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I had the AZ jab last Friday morning. 4 days on and I after a rough night's sleep last Friday, I now feel dizzy and tired. I also keep getting a weird tingling feeling in my face, the sort you tend to get if you get cold sores. I was hoping to go for a ride tonight but I may have to rethink that one.
What I will say is none of this or any of the other side effects should put anybody off having the jab. Most of my friends and relatives have fared better than me and most have had none whatsoever.
Had the AZ at 4.30pm yesterday, felt slightly light headed most of the evening. Went bed as normal at about 10.30pm and slept fine till 2.20am when I woke up cold, slept on and off till I woke up at 5am cooking.
Since I've been up I've felt mildly hungover, tired and a little achy. Fingers crossed that's it and I'll be back out on the bike tomorrow.
FWIW I'm 39, reasonably fit and heathy. Pretty sure I haven't had the proper thing, certainly not had symptoms at any pint.
I also had the AZ yesterday at 430. Was fine until about 5am, when I woke up feeling a bit achey. Had breakfast and then got hit by a wall of exhaustion. Been napping on and off since then, a bit like a hangover but without the existential dread.
I had the virus pretty badly in March last year. Didn’t go to hospital, but was quite delirious and in and out of symptoms for a couple of months. Still had antibodies in Jan as I had a test to see if I could join up to the blood plasma trial, but I think that’s been cancelled.
I've slept most of the morning and now feeling much better.
Had my second Pfizer jab on Sunday. No more than a sore arm for a couple of days for both jabs.
Male, sinlge, 55 years old, First AZ 19th March, no side effects other than a slightly sore arm.
Exactly one calendar month later, wake up, OK, go to work, OK.
Mid morning, start to feel cold. Late morning unable to feel warm regardless of jumper and coat, start to shake, no one else in office feels cold, drive home, do not remember journey.
No appetite, turn heating up and try to sleep under duvet fully clothed.
One day later, just starting to feel normal, Paracetamol seems to work.
Normal temperature, no headaches, no sore throat, no lack of taste etc.
I have been socially distancing, other than meeting two people in a large ventilated office.
I would not have mentioned the above, but symptoms match other people’s reactions, just very, very late.
Had the Moderna jab Sat afternoon, 47 yr old male. No reaction aside a slightly sore shoulder at the injection point. I actually felt better than I normally do on a Sunday morning as I avoided alcohol as advised. Also was advised to take two paracetamol befor bed, which I did.
My wife had the Moderna jab and apart from a sore arm for a day was perfectly ok.
I had the Az and after a day I’ve felt like crap. Exhausted, bit of a brain fog and achy. Thankfully working at home but I’m knackered if I try to do anything - walking up and down the stairs leaves me knackered.
Is that common?
AZ at 3pm last Saturday. Rode MTB in the Dales on Sunday. No issues. Arm wasn't even sore.
Two days on from the AZ jab and I'm feeling almost 100%. I spent a couple of hours in bed yesterday afternoon with a rough headache but felt better when I woke up. Then I was just generally feeling lethargic. I ended up having an afternoon on the sofa watching the Tour des Alps and then some snooker...
Day9 after first OxAZ jab and I'm still waiting to feel human again, now signed off sick for this second week by by GP. :/
Yesterday morning I woke up without the dull headache that started around midday on Saturday 17th, but by ~1100 I could feel something brewing in the background, which developed into another full-on episode that's continued since.
The body aches/pains are still there but more subdued now, still quite mentally and physically fatigued, while the arm and leg heaviness seems to have gone.
Almost 48 hours on from the jab I feel largely ok again. Bit tired and a sore arm, otherwise ok this morning
I had a decent nights sleep last night and feel almost normal this morning after mine on Monday evening. Not counting my chickens yet though!
49 y/o male. First Moderna jab just over 48 hours ago, done at the Etihad Manchester. No side effects whatsoever. The needle didn't even hurt (they kind of distract you), a very mild pain if I pushed into my arm at the jab site for the first 24 hours. That's it, for now....
Probably not a good idea to read this before getting my first jab tomorrow afternoon lol
Will be getting the jab I must add.
My mum (66) had her 2nd AZ vaccination yesterday morning, had a bit of headache last night and felt a bit rough/feverish but paracetamol sorted her out, no ill effects at all this morning so needless to say she carried on as usual which for her meant a 20 mile cycle then a hike up a local hill (screel hill, galloway)
47 y/o here..
AZ jab on Monday at 6pm. Felt a bit sore Tuesday morning and i'd had a crappy sleep. Did a load of stuff in the morning but ran out of steam after lunch. Had a wee sleep and felt fairly rubbish when I woke up, by 7pm (25 hours later) the cold shivers began. Bed with hot water bottle. Wednesday, still some joint pain and quite lethargic but not so bad.
it may have been said somewhere else in the thread but talking with those that have had AZ jabs the first is the worst one, the second is far less reactive, it seems its the reverse for the Pfizer Jab
50 hours in. After feeling rubbish thus morning I then improved in the day, enough to be able to do a 30 min Zwift. Feeling a bit drained now again, but far from terrible.
49 y/o and I had the AZ jab on Tuesday around 2pm. Was fine until midnight and then endured a rough night with some mad, vivid dreams and had flu/hangover symptoms most of Wednesday. Felt close to normal in the evening but woke up this morning at 3am feeling odd with no chance of getting back to sleep.
It's going to be a long day.
LAst update i hope.... day 3 since having it... i feel fine and dandy today. No issues.
I'm 45 and had the AZ jab on Sunday afternoon.
I started feeling a bit rough that evening, similar feeling to when you feel that you are coming down with a cold. Felt ok Monday morning, though did feel light headed a few times and I felt kind of lethargic almost like I had been out on the piss the day before. Tuesday I felt a little bit more normal, but then Wednesday I felt totally wiped out. Everything ached, I had a headache and just felt so tired. I ended up sacking off work as I just wanted to go to bed. Slept for 4-5 hours and woke up feeling great.
Feel good again this morning so hopefully back to normal now.
20 hours in... AZ at midday yesterday. Fine til 4am, then shivery and a bit achey today. But head is fine. Just a bit tired.
Ended up finally ringing 111 about my headache (not the worst I've had by some way) yesterday morning after having it for four days (duration very unusual for me), while waiting for the callback from GP it ironically began to subside... Told to head to A+E for tests if it returns.
Touch wood, the threat of visiting SGH seems to have done the trick, I've woken late again this morning at ~0900 after briefly waking randomly at ~0400, but other than that I feel vaguely human.
Even managed a ~15min very gentle ride just before dinner, my first since Mon 12th, I'd struggle to remember the last time I hadn't ridden for nine days... Never has a ride around the local estate felt so good! 😆
Fingers crossed this is my final entry in this thread.
Had AZ Sunday lunchtime, felt a but odd Monday lunchtime so took some paracetamol and felt ok again. Have found my commute feeling a bit tougher up to yesterday but fine today.
I had a couple of very disturbed nights sleep but was much better last night.
well just had my first jab about 30 mins ago (astra zeneca on the card).
just hoping now that there are no side effects if possible.
Had my first (AZ) yesterday lunchtime.
Didn't sleep great last night but that's been a recurring thing for me recently so not sure it was a side effect. Other than that, apart from a slightly sore arm when I rolled over onto it, no problems at all.
First az jab yesterday. So far so good. No ill effects at all apart from a slightly achey shoulder today but that's nothing new
47 year old male. Had mine on Tuesday afternoon. Felt great all afternoon, went to bed normal time. Woke up about 1am covered in sweat but feeling freezing cold. Had a temperature, only 39.8 degrees but felt aweful. Was having spasms, abs absolutely killing me. Didn’t sleep at all. In the morning felt better, temperature was 38 degrees so coming down, but had was very musty. Did 2 hours work but couldn’t concentrate, been off again today as still exhausted and fuzzy head.
Had mine yesterday morning (AZ). OK till I went to bed then I've had the worst night I've had in a long time. Freezing/boiling, thrashing about. Gave up about 45 mins ago and got up. Feel like death warmed up 😐
Popped some pills, will see if that helps. Might be a sofa day otherwise! 49 yo male
AZ, 58 guy. Slight headache and a bit wiped out for a few hours but slept well with some paracetamol and ok the next day.
I had the pfizor on Wednesday. Had a few hours feeling poo yesterday but other than still having a sore arm seem to now be ok
I’m the same as you but a day later @tpbiker - jab yesterday, feeling a bit ropey now, just light nausea and tiredness. Not too bad, just conscious of been not 100% really. Feel like I need a snooze but that could be a typical Friday feeling!
42 years old, 24 hours (had to edit as initially put 12...maybe my it's affected my brain more than I thought!) since I had my 1st AZ jab.
Arm is aching a bit and feel a little rough but had some paracetamol and don't feel too bad. Was really tired last night and this morning. Hopefully that's as bad as it gets!
Days 3 Woke up every hour util around 3am and then slept solidly untl 7.
Feel better today but am still lacking energy. Went for a gentle stroll around the block and was soon breathing harder, with a heart rate akin to that if I was jogging.
Anyone else still suffering side effects weeks after?
Had AZ 6 weeks ago and since then have just been lethargic, achey and generally feeling not 100%.
@dirkpit74, yep now 8 weeks on from my first AZ injection. Pain through my arm ,shoulder and neck. Had 6 weeks off work and now 2 on reduced hours. Doctors don't seem interested other than to just sign me off again.
Anyone else still suffering side effects weeks after?
Had AZ 6 weeks ago and since then have just been lethargic, achey and generally feeling not 100%.
Yes, but as per my earlier posts in this thread, I've had long covid for just over a year now and it seems a relatively common reaction with long haulers. I was jabbed around six weeks ago and only really got back to my pre-vaccine baseline this week. Apparently similar is happening with CFS/ME sufferers.
My guess is basically that your immune system gets a proper terrier-with-rat shake-up. I've read the specific response in the sense of anti-body/t-cell production peaks around 28 days after the vaccination, which kind of corresponds to how I've reacted. Of course coincidence isn't necessarily causation and you may just have a low grade bug.
Have you had covid? Apparently those who've been infected tend to have a more vigorous response.
@dirkpitt74 I had 8 full days of feeling absolutely rubbish off work and turned the corner on day 9 (Wednesday afternoon).
Managed 15mins outdoor ride Weds late afternoon but it was a real struggle, 30mins on the turbo Thurs pm which still felt far harder than normal, plus 1.75 hours in yesterday's sunshine which had my legs moaning last night despite the easy pace.
Ever since mild Covid in March '20, I've had to be a lot more careful in spacing out rides with z4+ efforts, to try and prevent massive fatigue crashes for days afterwards. As much as it's frustrated me in terms of fitness drop and weight gain, I should be thankful I've not had full-on long Covid like my partner and some stw forum members including BadlyWiredDog/Ahsat/TiRed, who have had life-changing consequences from Covid so far.
My retired mum had mild Covid in March '20, she thought her first OxAZ jab side effects lasted at least a month and I'm trying to reasure her that her second jab should be far less severe, just as it was for my partner who struggled for at least a week in Jan after the first jab.
had 2nd Pfizer vaccine 6 days ago. day 1 felt like i had a head cold but felt better days 2/3/4 they yesterday came over all nauseous and dizzy, vision started going blurry and i felt like i was vibrating although the shakes wernt visible. slept most of the day. today i still feel weird, the worst part is the weather is great and i was planning a day on the trials bike and a day on the gravel bike.
hoping this doesnt hang around too long
@BadlyWiredDog I don't think I've had COVID.
Although I did have flu New Year 2019 before COVID was a thing.
Apologies if this has been mentioned already but if you have any adverse reactions to the jab you should log it on this website.
I had my second Pfizer jab yesterday and after the first one I woke up with a resting HR of 122 and a temperature. Yesterday I woke up with a resting HR of 144 and a temperature of 40.1 which wasn't pleasant. Spent most of the day in bed taking paracetamol and felling much better today but not 100%.
I had the AZ one weeks ago but lately been getting a sporadic sharp jabbing pain where I had the jab. No signs of a splinter or bite. A mystery.
Ditto
Had my first AZ injection a month ago.
Sore for 48hrs then calmed down. Knocked out a 70mile road ride and the injection site starts to ache around tge 3hr point. Got slightly worse through the ride but disappeared ab hour or so later
Then did some mtb and windsurfing and it started up again so most likely exercise induced
Just coming up to 10 days after my first AZ jab and had to visit A&E today. After feeling like I was getting back to normal 5-6 days after the jab, this weekend I've felt bloody awful.
Apparently I'm OK but an explanation for why I feel like crap could be that I'm on prescription anti-histamines, as I get hives. So basically an overactive immune system. It seems the reaction to the vaccine is somewhat more pronounced and explains how I feel.
Felt awful on Friday, marginally better on Saturday, ok this morning but now utterly wiped out. Falling asleep standing up pretty much, along with a thick head and a stiff neck. Hoping to be ok tomorrow 🤞
Had the AZ vax last Wednesday night. Haven’t really felt ill but have had some weird sensations
- first night weird vivid dreams
- Thursday morning numb nose
- Thursday afternoon really painful lungs
- Thursday night insomnia
- Friday exhausted (probably from being awake night before)
- didn’t bother riding on Saturday as thought I should be kind to myself
It’s a bit like being 26 again 😉
Had my second AZ yesterday, not even any noticeable tenderness at the vaccination site. Feeling a bit stuffed up and sniffly today, but there’s loads of pollen around, particularly tree pollen, and it could easily be that, despite taking hay fever tablets. Eyes aren’t itching much though, which is good, ‘cos I’ve just started wearing contacts again after some time of not bothering. It’s entirely possible I’ve just caught a bit of a cold. Which is a variety of Corona virus itself, or one of a variety of Corona viruses.
Hopefully, with all the work going into vaccines for these viruses, and I read a report today, that indicates that a single vaccination can be developed that protects against all Corona viruses; a cure for the common cold, imagine that, as well as MERS, SARS, SARS-Cov2...
AZ - no side effects.
Had my second on Saturday. I have the obligatory sore arm, and yesterday woke up with a mild hangover. I threw down some paracetamol and did a long club ride, oddly my legs we’re fine but my shoulders and neck were in agony.
Feel like I have a very mild cold this morning and the aches and pains are much reduced.
Felt properly tired last night (6 days on from AZ jab). Could have been a combination of a working weekend and deciding to go for a quick blast round Swinley in the afternoon yesterday, but I was in bed & asleep by 9pm.
Woke up early this morning, did a quick 40 min zwift. Perceived effort was probably a 9 or 10, but HRM said a 7/8 so definitely feeling a bit off.
Its taken me 5 weeks to get over feeling run down, no drive or motivation and knackered after exercise, lets hope my 2nd one doesn't do the same, as its doing nothing to help my Fred Witton training 🙁
8 days after 2nd Pfizer jab and still feeling very tired. Used my lunch break for a lie down and woke up 2 hours later. Headache continues as does the occasional slightly blurry vision which i can get from headaches anyway.
first shot didnt really give me many problems just a couple of days feeling a bit off.
slightly sore arm, but I only had it about 90 mins ago...
1st AZ Saturday morning. Felt anxious about it which was probably more the cause of whatever I was feeling than the jab itself at that point and shortly after. Later felt like a minor cold was starting. Tried to do half an hour of trials riding but only managed 20 minutes. following day did 18 miles flat off road ride on mtb. Today feel fine, did a 5k run.
First AZ friday morning
Sore arm which meant I had a crap nights sleep since I tend to sleep on that side. RHR was higher on saturday but that is normal for me when I sleep badly.
Went kayaking without issue on saturday although probably did mean it remained sore for a bit longer.
AZ.
Had both, similar side effects to yearly flu jab, bit tired, slightly disturbed sleep, felt like a cold coming on for 24 hrs, all fine after that.
nearly 24 hours later and nothing significant other than a mild headache this morning and a slightly sore arm if I poke the injection site. RHR is as normal. think I might try a run later.
44yo male.
AZ, jab #1 was 3pm last thursday, its now wednesday after.
Headache by 8pm on day of jab. then slept very badly.
Mild chills and shivers next day, banging headache, absolute dog tired. paracetamol worked for the headache. set of hellys helped with the chills. took day off work. managed sum total of 10 minutes of pottering round the house (mowing the lawn) before sleeping in afternoon. started feeling ok (if tired) by about 8pm in the evening.
Next day felt fine... until mid afternoon... fell asleep, only to be woken up ten minutes later by the kids (thanks boys!)
Day after, felt fine... until mid afternoon... fell asleep again.
This pattern has continue for another few days. Just dozed off at my keyboard at work.
I should note, I tried running on the third day after. Probably didn't help, but what can you do, I felt ok at the time. Same applies today.
I've not had C19 proper.
Reassured I'm a fairly normal response by reading some of this thread, thanks to all for sharing.
AZ first shot yesterday afternoon. Spent 2 hours in bed last night absolutely freezing; put on a thermal and woke up with a temperature; felt dizzy when I got up this morning like the worst flu, but now not doing too badly - the tiredness is worse than any other symptoms.
2nd pfizer on Monday, really really sore arm for 24hrs. But nothing else i can tell. I half suspect that the nurse jabbed me somewhere in my arm it shouldn't have hit a that's the first time a jab has hurt at the time of injection for me
Weird here, 8:20 am today had the AZ, felt fine ask day bar an achy arm, then at 4:20pm BANG couldn't even hold a spanner, felt like death, aching all over, sore throat, heavy head, just shit! Had tea and some paracetamol and feel a lot better but it's such a word feeling!
Had first AZ jab today at 2:30 pm. Feeling ok.
1st AZ jab about 9:30 this morning. About 6pm started feeling cold, shivery, achey. Necking ibuprofen sorted it, but by 10 pm I was shaking like a shitting dog.
I haven’t the energy to read back or google. Is there any consensus if having had CV-19 makes the side effects worse or not?
1st jab AZ - best described as severe fatigue, achy, occassionally cold, jabbed friday, ok till saturday morning, then decidely off my game, probably felt ok again tuesday.
riding tomorrow night but cant say im buzzing to get out, i will, but just a bit meh.
edit: not had covid
Pfizer 1st jab last Monday
No significant concerns but my right arm feels like I've pulled / strained my forearm. Probs coincidental but it's been 10 days now and still sore.
No fatigue, no impact on my diabetes or blood sugar stability. No cold/flue like sx either.
Of course, everyone is saying "yeah it's the second one that gets ya".
Doubtful.
Also lining up for my first flu shot (obviously well spaced from covid shot 1 and 2) for the start of the flu season and I'll get another one (diff brand) at the end of the flu season as usual.
Had mine at 3pm yesterday. This morning I don’t feel too bad, a cross between a standard hangover and a heavy weight lifting session. Will be interesting to see what develops over the next couple of days. My RHR over night and stress levels were high according to my Garmin. In line with a drinking session but without the drink.
Paracetamol and caffeine for the moment.
I haven’t the energy to read back or google. Is there any consensus if having had CV-19 makes the side effects worse or not?
@timmys Mate of mine has been vaccinating folk, they're asking those who are in for second jabs what reaction they had to the first jab. He says those who've had covid report worse side effects, so yes, makes it worse, anecdotally.
The other trend seems to be that first jab leads to worse side effects with AZ but less bad after second dose. Pfizer seemingly the other way round. Again anecdotal.
Jab 1 on Tues at 1230-ish. It was the AZ flavour.
Felt fine all day until 2230 and all of a sudden had chills that bad I was sat in front of the stove with the door open to keep warm. Went to bed.
Sleep was problematic, up a lot to go for a piss. Resting Heart rate in bed was 65, which is 20bpm over normal. Was actually glad to get up in the morning as I couldn't sleep. Paracetamol and 60mg of the wife's codeine every 4h seemed to help, to the point that by 1600 I had decided I could after all manage the 47th consecutive day on the bike. Today I feel fine except for a slight ache in the arm where the needle went in.
All in, the symptoms felt very much like when I had the 'Rona back in Jan, except without the sweating profusely in bed.
Just have a slight headache and feeling of lethargy this morning but my shoulder is hurting so had to call in sick (job is manual).
had 1st AZ on monday lunchtime, slightly lethargic in the afternoon and then a mild headache the next day but pretty much fine from then on. Haven't been for a run as precaution but may do this afternoon. never had Covid (unless completely asymptomatic but that's unlikely), 44yo.
In a wierd way I'm glad I had some form of reaction to know that it's worked...
I had AZ yesterday and it put me on my back for most of today.
Had the jab about half five yesterday. Wouldn't have known I'd had it, no arm pain, all absolutely fine up until about half 2 this morning. Then out of the blue my wrists started hurting, I initially thought maybe too much keyboard.
Next thing I know, it's like flu. Proper full-on flu, not your "bad cold" nonsense. Temperature all over the place, sweating cobs one minute and shivering and can't get warm the next. Muscles feel like really bad cramp, joints hurt in a manner I envisage chronic arthritis must feel like. Oh, and shooting pains, they're fun, just dozing off and I get an electric bolt in my calf or somewhere. At one point I thought I was getting migraine auras but that passed quite quickly and uneventfully thank the gods. Weirdly, the one thing I haven't had is the 'brain fog' you get with flu. I can think as, well, for what passes for normal.
I slept fitfully all night, my OH gets up for work at 5 so I was popular. I got up a couple of hours after she did, cancelled all my meetings and told the boss I was going back to bed, then did just that.
Finally dragged my carcass out of bed at about 2:30pm and that was only cos I had stuff I really had to do, like putting out overflowing bins for collection tomorrow and feeding cats. I think I'm badly dehydrated (probably from sweating), I've drunk like at least a gallon of water and am still pissing Tango.
It eventually started lifting late afternoon, I'm feeling somewhat better but my back, calves and arms really hurt still. Tried to eat twice, first was a single mouthful of toast this afternoon which I threw straight back up, and I've made a bowl of soup just now which I also briefly rented.
Still, I'll take all that over Long CoViD.
For added LOLs,
It later hit my partner just after lunch whilst she was at work. Similar symptoms but seemingly less severe. She's been potching about the house this evening despite my protestations and there was no way I could've done that this afternoon.
1st AZ yesterday at 1pm. All normal most of yesterday, but by 10pm started to feel 'just not quite right'. By 2am had adopted the foetal position, shivering, fever, couldn't get warm.
Woke up at 7am, very slightly better but with the bonus of a slightly achy arm and slight headache. Booked sick.
By 2pm today felt pretty much normal. Terrible gutrot tonight. Bored enough to feel like a gamble so I've put myself right for work again tomorrow.
AZ 1st Jab yesterday
I've already had Covid,
Feel a tiny bit fluey and had some weird dreams last night-which always happens when I'm ill, still gonna squeeze in a couple of hours on the bike b4 work today.
weirdly and I've no idea if this is related my balls were aching last night and still a timy bit today- anyone else or just the mysterious nature of my own scrotum?
2nd jab yesterday. Bit achey and knackered a few hours later, feeling fine this morning. Same as jab 1, basically.
weirdly and I’ve no idea if this is related my balls were aching last night and still a timy bit today- anyone else or just the mysterious nature of my own scrotum?
A quick google on the internet will fix that for you.
had it monday, mild headache monday night and tues morning.
only side effect of significance is shoulder joint on the side they injected has been pretty sore the last day or so. lymph node by the collar bone on that side is swollen and sore.
You got the covid 19 blues ?
You aint alone...
Moderna. Last Wednesday at 6 pm. Felt fine at the time, gradual pain building in arm and by morning I could hardly lift my arm above shoulder height. Lasted for a couple of days and dissipated completely by Sat am. No other side affects. One dose of Moderna gives 95% cover so wondering people may skip #2. I suppose it gives added time to your cover. I will have #2 obvs.
weirdly and I’ve no idea if this is related my balls were aching last night and still a timy bit today- anyone else or just the mysterious nature of my own scrotum?
Post a pic 😀