I got a shingles shot yesterday.

[Doreen]

It did not hurt at all. Well, as the day got later I started to get sore then the pain started going down my arm. I hurt so much I hardly slept and when I got up the pain had traveled down to my wrist. My neck and upper back hurts also. I am exhausted and can not think clearly and my stomach has been nauseous on and off all day. I do not have a rash.

Has anybody here had that reaction to a shingles shot?

[skylucy]

1. My brother and sister in law both got the new shingles vaccine and they both got sick like that

afterward. I had just gotten the old vaccine and a couple of weeks later they came out with the new one. I decided just to go with the old one after hearing how miserable my brother and his wife were for a while after they got the new one.

[zipplewrath]

2. Had a fever

My shoulder hurt both times and the second time I had a fever the next morning (of which I was warned).

[klook]

3. The second shot really wiped me out.

A day after the shot, i was exhausted, which lasted a couple of days. No pain, though.

Still, it beats shingles!!

[RobinA]

4. I Had

no reaction to speak of from the first one. The second one made me feel flu-ish for about two days. Some people say the first shot is the worst, some people the second.

[IcyPeas]

5. had the first shot in january

I must be lucky. I had read it may make me feel like crap. but it didn't. Just a sore upper arm for a few days.

Hope you feel better quickly!

[wishstar]

6. Yes, I had exact same side effects plus i got blisters from my forehead,face down my chest

My pharmacist told me last week that her husband had bad side effects too

[jberryhill]

7. Yep - completely normal

[luvs2sing]

8. Yes. Knocked me out for a week.

My arm was incredibly swollen and too painful to touch for ten days. I ran a fever of over 100 for three days. Every muscle on my body ached. I stayed in bed for most of a week. Worst reaction I’ve ever had. When I got the follow-up shot three months later, I had the same symptoms, but for only two days.

I wish you well and remember..once you get through this, you never have to do it again.

[Doreen]

10. Uhmm, wait, they said nothing to me about

having to go back three months later!

[luvs2sing]

11. Did you get the Shingrix vaccine?

If so, it’s a two-shot vaccine. Maybe you got the old shingles vaccine which is only one shot. If so, congratulations, you never have to go through this again!

[Doreen]

15. Yes, that is what they gave me.Th

They also gave pneumovax. Does not tell me to go back.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

35. You should call them because if that's what you got

There is definitely a second shot needed

[Beartracks]

40. Oh, 3 months??

I think it's been longer than that since I got the first one. Maybe 5 months by now. Oops.

I'd hate to get it and have a reaction in the middle of the current pandemic, though.

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[jberryhill]

44. No sooner than three, but you should call

[MFM008]

9. My friend

Got one last week. She had to take a day off work...
Said it hurt badly.

[GP6971]

12. I got my second shot on Monday.

I had the same reaction as the first shot...arm hurt, but more importantly felt very lethargic, slight headache and aching body. Just didn't have any energy and felt miserable.

I started feeling better about 36 hours after the shot if that's any consolation.

[Doreen]

16. Why I forgot to mention it but yeah, a damn headach.

[nuxvomica]

13. I had flu-like symptoms after both shots

Both times I had to take the next day off from work I was so fatigued and had chills and body aches. I remember the second shot was done at 2 pm in the afternoon and almost exactly at 2:30 pm the next day all my symptoms disappeared, like a switch had been thrown, like my immune system took 24 hours to figure it out and said, "All right, body, false alarm. Get back to work."

[denbot]

14. I had one about a month or so ago..

The next day it felt like someone punch me in the arm. Still, I won’t miss my next one due in April, my wife’s friend caught shingles. No thank you!

[Ilsa]

17. It knocked the crap out of me for two days.

Fever, aches, anorexia, like I had the flu. But it has 90% coverage, much better than the old one.

[Doreen]

22. I paid 8.95 or something in that ball park.

[Ilsa]

26. Oh, by "coverage" I meant

90% chance you will not get shingles.

I have no idea how the insurance paid on it.

[Doreen]

32. Well, I can not think clearly either.

Going through this I damn well better not get it.

[mcar]

18. I've had shingles

Get the shot!

[monmouth4]

21. Oh lord, me too. No thanksgiving or christmas for me last year and still have twinges of pain now

and then. I have had a lot of painful stuff in my almost 80 years but shingles was the absolute worst. GET THE SHOT!

[mcar]

31. 10 years ago. 50 Years old

The anti-viral my doc gave me spared me from the worst of the welts but the pain!!! I've dealt with a lot of pain over the years but this was just bizarre. I felt if for up to a year later - random pain that would almost bring me to my knees.

[monmouth4]

37. Yep, same here. I have a female Cuban doctor, love her and she said I should plan on a year.

[Nailzberg]

41. I second that! Shingles suck hard. Get the shot.

My medical provider recommends the shingles vaccine at age 45, I got shingles at 42.

Two things in my favor: I recognized what it was quickly and got to the clinic early in the flare-up, and being young for shingles I think helped me fight it faster. And even so, it was still the worst physical pain I've been through. Like I was shot broadside in the hip with bird-shot.

I tell everyone to get that vaccine. You DO NOT want shingles.

[yonder]

19. Yes, both shots wiped me out, flu-like, for about 2-3 days.

The second shot was worse. I'd take the sore arm any day over the fluish thing.

[mucifer]

20. Soreness in my arm and a fever the next day. But, I have a family member who got the shingles

so bad it hit his vocal cords, he had bells palsy symptoms and had to be fed by a g tube for a few months. Not to mention the severe pain from the shingles.

You should call your doctor to be sure. I really hope your reaction is brief and you get better soon.

[MiniMe]

23. I got my Shingrix shot a few months ago.

The first one wasn't too bad, but the second one I had a lot of pain with.

[Totally Tunsie]

24. You're not alone.

The first shot was a day of fatigue and 3 days of arm soreness.
The second shot was very much like what you experienced. Knocked me out for 5 days.

Still beats getting shingles, though.

[kskiska]

25. I just got the second shot last week.

The only reaction I had from the first shot was a sore arm - that lasted, on and off, until the second shot. My arm was sore for a couple of days after the second one, but now it's fine, and so far hasn't recurred like the first one did. Someone I know was very sick from the shots.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

27. I had 2 doses of the Synthetic version in 2018

No side affects at all.

Had 2 flu shots and no side affects.

[Maru Kitteh]

28. I'm glad you got the shot! Shingles are SO much worse. Good for you :)

I need one, but I'm not going anywhere near the docs office right now. Wish they could send it to me I'd give it to myself but oh well.

[getagrip_already]

29. only had the first a few weeks ago....

a day or two of fatigue and 3 days of arm soreness. But other than that, nothing.

Hopefully number 2 won't be bad either.

[vapor2]

30. I did have much soreness

I was stirring something on the stove and my arm suddenly became very sore and painful. It is not uncommon and hurst as it is a live virus that they inject. Verified by the pharmacist the next day.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

33. first shot no symptoms,

second shot, red splotch for a day, slight pain!

My brother had shingles, was terrible.

[Ananda62]

34. 1st shot hurt

I had the 1st shingles vaccine in January. My arm really hurt for about 5 days - like a deep bruise. I’m supposed to get the 2nd shot in June, but the COVID19 outbreak may derail that.

[NBachers]

36. I had one in January. At first, it was, "Hey, no problem." After a couple of days, my upper arm

became really sore, and I only had partial use of it until just recently. It gradually tapered off. It's just within the last couple of weeks, while I've been home-in-place, that the residual soreness finally went away.

It became painful to lift my arm. The arm / shoulder tissues became semi-permanently sore. I'm glad it's finally subsided.

[Luciferous]

38. I've heard from a few people that it is just a very painful shot.

[captain queeg]

39. I didn't have bad reactions to either but some people told me the second sit hurt

[Strelnikov_]

42. 1st shot no problem. 2nd shot like I had Capt. Trumps for a day

Reaction to the 2nd shot seems to be common.

[smirkymonkey]

43. I had my second shot in January.

My arm was pretty sore, but other than that, no real side effects - that I could tell. However, I always have tension headaches w/ neck and back pain so maybe I just didn't associate it w/ the shot. I just go through a lot of Salon Pas patches and BioFreeze to deal with the pain.

Actually, it just occurred to me that since I have been wfh, I have not had tension headaches/back/neck pain. I think maybe there is something about the office that is causing it. Hmm.

Anyway, I hope you feel better soon. It should be temporary and from what I have heard, it is much better than coming down with shingles!

[Cirque du So-What]

45. Yes, I did

My arm was sore for 3-4 days - both times. Gotta be better than shingles, though.

[LexVegas]

46. My wife had a similar reaction, though not as bad. nt

[NurseJackie]

47. The "booster" shot won't be as bad. But that first one... OH WOW! I had the same reaction as you.

I hope you're feeling better soon.

Also... keep in mind that this will ease up over the next few days and it's NOTHING like the pain of having shingles.