Up until now, I’ve only gotten the Pfizer vaccines. And while I’ve reacted to them, it was never particularly bad. Light muscle aches and some fatigue were basically it. Worst was the second one - I could feel my hair follicles and eyelids with that one.
But the Moderna one seems to be quite the beast.
When I found out I could get the new Moderna, I was excited, since I’ve heard that mix-and-match is probably the strongest immunity you can get. And I figured it wasn’t going to be that bad when after several hours, I only had some light fatigue.
But today has been awful. Consistent fever around 102.3, chills, headache, nausea, whole-body aches, and ludicrous levels of exhaustion. I’ve been utterly useless.
Is this what Moderna vaccines have been like all along? I’ll take it over contracting COVID-19, definitely… but ouch. It’s hurting me plenty.
Next morning update: Chills are gone, fever seems to be gone, muscle aches aren’t entirely gone, but they’re fading. All in all, 10/10 would feel like shit for a day again to help stop the spread of a dangerous disease.
I think the moderna dosing is still double the pfizer dose. So I think it’s always caused a larger immune response. Ibuprofen will deal with most of those symptoms if you’re really not feeling good.
I believe one can’t 1:1 compare the dosage, Pfizer’s MRNA was supposed to be a little more stable and hence less of it was needed. But, yeah, Moderna’s dosage is higher.
I’ve gotten both over the years and Moderna always knocked me out harder, but never like OP. Symptoms have always been medium to strong fatigue and at most a mild headache.
I haven’t gotten the new booster yet.
Moderna absolutely kicked my ass, I had the worst body aches I’ve ever experienced to the point that I was curled up in a ball on the floor until the double dose of Tylenol started kicking in.
I just got the Pfizer booster recently and had hardly any side effects at all.
It helped to remind myself that I felt like shit because my immune system was at work. It’s a sign (albeit an unwelcome one) that the vaccine is working.
Yep, better than getting COVID. It only lasted about 10 hours.
Every shot and booster I’ve had made me feel like shit for several days, and made my arm throb as if I’d been shot for about a week.
But if my choice is between that and long covid, well, I’m chosing the shot lol.
But if my choice is between that and long covid, well, I’m chosing the shot lol.
Bingo. I have extended family with long COVID and it sucks ass. My father-in-law used to be the strongest and most active guy I knew. Woodland firefighter, constantly doing stuff with his hands. All of that is over now. Long COVID has wrecked him. He’s probably going to be on supplemental oxygen for the rest of his life.
Too bad you didn’t drop dead, nothing of value would have been lost.
Someones nipples are all twisted this morning.
Nothing of value will be lost when you can no longer interact with this instance either. Goodbye
Oddly enough, none of the COVID vaccines or boosters have affected me in any significant way… but… I got my flu shot last week and it hit me like a freight train. I was having to fight to speak clearly in a work meeting thirty minutes after the injection, but on the plus side, it’s nice to know my body’s building an immune response.
I’m glad someone else has an immune system that doesn’t hate them, I’m going in later this week and this crowd was making me feel anxious even though I’ve never had a reaction to vaccines.
Your experience matches every shot I’ve had with Moderna. I’m planning to get Pfizer this time around, in the hopes that it goes easier on my body 🤞
The old Pfizer doses would shut me down for 3 days.
Fever, chills, body aches, fatigue.
The first shot wasn’t so bad. The second and third were insane.
I’m pretty sure I’ve had a fourth shot, but I don’t remember how I felt. I think I got covid last year, after already having the third shot, and I’ve been dealing with symptoms for over a year now (mostly muscle fatigue).
I want the new shot with the new variant mix, but I’m also afraid of how I’m going to react to it. I have too much going on at work and home right now to take half a week off for the shot.
I have a pretty crummy immune system and have always dealt with autoimmune issues, so it’s important that I get the shot, even if I react badly to it. :/
My immune system is compromised by a low level form of leukemia.
I was scared when I took the first Pfizer – no side effects.
The second one was painful as hell. The others were no problem.
Then I got Covid last week for the second time anyway.
That sucks, sorry to hear it. I hope it was at least a mild case.
Normal. After I took it, I was feeling like I’d done an intense all body workout, like all my muscles felt sore. Was basically done the next day.
According to my records i’ve had Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Apart from a sore arm and maybe a bit tired, i thankfully had no other symptoms.
I think it’s good if you have a strong immune system response to the vax. It means your immune system will be charged up with antibodies.
I always plan to take 1-2 days off after getting vaccinated.
That’s what I should have done. Oh well. At least I’m feeling a lot better this morning. C’est la vie.
So interesting to hear all of the individual reactions. I had the Pfizer primary series - the first shot was rough but the second shot, and the Moderna booster I had later, only caused some arm pain.
I just had my fourth shot, the Moderna Spikefax, along with the flu shot at the same time. Caused malaise overnight and pain in the COVID shot location for 3 days.
Whatever pain and inconvenience the vaccine shots cause it’s nothing like having COVID. Ask me how I know.
Ask me how I know.
I’m going to take a wild guess here: You or people you know have had COVID and it sucks donkey balls?
Haven’t gotten the new vaccine yet, but my first moderna gave me some chills, headache, and fatigue, I didn’t check my temperature but I wouldn’t have been surprised if I had a slight fever. It hit me maybe 8-12 ish hours after I got it, not too bad, but not exactly fun either, could have worked through it if I needed to but I was glad I had the day off. The real kicker for me though was I work night shift, I got it right after work in the morning, went home, went to bed, and it started hitting me a bit after I got up the next evening, and by the time I was ready to go to sleep the next morning I was feeling fine. If I’d been on a normal schedule and got the vaccine at the same time, I probably would have been going to bed at about the same time it hit me and I would have slept through all of the symptoms.
Most of my boosters have been moderna, and I haven’t had any issues with them besides a sore arm, so I think the first dose was my immune system going “hey wait, what the fuck is this? We got a code red over here” And with the boosters it pretty much just went “oh, ok, another one of these, go ahead and put it with the others, no biggie”
The one Pfizer vaccine I did get didn’t seem to make my arm quite as sore as the others. So that’s something I guess.
Don’t think I had any fever today but definitely fatigued, sore, body aches, and chills last night (vaccinated yesterday + flu). Had moderna for shots 1 & 2, and Pfizer for 3 (no real side effects I can remember). Wasn’t expecting to have any side effects since they were very mild after booster 2, but definitely was wrong. Wanted to try Novavax but don’t think it’s been approved yet and didn’t want to wait any longer
Oh ick, I’m scheduled for Moderna on Friday. Oh well — I’ll be far more annoyed if it’s “rescheduled” again.
The worst I’ve had so far is that I can’t have my blood pressure checked on that arm anymore. The pressure of the cuff hurts so much that my blood pressure shoots straight up. Luckily I discovered that early enough to always get the Covid shot in that same arm.
Woah, that’s weird! Like, even if it’s been months since the last shot, you can’t get your blood pressure read from it because it hurts too much?
Yup! I most recently let my Dr try that arm about a month ago, and I’d last had a Covid shot about 10 months before that. Of course I have no idea if each shot is continuing the problem, or if someone just goofed when they administered the first two shots and nicked something, or something.
Brand new chronic pain condition! How fun
Weird. I wonder if one of the vaccinations nicked a major nerve.
Is that effect on your arm permanent or only a short period after the shot?
Guess I’ve been lucky. The first vaccine I got (which was Pfizer) made me a bit sick for a couple of days with a brutally sore arm. Since then, every booster I’ve gotten (Pfizer and Moderna) has just given me a sore arm for a few days. I usually get cold-like symptoms after I get a flu shot, so I guess the Covid shots aren’t as hard on me somehow.
When I took the Moderna two dose in 2021, I was stuck in bed having fever dreams for a couple of days. Like I was hallucinating that I was in different places. Sickest I’ve ever been in my life.
Moderna was the easiest on me - did not feel a thing, not even a shoulder pain. I guess this is individual.
That’s the sense I’m getting, yeah. Some people are saying Pfizer is the one that really knocked them out and Moderna never did. Guess I’m just the reverse. Oh well, I do feel a lot better this morning at least.
