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

Vaccine: Johnson & Johnson

Received around 11.00am two weeks ago, by about 8.00pm that night I was starting to feel very cold and needed to put on warmer clothes, by the time I was going to bed I was starting to feel really warm, awful nights sleep with fever and vivid nightmares, felt run down and tired the next morning. I'd say by 2.00pm I was feeling on the mend and was absolutely back to normal the following day. Sore arm persisted for about 4 or 5 days though.

Usual sore arm with Moderna but I also developed a rash that covered my whole armpit 3 days after the first vaccination that lasted a week, thankfully it was not itchy or uncomfortable.

AZ for me. 1st dose sore arm, slight headache and a bit under the weather for 24 hrs. Ibuprofen and all ok! 2nd dose nothing at all. OH very similar and she had Pfizer. Lots of people with a huge variety of side effects.....We were just luckier than some.I guess.

first dose I had the sore arm and a slight headache the next morning and got the second dose today and so far no pain in my arm and feel fine.

I wonder how many of the people reporting a bad first 24 hours did not take paracetamol as a preventative before experiencing side-effects?

That advice is given by vaccinators, afaik.

Pfizer

1st dose: Nothing apart from arm being a bit sore

2nd dose: Aching joints and tiredness the day after the jab. Took paracetamol as advised and the symptoms cleared up before nightfall.

Pfizer.

1st dose: Only aware of anything if I bumped or pushed against my shoulder for a day or two after the injection. Overall scarcely noticed any effect.

2nd dose: Just about aware of a mild discomfort on my shoulder and mildly uncomfortable to lie on that side for a night or two. Slight temperature and mildly aching all over, as if i had worked a little to hard, the day after the injection. Not enough to be bothered taking anything for it. Fully back to normal the day after that.

Got the J&J two weeks ago.

Got it about 10 am. Felt fine until about 4 pm and then started to get a slight headache. Plenty of water and ibuprofen kept it at bay until about 8 PM when one of the worst fevers I've ever had hit. One minute I was shivering, the next the sweat was flying off me, awful headache and skin tingling. Went to bed and had an awful nights sleep. Had to soak a towel and leave it around my neck all night whie taking more ibuprofen and about 4 litres of water. Crazy dreams. Next morning the fever had passed and I felt hungover for the rest of the day with some muscle aches. Back to normal two days later with just a sore arm from the jab.

10/10 - Would recommend.

i’d be interested in how many that had a bad first dose reaction had Covid before ?..

Anyone else have their muscles seizing up? After second Moderna dose the next day muscles more or less stopped working, could barely walk. Also had random pains in joints. Muscles were fine the day after and aches went away after another 2/3 days.

Shows there was a definite immune response so well worth it.

Had you had Covid in the past?

Vaccine: Pfizer

1st dose: Sore arm

2nd dose: Sore arm, tiredness the day after.

Small price to pay on the grand scale of things.

33yo M

I had Pfizer. First jab, no side effects... Second jab, no side effects...

I did have a nap the day after the second jab, but I like naps, so was probably unrelated.

Pfizer: 1st and 2nd dose: Slightly sore arm after each dose for a few days. To be honest, sore arm not something I would normally have noticed except that i was looking out for side-effects after vaccine.