Current Events > Got booster shot yesterday, side effects far worse than second dose.

(+) Yeah! (+)

I'm a little concerned. Everything I've read says the booster shot should be similar to first dose, not worse than second.

Fever, chills, aches, fatigue all day yesterday and this morning. Longer period of time and more intense than second shot. What's really concerning is I also have a sore throat, which is NOT a side effect of the vaccine.

@TheOnionKnight how did your booster go?

You'll be fine TC. Sore throat could be a symptom from something completely unrelated to the booster. Remember this time of the year sore throats are very common.

Good on you for getting it. You'll be back to normal before Christmas.

all of those things sounds like the flu.
that's if the covid test is negative.

Booster was the worst for me as well. Fever, aches and pains and super tired the day after getting the booster. Went away the next day though, so not too bad.

Which booster you get?

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Pretty much that.

I had arm soreness after all 3, second being the worst.

when i got the booster i received the same side affects as my 2nd vaccination. had a fever and was feeling lousy the whole day. but after 24 hours i felt almost completely better. been fine since.

The booster was the worst for me, but all it amounted to was general achiness for half a day.

I got my booster yesterday and feel perfectly fine today, sore arm but not much else.

You should get the next one too. Meanwhile where I live half the people haven't even had one lmao (myself included, currently at a cool zero jabs)

V-E-G-Y- posted...

Which booster you get?

Pfizer, same as first two shots.

Booster was worst for me too, but still relatively mild.

spanky1 posted...

I'm a little concerned. Everything I've read says the booster shot should be similar to first dose, not worse than second.

Fever, chills, aches, fatigue all day yesterday and this morning. Longer period of time and more intense than second shot. What's really concerning is I also have a sore throat, which is NOT a side effect of the vaccine.

This describes my experience with the Moderna booster quite accurately. The fever and chills only lasted about 8-12 hours though, and the whole achy / fatigue period lasted about 36 hours.

So the good news is that you're not alone in this regard, and it will pass.

I'm getting mine Monday and I'm not looking forward to it... I got pretty sick on my 2nd dose, and almost everyone I know that had a bad reaction to the 2nd dose had an even worse one to the booster

I got a full dose Moderna booster. It kicked my fucking ass, hard. Only for a day though.

ayyyye

I got my booster as well yesterday. Besides a sore arm, I feel great.

The booster kicked my ass, I had Pfizer. I had crazy flu-like symptoms that lasted for a day, the next day I was fine

My booster was worse than my first shot, but easier than my second shot. HOWEVER a big part of what made my second shot difficult was that it absolutely killed my arm. The injection site was massively sore to the point where I had trouble sleeping. With the booster, my arm wasn't as sore, but I had body aches that lasted for about two or three days. And I was generally exhausted and feverish. It felt like a mini flu. But it mostly resolved by the fourth day and I was back to normal pretty soon after that.

Id imagine reactions to vaccines would get progressively more severe the more your body has built antibodies to the specific virus.

so all that means is that the body is doing its job and reacting appropriately.

The same thing happened to my wife. She got the booster and had the full array of side-effects, plus sore throat like you said TC.

She still feels crummy a week later, so we assume what happened was she randomly caught a cold right around the time she got the booster.

JimmyFraska posted...

You should get the next one too. Meanwhile where I live half the people haven't even had one lmao (myself included, currently at a cool zero jabs)

are you bragging about not being vaccinated?

My wife felt horrible after the booster, and she had no side effects from her initial two doses. Kind of hesitant to do the booster because I cant really take off multiple days from work.

I got the booster 2 days ago. I expected to feel like shit because I did after my second shot but I slammed 3 glasses of water before I went to bed and felt fine.

I guess I got lucky because I had absolutely no side effects from the booster. I went to work and the gym the very next day with no problems.

JimmyFraska posted...

You should get the next one too. Meanwhile where I live half the people haven't even had one lmao (myself included, currently at a cool zero jabs)

Is this being advised? I havent gotten my booster yet but I assumed theyd recommend waiting a period of time before getting any further boosters, like how they are having us wait 6 months between the 2nd shot and booster.

My dad didnt get sick on the three shots
My mom got fever/chills for 2 days off the 2nd and 3rd shot

EzeDoesIt posted...

like how they are having us wait 6 months between the 2nd shot and booster.

wait 6 months. get the booster immediately.
pray to god that omicron doesn't get any of us.

Still have symptoms, 30 hours later. -_-

spanky1 posted...

Still have symptoms, 30 hours later. -_-

Ooof, that's rough. I hope you get better.

I wonder what it would be like if it become a thing where people just basically have to get a booster every year like the flu shot. I wonder if it would be popular or if people wouldn't want to have to deal with the symptoms every year. Would you take a 4th one if one came out? Or too early to say?

I didnt feel anything except sore arm on my booster. For me the first dose affected me the most. Someone else I know that got the booster did feel experience fatigue, headaches and pretty much slept all day.

My friends i hung out with this weekend all are experiencing covid symptoms, theirs started same day mine did.

Daum, doesn't having covid ruin da vaccine?

My booster symptoms were identical to the 2nd shot symptoms. Aches, chills, fever of about 101-102. Gone after a day or so.

Vegy posted...

Daum, doesn't having covid ruin da vaccine?

I think it might actually. Like if you get a shot while you have covid, its not as potent or effective.

Man that would suck if I have covid.

Only way to know is to get tested

People like to forget that illness doesn't suddenly freeze because you got a vaccine. It takes a few days for any appreciable protection and 2+ weeks for maximum protection. Omicron is surging hard you may have been exposed within a few days before the shot.

Plus you have flu, cold, Strep, Norovirus etc that still get around.

Oh man so you think you got COVID just on the cusp before you got the booster?

pikachupwnage posted...

Strep

strep is better than everything. it can be cleared in 10 days with medication.

spanky1 posted...

Still have symptoms, 30 hours later. -_-

Dunno if you read my post or not, but my booster symptoms lasted at least 36 hours (though the fever and chills wore off after about 12, then I was just achy and fatigued for at least another 24 hours after that).

You'll get through it, mate :-)

Still down, but it's hard to tell how badly, because I took Ibuprofen, which really does a lot at lessening the symptoms. I'll know later tonight if I'm still bad or not. If I am, I'll go get a covid test.

Hang in there TC.

The booster was the worst for me. I got chills (only time it happened) and I was exhausted for an extra day or two.

So the friends I hung out with last weekend have tested positive. My flu symptoms are gone, but still have cough, sore throat, tight chest, general lack of energy I'm just assuming I have covid.

TheOnionKnight posted...

Oh man so you think you got COVID just on the cusp before you got the booster?

I believe this happened. It's a Christmas disaster.

I'm scheduled to get mine Sunday. I'm scared now