Really regretting getting the Covid jab (warning pity party)

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I had my COVID vaccination on Saturday. I have had all the available boosters since lockdown as I have had some health issues that put me in a "slightly vulnerable to COVID" category.

Went to local chemist had the jab and a charity shop mooch, then came home all fine. 10-12 hours later I start feeling ropey. I know I might be in for a rough night as I have been known to react badly. So I had violent chills, followed by feverishness, crazy fever dreams, headache untouched by paracetamol, couldn't get out of bed for a wee without help, joint pain, nausea, loss of appetite ... This went on for 24 hours. I was still a wreck on Monday, so day off work, Tuesday tired but felt better and felt normal by the evening. I expected to be back at work today.

Then in the middle of the night, chills again I was shivering violently, headache returned plus sore throat and a cough. Most likely an opportunistic virus 🦠 but I am wondering why I put myself through all this🙄

Not sure if the net benefit outweighs the massively inconvenient time off work and feeling like shit-ness of it all.

I will think hard before taking the next booster if offered. I have the flu jab every year - never any issues with that one.

Is it that different from any other vaccine? All vaccines have side effects, some people experience far worse side effects than others, some people die as a consequence of vaccination, the majority of people being vaccinated would have been OK, ultimately, even if they got the illness they are being protected against. This applies to almost all vaccines. Vaccination is never about the benefits to the individual, because on an individual level you never know whether it is going to be worthwhile insurance/protection for you personally, it’s about statistical benefit to large groups of people. The covid vaccine is proven, on a massive scale, to be such a good thing that governments are willing to fund the cost of offering it to the groups of people proven to benefit from it as a group.

I do realise that. It is clearly stated in the stats I linked to that 7,359 claims have been received by the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme, and 146 of those have been awarded the payment.

7,359 seems a lot, but it is a tiny fraction of the 10,005,459 vaccines given so far.

No vaccine is completely safe. People are seriously affected by/die from side effects of the flu vaccine too. But as with covid there is more chance of a person dying of the flu than the vaccine.

I don't trivialise anyone who has suffered, they have my every sympathy. What I do object to is those people being used by anti-vaxxers to spread fear. They always come crawling onto these threads.

I have had the first jab and the one booster. After that I caught Covid for the first time. I was given anti-virals and was ok after a couple of days. Is that not an option in the UK?

Yes if you're CEV/entitled to them
I was still unwell with the antivirals and rebounded which they did warn me about
So I tested negative pretty quick, then positive again with the rebound

If you react to the vaccine, take comfort in knowing you have an immune system in good shape. I expect it'll last 48 hours, better on day 2.

I won't be getting another. After my booster last year I had a bad shoulder for months. I've had covid about 4 times so the risks outweigh the benefits for me.

I don’t understand the certainty here. Doesn’t anyone else remember when the first lot were rolled out and pretty much everyone was ill and had side effects afterwards. I know I did.

What nonsense. I don't remember anyone that got ill.

You're off on one.

I think people really need to stop getting this unnecessary jab now.

Which obviously you're qualified to spout on.

I got ill for a week after each of my 4 vaccines. Really really ill. Couldn’t walk. And l got a cough.

I got ill for a week after each of my 4 vaccines. Really really ill. Couldn’t walk. And l got a cough.

I'm sorry to hear that.

But I still don't know anyone who got i'll after any vaccine.

I've had all my jabs(7 due to being immunocompromised) with some nasty side effects and without with some. I became a carer for a severely disabled relative at short notice and missed my last jab, catching covid about two weeks later. I have been so ill, and my breathing is still bad which is terrifying. I'd continue to have the jab after this...

But I still don't know anyone who got i'll after any vaccine.

And equally But I wouldn't be coming on here saying no one got ill.

I couldn't possibly know, or claim to know.
And I wouldn't be dishing out blanket recommendations on my own personal situation anyway.

Posters like that are just here to agitate.

I had a bad reaction to the jab too. I had another, but a different vaccine. Bad reaction again. Would never have another. I did get civid and it was nasty, but not enough to tempt me into another vaccine.

@hjytrjulykuyh

Did you report your violent reaction.

Lucky your doctor boyfriend had a paracetamol.

Shouldn't have said 'boyfriend', apologies.

Could be girlfriend, spouse, room mate.

@IClaudine i understand the figures however there may be many others who like some of the posters on this thread whose gp’s won’t sign off on it even though it could be ‘caused by the vaccine’ not an anti vaxxer but as this covid inquiry is showing numbers have been fudged, advice flawed…they aren’t going to pay out easily to someone with a minor resultant tremor as you had a choice and its mild….

@Nushyboots

It's a numbers game. There are always sadly, reactions across a population.

But you were wrong to say it is "irresponsible and i'll-informed " to say the incidences are rare. They are.

And if you're talking about mild tremors that don't get past a GP. Well you have no more knowledge of that than anyone else.

Our Covid gov was a shit show but no one has ever stopped anyone reporting stuff.

I don’t take the flu jab as the side effects are too horrible, but I had three Covid jabs with associated side-effects before finally catching Covid - in hospital, I’m medically vulnerable and was in A&E for 21 hours with people who weren’t masked. I am not right still, a year later, I got bacterial pneumonia which happened straight after the Covid finished the acute stage. 10/10 would not recommend. I’m not being offered boosters but I would take them in a heartbeat if offered.

To add, I have had 5 COVID jabs. Got Covid first time ever in September. I was so breathless, I spent weeks going from bed to sofa. How breathless... one day I removed 2 pillow cases from the bed,was exhausted, gasping for breath, laid on the sofa the rest of the day.. severe myalgia,and deafness. Am now under a cardiac and audiology consultant. Early September, I could run,was hill walking. Am just beginning to feel better.

@strawberrysea very very similar issues that I had, I also got persistent back of head headaches, sore eyes (like you had shampoo in them) and a feeling like sunburn on forehead and nose - the pins and needles and intermittent vibrations in my lower legs were really frightening - mine happened on my 4th jab and I'm not having any more as I think my system was overloaded.i am a lot better after 14 months, but it took about 8 months for it to subside somewhat.

@Annella me too. The thing is I had mine when we lived in Denmark and thinking back I did have a couple of days of pins and needles and muscle weakness after my 2nd and 3rd jabs - but they went off after a couple of days so I didn't mentally connect it at the time. I'm sure like me you googled far too much and I'm not an anxious person! I hadn't actually seen a doctor for 20 years apart from smear test and I'm 61- so managed menopause etc without a single visit- I actually got frightened to go to sleep.! One benefit is my medical knowledge is now pretty good- I could diagnose all sorts of random illnesses I reckon

As I mentioned, I saw people die and did CPR many times on Covid patients and it was utterly horrific but the fact that we were told so many lies about the vaccine is a crime against humanity in my opinion. People should be able to make an informed decision and we were absolutely not able to do that :(

What lies @strawberrysea ?

I felt I made an informed decision.

How did you manage to work through all those symptoms? Or Did you just work up to the first vaccine?

Sympathies OP!

get fully ill with every Covid jab, it literally wipes me off my feet for 24 hrs and I hate doing it to myself. I’ve had Covid twice the first time horribly pre vacc in April 2020 and the second time earlier this year which was ok. Every time I have the Covid jab I say I’m not having it again but I’m NHS so need it. Xx

I would disagree. Initially we were told that we were ‘saving lives’ and protecting the vulnerable and elderly and now the pharmaceutical companies have admitted publicly (I am not a conspiracy theorist, this is all widely available information and has been covered by the BBC) that the vaccine does not reduce rates of transmission. So what exactly was it effective for? I must stress that I’m not attacking you, but I really do not feel as if we were able to make an informed decision. Google ‘women neuro Covid vaccine’ and you will find some great work coming out of the US from extremely well respected doctors who are now discovering that the vaccine does cause neuro illness in mainly female subjects.

I had no choice but to work, unfortunately. My limb strength was never affected (thank god) but I did use up all of my sick days because of the migraines and GP/A&E visits when I would get a flare up and couldn’t feel my hands/face and got put on a stage 3 warning because of it. I’ve since left the NHS.

Also sorry to derail your thread, OP I hope you feel better soon