Tdap = feeling like crap?

GoMaltby18 · March 2013

I have been searching the board for this b/c I swear someone brought it up not too long ago but I can't find a post anywhere.

I took DS2 for his 18 month shots the other day and went ahead and got my Tdap while I was there since my OB wanted me to get it sometime soon. That was Monday, and all day yesterday and so far today I have felt like total crap. Headache, exhausted.... Did anyone else experience this? My mom thought it was weird to blame the shot but the paperwork they gave me mentioned these side effects; I just didn't expect a full day's delay in onset of them.

MAdams728 · March 2013

I havent gotten mine while pregnant yet, but I did get it in 2011. It made me feel flu-ish, and I even had slightly enlarged lymph nodes in my neck that were tender for a couple of days. Plus the bad arm ache.

I thought

OldGlory · March 2013

I've not gotten mine yet, but DH was ill the 2 days following TDaP.

jerseygirl81 · March 2013

I haven't had mine yet, but the kid definitely slept a lot following that series of shots. He had a low-grade fever, too.

GoMaltby18 · March 2013

Ok well I'll assume it's just the shot and not that I'm coming down with something else. My arm doesn't hurt at all, and the lady who did it just mentioned that it's not as bad of an ache as a regular tetanus shot, nothing about feeling like I got h

laurenann82 · March 2013

After the Tdap I just had a sore arm for a few days. But the flu shot this year made me *so* sick - I came down with symptoms about 24 hours after getting the shot and was sick (aches, fever, fatigue) for about 24 hours.

EMLarie · March 2013

I felt fine internally, but my arm had a huge, red, painful lump on it for a week.

JCRSMD17 · March 2013

Just a slightly sore arm for a couple of days after the Tdap, no systemic symptoms. Some people are more sensitive to the ramping up of your immune system after a vaccination - ie achy, tired, low grade fever. Hope that it goes away soon!

HaleyEliza · March 2013

My husband, myself, my mother, and my mother in law all felt crummy for a day or two after ours.

memcgee1 · March 2013

I had a 102 fever for 2 days after the TDaP vaccine, and had body aches like with Influenza. It was awful! So, I definitely think your symptoms could be totally related to the vaccine.