1st moderna shot vs 2nd

[Forerunner]

That was one of the worst nights of my life. The second Moderna dose really messed me up. The first dose was fine for the most part, I got some symptoms, but I took a nap and it was gone.

Yesterday, I go my second Mordena and I haven't been in that much pain since I had a COVID. The body aches were so intense that I couldn't even fall asleep, so I just laid there in pain all night. One moment I was sweating and the next I was freezing. At one point I needed to get up and get some water, but I was too weak. I got to my fridge and just collapsed. Then I had the worst headache I ever had, it was more on the side of migraine level. Eventually I would fall asleep here and there. Now that I'm up most of it is gone now. Yesterday was just a blur of pain.

Edit: This isn't fear posting, I'm just sharing my experience. Please get your vaccine. Trust me you don't want COVID, I had it twice and the first time landed me in the ER. This is better than that.

 

[finalflame]

That was one of the worst nights of my life. The second Moderna dose really messed me up. The first dose was fine for the most part, I got some symptoms, but I took a nap and it was gone.

Yesterday, I go my second Mordena and I haven't been in the much pain since I had a COVID. The body aches were so intense that I couldn't even fall asleep, so I just laid there in pain all night. One moment I was sweating and the next I was freezing. At one point I needed to get up and get some water, but I was too weak. I got to my fridge and just collapsed. Then I had the worst headache I ever had, it was more on the side of migraine level. Eventually I would fall asleep here and there. Now that I'm up most of it is gone now. Yesterday was just a blur of pain.

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This is roughly how I'd describe my second Pfizer vaccine, as well.

 

[JeffG]

That was one of the worst nights of my life. The second Moderna dose really messed me up. The first dose was fine for the most part, I got some symptoms, but I took a nap and it was gone.

Yesterday, I go my second Mordena and I haven't been in the much pain since I had a COVID. The body aches were so intense that I couldn't even fall asleep, so I just laid there in pain all night. One moment I was sweating and the next I was freezing. At one point I needed to get up and get some water, but I was too weak. I got to my fridge and just collapsed. Then I had the worst headache I ever had, it was more on the side of migraine level. Eventually I would fall asleep here and there. Now that I'm up most of it is gone now. Yesterday was just a blur of pain.

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My wife is going through this today. (Both Morderna)

I am an AZ/Pfizer hybrid and I am fine. Go figure (I am not complaining...but the wifey sure is)

 

[Gernau Morat Gurgeh]

Had my first moderna last week. Couldn't move my arm the next day and was really bloody tired, but it passed in a day

 

[RunningMan]

Shot one didn't bother me at all. 2nd shot wrecked me. Went to work and left after 4 hours with fever, chills, etc. Came home went to sleep and woke up feeling just fine.

 

[Armouredpriest]

2nd shot hit a little harder. 1st shot was tiredness for a day, and a sore shoulder for 2 days. 2nd was tiredness for two days, with a little bit of chill and fever (which ibuprofin cleared up quickly). and a sore shoulder for 3 days.

 

[Rory]

I have had first one astra (a solid reaction around medium, but nothing too bad, except for the blood thing) and really fear of second one moderna.

 

[Tttssd1972]

Moderna vaxxed here. 1st shot just a sore arm and tired. 2nd shot just a sore arm. That was all

 

[Professor RAWR]

Just took my second shot. arm hurts as usual. Lets see how it goes later

 

[Nooblet]

Had the Pfizer vaccine today, first shot. Feel nothing at all, except for a bit of soreness in the muscle where the needle went in but only when I press against it.

I did feel a bit lethargic earlier about 1-2 hours after the shit, but I suspect that was more due to hunger as I hadn't eaten much all day.

 

[Armoured_Bear]

1st Moderna - sore arm for 3-4 days
2nd Moderna - 36 hours of hell, aching muscles, headache, no energy etc. Like a nasty flu.

 

[Forsaken82]

That was one of the worst nights of my life. The second Moderna dose really messed me up. The first dose was fine for the most part, I got some symptoms, but I took a nap and it was gone.

Yesterday, I go my second Mordena and I haven't been in the much pain since I had a COVID. The body aches were so intense that I couldn't even fall asleep, so I just laid there in pain all night. One moment I was sweating and the next I was freezing. At one point I needed to get up and get some water, but I was too weak. I got to my fridge and just collapsed. Then I had the worst headache I ever had, it was more on the side of migraine level. Eventually I would fall asleep here and there. Now that I'm up most of it is gone now. Yesterday was just a blur of pain.

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from people I've talked to about what symptoms they've had I feel like a common thread is the worst symptoms occurred to individuals who had previously had COVID. Maybe it's just a coincidence

Vaccines (flu shots) normally knock me on my ass, so I was expecting the worst when I got my first and second doses but i was pleasantly surprised to only have mild symptoms with both doses. As far as I know I never had covid though.

 

[MrToughPants]

That was one of the worst nights of my life. The second Moderna dose really messed me up. The first dose was fine for the most part, I got some symptoms, but I took a nap and it was gone.

Yesterday, I go my second Mordena and I haven't been in the much pain since I had a COVID. The body aches were so intense that I couldn't even fall asleep, so I just laid there in pain all night. One moment I was sweating and the next I was freezing. At one point I needed to get up and get some water, but I was too weak. I got to my fridge and just collapsed. Then I had the worst headache I ever had, it was more on the side of migraine level. Eventually I would fall asleep here and there. Now that I'm up most of it is gone now. Yesterday was just a blur of pain.

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Well now I'm certainly not getting my second moderna shot. Once you have your shots here you have to wait for fifteen minutes as a precaution. Five minutes after my shot I began feeling dizzy and either passed out or had a seizure, the pharmacist said I was rigid for about a minute. When I came to I had urinated and my body was drenched in sweat.

 

[Friskykillface]

It was pretty bad for me
Had two awful nights sleeping since I had the second vaccine in the evening so I guess you should take it in the morning so you only get one bad night of high fevers and uncomfortableness

Had a bad headache, sore arm and fever all day and drank a bottle of water every hour lol
Kinda bad in retrospect since I didn't eat much that day but I feel better now

Arm still has a random bruise from the shot though 👀🧐

 

[Forerunner]

I took Monday and Tuesday off, but I'm calling off tomorrow. I feel "better", but I just ache everywhere and I have a massive headache still. Then I took my temp and it is over 100F.

If the the booster is like this. FML 🤢

Spoiler

Get your vaccine!

 

[TheYanger]

Well now I'm certainly not getting my second moderna shot. Once you have your shots here you have to wait for fifteen minutes as a precaution. Five minutes after my shot I began feeling dizzy and either passed out or had a seizure, the pharmacist said I was rigid for about a minute. When I came to I had urinated and my body was drenched in sweat.

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Everyone has different results, if you read the thread instead of cherry picking single posts, you'll see that many of us had way worse symptoms on the first than the second - the general trend in the entire thread, (and anecdotally with everyone I know IRL) has been that EITHER one of the shots can be awful, but usually just one of them. Your other shot should be much milder.

Also, as much as that sucks, getting COVID would be far far worse.

 

[VibrantStorm]

Everyone has different results, if you read the thread instead of cherry picking single posts, you'll see that many of us had way worse symptoms on the first than the second - the general trend in the entire thread, (and anecdotally with everyone I know IRL) has been that EITHER one of the shots can be awful, but usually just one of them. Your other shot should be much milder.

Also, as much as that sucks, getting COVID would be far far worse.

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if he has allergic reaction tot he shot, they wont allow him to take the second. I am glad he is doing ok.

 

[TheYanger]

if he has allergic reaction tot he shot, they wont allow him to take the second. I am glad he is doing ok.

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Ok? That would not be "Well NOW I'm not getting it" - the doctor would've already told them that they had an allergic reaction. Having a negative reaction is not the same thing.

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Both moderna shots hit me pretty badly, but of the two, it was the first that laid me out for longer. Four days of fever, full-body tremors and chills, and overwhelming headache.

Second shot ruined my weekend but I was back to half capacity by Monday.

 

[TheCthultist]

Huh, reading all these bad reactions is so weird after my experience with it. First shot barely did anything but make my arm a little sore. Second made me tired the next day and my arm had this awful itch in the muscle that wasn't quite pain but was still constant and super irritating. Then it was numb the next day. Then by day three it was like nothing had even happened.

 

[vypek]

I had a slightly sore arm for the remainder of the day for both shots. No severe reactions.

 

[ThisThingIsUseful]

Mine seems atypical, because the first shot gave me a bit of a fever and it broke in just about an hour, but the second shot gave me maybe a little mild 99° fever and that was the max. I really thought it was going to wreck me considering that I had a fever come and break for the first shot, but nope.

 

[pillowtalk]

My 2nd moderna went pretty well I think. Just had muscle soreness throughout my body for a day. Felt like I worked out extra hard and felt tired. I went to work then just slept all day after getting home.

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Huh, reading all these bad reactions is so weird after my experience with it. First shot barely did anything but make my arm a little sore. Second made me tired the next day and my arm had this awful itch in the muscle that wasn't quite pain but was still constant and super irritating. Then it was numb the next day. Then by day three it was like nothing had even happened.

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Body chemistry is weird. There's no way of predicting how a given body will react to the vaccine until they get it. There are studies that think that having been previously infected with the virus could provoke stronger reactions when one is vaccinated, but I don't think they've been proven yet (if they ever will).

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Both moderna shots hit me pretty badly, but of the two, it was the first that laid me out for longer. Four days of fever, full-body tremors and chills, and overwhelming headache.

Second shot ruined my weekend but I was back to half capacity by Monday.

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Jesus.

Silver lining is that is one hell of a strong immune system response!

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Jesus.

Silver lining is that is one hell of a strong immune system response!

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Yup. I've always had a very strong immune system when I don't compromise it with stress and anxiety. I rarely if ever get sick outside of seasonal allergies.

 

[Grimminski]

I got my 2nd on Sunday and haven't had any side effects from either.

 

[mjc]

TBH the headache I had after the second pfizer shot was the worst aspect. I'd love for that not to happen in future shots.

 

[Jmdajr]

2nd shot gave me fever and MASSIVE fucking headache. It wasn't fun but needed to be done.

 

[Capra]

First shot just had me feeling tired with a sore arm the next day. Just had my second yesterday and I feel... nothing? Still a sore arm, but that's to be expected. Now I'm feeling kind of self-conscious about my immune system lol.

To be fair, the flu shot fucked me up back in September so maybe it's karma.

 

[VibrantStorm]

Ok? That would not be "Well NOW I'm not getting it" - the doctor would've already told them that they had an allergic reaction. Having a negative reaction is not the same thing.

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exactly :)

 

[MoxManiac]

Was expecting the worst but I had no side effects from either shot outside of a sore arm and slight tiredness after the second.

 

[Donos]

Everybody I know got fucked up by the second Moderna shot. My SO got fever/shivering and was out for 2 days. I'm getting the first one tomorrow...

 

[No Depth]

Moderna 1 did mess me up, but only for the next day.
Moderna 2 fucked me up hard. Was out for 3 days, awful headache and chills.

 

[NoalleGospell]

Was lucky and the second moderna shot only made me sleepy.

 

[Deleted member 5865]

I felt nothing besides a sore shoulder both shots

 

[Deleted member 2834]

The 2nd shot was definitely more intense but I honestly got through it pretty well. I'm still a bit tired and I didn't get the best sleep, but I've had nights 10x worse. 😂

 

[Gibbo]

Had my 2nd shot yesterday. Bad aches , chills , and slight fever. Wasn't prepared for this considering how easy I had it for the first one!

 

[Tambini]

Had my 2nd a few days ago, the first night was pretty rough, whole body ached, headache, couldn't sleep for hours, sweating buckets. And the completely dead feeling arm of course

But after I woke up after that I felt fine

 

[SlayerSaint]

Damn, reading this thread was actually kind of a shocking experience. I'd no idea it got so bad for so many people. Both shots went off without a hitch for me, no side effects or anything, just arm soreness for a day and then I was good.

I had already been exposed to and had COVID previously though, if that has anything to do with it.

 

[TonyBaduy]

Oh, there is a topic about this, in my case, I slept through the 1st dose, I got it late one day, then I slept almost all day the next one, I guess it game me fatigue. I may have had a mild fever and body aches, but I was asleep so I didn't notice anything.

On my second dose I didn't sleep through the day, but that's because my sister and her friends, who also got it, dragged me around to do some shopping. I can say I was mostly fine, but I did get a very mild fever and body aches, nothing major though, it didn't last even a day though, as we all got better by night, but we were tired of walking around all day.

As for the injection itself, it wasn't nearly as painful as the tetanus shot, that thing is PAIN, I can't even rise my arm for like a week without feeling pain, but eh, it's better than tetanus so whatever lol.

 

[signal]

Same experience as most here I guess. First was nothing, second I got Monday at 4pm and felt fine that night / next morning, but Tuesday night was a bit body / headachey and fluish, gone by Wednesday morning 💪

 

[BasilZero]

Is there a Pfizer equivalent of this thread?

If not...if its okay I'll post my experience with Pfizer here.

My first shot was okay - I had aching on the injection site for the first day which extended to my arm in the first 24 hours.

After that, it was okay.


Right now, I took my 2nd shot yesterday morning - again like the first one, ache on my arm but other than that no other symptoms.

My wife on the other hand had a fever, fatigue, aching on the arm earlier in the day (we both took our shots at the same time) - she's doing okay now.

 

[PanSexual_Peacock]

Gonna be getting my 2nd dose later today so I'm curious how my body responds this time. 1st shot was a breeze. Just mild soreness in my arm for a few days and nothing more.

I'll report back later.

 

[AppleSautts]

1st Moderna gave me a sore arm for a few days.
2nd Moderna gave me no symptoms at all.

 

[wafflebrain]

First dose made me feel some intermittent fatigue off and on for a few days, second dose just made me feel like I was drunk and sleepy for like an hour or two day of (could've been psychosomatic), and then nada after that. Been smooth sailing ever since.

 

[Gurgelhals]

Similar experience here as well.
1st shot: felt nothing except for a sore arm for two or three days
2nd shot: felt like going through a flu on fast-forward roughly 8 hours after the injection: 2 hours of shivering followed by 2 hours of sweating followed by night of just feeling completely shit. Felt fine again (except tired due to not getting a wink of sleep) around the afternoon of the next day.

Weird thing is, I just got my booster vaccines this week for all the 'normal' stuff (tetanus, diphteria, polio, etc.), because they were overdue as well and I didn't feel anything. Literally *nothing*, not even a sore arm or slight headaches. Basically, the immune system is weird stuff.

 

[navanman]

Got my 2nd Moderna yesterday evening.
This morning, arm is heavy and sore but I feel like shit so far. So tired and heavy headed

No real reaction to 1st dose bar stomach cramps.

 

[The Bookerman]

I had my second Moderna Shot yesterday:

1st Dose: Sore Shoulder. Pain was gone by 2nd day.
2nd Dose: My arm was tingly most of the night. Had trouble sleeping, my shoulder was still in pain and couldn't find a comfortable position. Put pack of Frozen vegetables on my shoulder for 2 hours, took 3 advil's and just woke up an hour ago. I'm in tip top shape now, shoulder barely hurts.

Happy I'm through it.

 

[jesu]

Second Moderna jab absolutely wrecked me, I've never felt as ill as that ever.
Only lasted a day though.
Had a dead sore arm both times.

I'd get a booster if it was recommended but man I wouldn't be looking forward to it.