the exact same thing- produce the spike protein

Lyle · 14-08-2021 5:29pm

Male, 33, Pfizer

Dose 1 - Arm got sore about 12 hours after the vaccine, gradually got worse over the next 24 hours before subsiding within 48 hours. Felt perfectly normal then for a day before the migraines started, lasting about 24 hours, and then the lymph nodes in my armpit and neck on the side where I got the vaccine began to swell up very, very badly and were like that for about 5 days.

Dose 2 - Same again with the arm but the ache subsided faster, about 36 hours post-vaccine. Felt fine for two days before a staggering wave of fatigue kicked in. I've been in bed now for 6 days, even just getting up to go to the toilet is a bit of a nightmare, all my muscles are just absolutely wrecked and I'm sleeping 12 - 18 hours a day.

I avoided the feverish, high temperature side effects both times but between the swollen lymphs the first time and the muscle fatigue the second time around, fairly chronic! Hopefully I'll be out the other side of this in a few more days. I could do with a pint.

fits · 14-08-2021 5:42pm

^ have you had a covid test?

Lyle · 14-08-2021 8:42pm

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I haven't had a PCR, I've been in touch with two different out-of-hours GPs and my own GP a bit in the course of the last few weeks and all are confident it's just vaccine side effects, all this stuff is listed in the leaflet. I also have basically 0 contacts, just the wife and kid and they don't go anywhere so unless I caught it in the vaccination centre, I haven't been anywhere else. Missus got antibody tests and I've been doing one a day, they're all negative. It's definitely the vaccine, these are all known and documented side effects. I'm grand with all this really, even if it is annoying, because it means everything is working. This'll all clear up in a few days and it'll be well worth it in the end!

Atlantis50 · 15-08-2021 1:12am

Male, 32.

Pfizer/Biontech

Dose 1: Sore arm and felt slightly 'off' for a few days, no big deal.

Dose 2: Got the shot Thursday morning, felt nothing out of the ordinary until around 18 hours after the injection at which point I had the chills in bed and began to feel slight pain in my collarbone area and upper back which persisted through the day and really got worse last night to the extent that I couldn't sleep and kept tossing and turning. Although both vaccinators recommended getting paracetamol to reduce the pain from any side-effects, I didn't do so and ended up rooting around the house to see if I could find anything to ease the pain. The best I could come up with was E45 skin cream which I applied to the areas of pain and it did seem to reduce the pain (or I was experiencing a placebo effect) and I managed to get to sleep for around 4 hours, waking up with the pain almost entirely gone and now I feel fully 'back to normal'. Overall, second dose was an unpleasant experience but not very serious or debilitating.

15-08-2021 1:25am

1. Sore arm, fatigue.

2. The above.

I felt worse after the second one but that was because of additional factors: it was at the height of the hot weather, and I went on the lash. 🙄

15-08-2021 8:49am

I've only had one AZ so far. Fine until some tiredness and aches the next afternoon and evening. A bit like a hangover. Fine the next day. Was lucky compared to some others I know.

Quin_Dub · 15-08-2021 3:00pm

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Of course , which is why a more accurate view is to look at "excess deaths" reporting.

People die all the time for lots and lots of reasons but in normal circumstances the death rate on a per capita basis is pretty stable , since Covid that rate has increased sharply.

Just because someone was going to die of Cancer doesn't mean that contracting Covid didn't result in them sooner than they should have , so Covid is the reason for their death.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · 16-08-2021 2:33am

Pfizer, 36, Male

Jab 1 - Sore deltoid muscle (the one I got the jab in, obviously) which developed that night and lasted a couple of days.

Jab 2 - Exact same thing, except for it only lasted 1 day. Went to the gym the day after my shot and I started to run out of steam half way through my workout which would almost never happen to me, so putting it down to the jab.

I got my jabs exactly three weeks apart (New Zealand), had no other noticeable side effects.

jester77 · 16-08-2021 10:01am

Should you be worried if you have no effects? After the first injection, the following day I could feel what is like a bruise if I pushed on the spot. After the second there was nothing. My partner had a sore arm both times but she had no other side effects. It seems odd that both of us had nothing, plus there was a case here where nurses have been caught injecting saline instead of the vaccine, hopefully this is not happening too often.

Cuddlesworth · 16-08-2021 11:12am

Pfizer, mid 30's male.

Shot 1 - Sore arm, run the next day had a very lackluster performance. If I wasn't doing cardio I probably wouldn't have really noticed.

Shot 2 - Sore arm, noticeably fatigued for the day, less so the next day. Nothing the third.

Nozebleed · 16-08-2021 9:55pm

Pfizer 42 male

1st Shot - Suffering with Disequilibrium. really awful horrible feeling when putting the head down at night.

I wont be taking the 2nd shot. got the first dose 3 days ago.

Aph2016 · 16-08-2021 11:07pm

Pfizer M 32

Bad reactions to both shots, ended up in A & E on advice from GP. Strong pressure/heaviness on chest, breathing reduced, fatigued, light headed, heart felt like it was beating strongly.

Same reaction to both shots, felt a little better around 3 weeks after the first shot, second shot exact same, both times it came after 4 or 5 days. ECG, bloods came back fine, high blood pressure after first shot.

Still feel like crap 8 days after second shot. I'd be fit and healthy and regularly work out, very rarely sick, no chance I'm taking any top ups.

20-08-2021 11:49am

Any ladies having irregular menstrual cycles since the vaccine?

I've heard of a few, but can't find any research on it, other than people looking for traces of mRNA in menstrual blood samples

jjmcclure · 20-08-2021 12:16pm

4 person household

Me: Pfizer - no side effects both doses apart from a tender arm

Wife: Jansen - no side effects

Kids 16 and 18 both Pfizer - 16 year old 2 x doses no side effects (tender arm), 18 year old one dose no side effects (tender arm)

Elessar · 20-08-2021 5:17pm

Anyone else feel a bit more tired than usual, low energy, the week after their second shot?

I'm just over a week since 2nd Pfizer shot and I'm much more tired than normal and a bit groggy, found myself a bit weak actually a few days ago. Could be unrelated but I did notice the same about a week after the first shot too 🤔

Ohmeha · 20-08-2021 6:34pm

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2nd dose mixed bag this time, very slight tenderness in my arm the first sign again but not as bad as the first jab, I was injected higher up the arm don't know if that makes any difference. Approximately 18 hours after the 2nd jab I woke up in middle of the night with initially a chill, soon after I developed fever symptoms with a horrible headache and sickness which went on and off for another 6 hours it was really horrible. By lunch time 28 hours after the jab I was feeling pretty good and no more side effects, arm cleared up and didn't have as much fatigue as the first jab

Esel · 20-08-2021 9:21pm

IANAD, but prophylactic paracetamol probably could have helped minimise these side- effects.

Amadan Dubh · 20-08-2021 11:46pm

I received the Janssen on the 10th,exactly 12 hours afterwards the side effects kicked in. I had a fever, chills and a headache, resulting in no sleep that night. Stayed off work the next day and slept all day. Remained groggy the next two days and very tired. By the 4th day I felt back to normal. No way will I take any booster no matter what. The positive is that I now no longer give a hoot about covid or covid news.

lawrencesummers · 20-08-2021 11:52pm

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Yep.

I was bate for about 3 weeks after 2nd pfizer.

kg703 · 21-08-2021 9:42am

First one Pfizer - sore arm for 36 hours nothing else

2nd one yesterday. Holy moly. 10 hours later I got what I can only assume is a migraine. I thought my head was going to burst through my skull, started vomiting, hot and cold sweats. Got some strong pain killers and stomach tablets into me. Had a high heart rate (90-100 while seated when I'm normally 55) for hours and then weak all night. I walked upstairs and had to lie on the floor because I felt I was passing out. This morning I feel a bit better headache and nausea are gone. I'm still very weak though, walking around, I have to sit down after five mins. Weirdly I have a horrible taste in my mouth, a little metally? Every time I eat and drink its like there's a penny in my mouth :( anyone else get that?

Either way I'm very very pro vax but it'll defo make me think twice about a booster. I get the flu vax every year, nothing like this. Maybe talk to the doc about a different type or something. But out of my family and friends I'm the only one who had this bad a reaction so I'm not trying to scare anyone most people were just a bit tired.

degrassinoel · 21-08-2021 9:55am

male, mid 40's, 1 respiratory disease, 1 autoimmune system disease (got the vaccines months ago)

Vaccine : Moderna

1st Dose - sore arm

2nd Dose - sore arm, extreme fatigue , headache

Headache came on in day 2 of the second dose, was not present in day 3. Solphadeine helped.

Fatigue is something I'm used to with my health anyway, taking solphadeine for the headache made it slightly worse, but overall helped with sleeping and pain relief.

The fatigue lasted 3 days, the second day being the worst.

Day 3 was like a mild hangover, which was probably more from the painkillers than the vaccine.

back to normal on day 4. Well, normal for me anyway.

I've no problem taking a booster, having gotten of taste of what covid is like, and having seen 5 deaths from it in my community, it's a very clear choice of the lesser of two evils.

And tbh, i've had similar side effects from the seasonal flu vaccine too, so it's grand.

beerguts · 21-08-2021 1:33pm

Male 37 - Moderna vaccine

1st dose. Slight sore arm no issues after first day

2nd dose. Just yesterday. Arm is really sore. Very hard to move it. Absolutely no energy or motivation at the moment and I feel a headache coming on.

I've had the flu jab anually and never had any issues. I will not be taking a booster shot.

sdanseo · 21-08-2021 1:40pm

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Follow up after 2nd shot. Had a lymph node pop up in between the doses, sore for a couple of days.

2nd jab gave similar effects to the first but without the fever and chills. Lower grade, shorter lasting.

About 2-3 days later got a shooting pain in my arm, radiating to my chest and shoulder. I'm a hypochondriac who googles symptoms, which naturally all told me I was having a heart attack, so took an Asprin and went to the GP the next day.

His explanation was that the swelling in the arm sometimes pinches the nerves causing shooting pains. Which makes sense as it was a sciatica / pinched nerve type pain rather than anything excruciating, I never needed pain killers for it.

I won't be taking a booster unless there's overwhelming evidence that it's needed.

fima · 21-08-2021 3:09pm

Nearly a month on from second dose of Pfizer I have persistent arm pain that is just not going away

westeire · 21-08-2021 10:10pm

I got the Pfizer , persistent dull pain in my arm like the other poster said🙄 it's a month since I received it . I really hope that it eases off.

hopgirl · 21-08-2021 10:29pm

1st shot of Pfizer sore arm that day and next day felt tired mostly. About a week and a half after my shot started getting pins and needles in my hands in the mornings, would wake me up and at roughly the same time. I try to sleep in different positions to try and prevent it. Stiffness and achy feeling moving my fingers, find it hard to open things, feeling heaviness.

Got my second shot sore arm felt very tired the next day, headache. But my hands felt good none of the above complaints. But about a week and half afterwards the pain came back in my hands don't have the pins and needles every morning.

Anyone experience this?

22-08-2021 6:16pm

Those of you who are suffering longer-term side effects - have they been reported in any way to be included in the data?

Multipass · 23-08-2021 10:40am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117789748#Comment_117789748

Nope, GP not interested - would be surprised if he knows how to be honest.

thebronze14 · 23-08-2021 10:53am

34 Y/O Male....First dose just had the sore arm. Second dose after 24 hours I was really lethargic just. Went training and I had no energy or drive for it and never sweated as much in my life! 10 hour sleep and I was back to normal. My OH was a lot more tired and had swollen glands in her neck after 1st dose. We both got off lightly enough though

kg703 · 23-08-2021 11:57am

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Just as a follow up felt completely fine 48 hours later. Bizzare ha! My arms is still a slight bit sore but other then that feel grand.

Rket4000 · 23-08-2021 12:58pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117792030#Comment_117792030

Anyone can report side effects. You complete a form on the HPRA website and select "patient" from the dropdown and report them yourself https://www.hpra.ie/homepage/about-us/report-an-issue/covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reaction

Acey10 · 23-08-2021 2:39pm

Female 35

Pfizer

1st dose, sore arm.

2nd dose, sore arm.

On Wednesday I started to get the same pain in my thighs which is still here... Has anyone else has leg pain??

Elessar · 23-08-2021 8:29pm

The tinnitus in my left ear has got really loud since the 2nd Pfizer dose, it's been ringing non-stop for over a week. Hopefully it subsides soon. It's been reported by a good number of people too.

I'm also still not 100% physically in that a fast walk or run has me worn out more quickly and straining for breath more than usual. I'd say my body is still going through the ringer of the vaccine.

ooter · 23-08-2021 9:43pm

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do they make the adverse reactions available to the public to view?

Rket4000 · 23-08-2021 10:08pm

I'm not 100% sure but if something keeps coming up they add it to the list of possible side effects for whatever vaccine it relates to

Whatdoyoumean · 24-08-2021 10:45pm

27yo Male. Pfizer Vaccine.

1st dose - sore arm the day after.

2nd dose, sore arm the day after. Flu like symptoms (muscle aches, headache). Took paracetamol as advised and felt ok that day.

Felt ok the day after. I thought I was clear until the day after where I began to develop a twitch around my eye and started to feel chronically fatigued (like I had been taking sleeping tablets, the tiredness would wash over me out of nowhere…). Have had to take daily naps even though I’ve been getting 8+ hours sleep. Last night I had really bad night sweats (which has never happened before). Felt like someone poured a bucket of water on me! It’s been a week to the day now and I’m feeling slightly less fatigued, the twitching has reduced a lot. Haven’t heard of similar with anyone I know.

24-08-2021 10:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117799648#Comment_117799648

Eye twitching can be a common symptom of stress, as is fatigue, and night sweats

4Ad · 24-08-2021 10:52pm

I was lucky, I had weird dreams after my 1st shot of Moderna and none after the 2nd..

Whatdoyoumean · 24-08-2021 11:56pm

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I had thought about that, although I’ve never had any of that even during bouts extreme stress (plus I had been off work chilling for two weeks!).

I was a bit concerned as it was all out of nowhere, luckily the twitch has stopped and I don’t feel insatiably fatigued, just slightly tired.

Ozymandius2011 · 25-08-2021 12:13am

I had occasional pain in the shoulder that I was vaccinated in after the first dose. Sometimes severe pain. Was it a side effect? Its possible. I would still get vaccinated though. It went away with painkillers.

Vaccine Side Effects - What side effects did you get from your vaccine?

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