Covid 19 vaccine - estimated oxygen variation

[Ari5211]

Hey all! 
I have recently received my second covid 19 vaccine. I’m not having many side effects just groggy, tired, and have a sore arm. But when I sleep whoooaa. I  have added two different nights SPO2 graphs. One from the night before the vaccine and one the night after. The vaccine is so new there is not much about it out there. They say it does not affect your breathing but as you can tell it does!! Just stating a thread to see if anyone else’s has gotten the vaccine and what your Fitbit is telling you! 

 

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[iTommyBoy]

Interesting.  Mine may not be best comparison as I slept very poorly night before last as you can see in my timestamps on screen grabs below.  I can say this I slept like a rock both nights after my first and second covid vax shots (received second shot yesterday). 

 

 

 

[Ari5211]

Interesting 🧐, it seems to be a little more jagged but not to much.
 I can’t wait to see what tonight brings. 

[LZeeW]

@Ari5211  @iTommyBoy   Are either or both of you in the US?  Did you sign up for the v-safe vaccination check ins?  I got my first dose and get my second soon.  I got daily check-ins on my phone with a series of questions.  This is the way that the CDC can monitor for adverse reactions, since it is released on emergency authorization.

BTW, my first dose gave me slight nausea later that afternoon that went away after a nap.  My EOV graph was no different after the first dose.  I am definitely going to watch after my second dose!

Pfizer or Moderna?  I got Moderna.    @DramaQueenDiva  Did anything like this happen to you?

[DramaQueenDiva]

Hi @LZeeW, I wasn't nauseous at all...in fact, I was kind of hungry after I got my doses. I had just about every other common side effect except that, fever, and chills. No stomach issues for me at all.

Two of my friends however wound up sick to their stomachs. They both had COVID previously. One said it's her baseline for shots to get nauseous. The other said she had all her COVID symptoms come back, which included the nausea.

Mom got both Moderna shots, she wasn't nauseous either...she was hungry like me. She also knew people who were nauseous about a day after they received their shots.

As far as the SP02 things, I looked at the heart rate info for the day before, of, and after, whoa...what a difference! Mine jumped about 10 bpms! 

Took a look at my Mom's heart rate info the day before, of, and after... apparently she's been ressurected from the dead....she had info for before the shot, after the shot, but not during the shot...and she was wearing it while she got the shot! 😆

For what it's worth, I got Pfizer.

By the way, 4 days later and all my side effects are GONE! 

[Ari5211]

I also got the Pfizer vaccine. About 4 days later all my symptoms are gone as well. On day two I got short or breath, dizzy and a headache. I have not had covid before. It I’m hearing people at work saying that if they had covid beige it is hitting them a little harder. I am also hearing that if feels like covid from them. On the list of not normal symptoms is the shortness of breath that I had for two days but I had others at work have it as well. 

[DramaQueenDiva]

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@Ari5211 wrote:

I also got the Pfizer vaccine. About 4 days later all my symptoms are gone as well. On day two I got short or breath, dizzy and a headache. I have not had covid before. It I’m hearing people at work saying that if they had covid beige it is hitting them a little harder. I am also hearing that if feels like covid from them. On the list of not normal symptoms is the shortness of breath that I had for two days but I had others at work have it as well. 

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Day two was not my friend either!  Like dose 1, the first day. all I got was fatigue and a sore arm.  Day two after the second dose, I had headaches, body aches, injection site pain, and periods of hot/cold (but no chills or fever), in addition to the sore arm and fatigue!  Day 3, I had the headache still (morning only), fatigue, sore arm, and injection site pain.  By day 4, all of those side effects were GONE!

[Daloures]

I just needed it. Thanks for sharing.

[davidowen]

yes it's true and sad, some say it even feels like the covid itself. so you can be alright without any symptom but after you take it you start feeling some side effects.

[Daloures]

I personally don't trust those vaccines and I recommend you think twice before taking this step.

[shipo]

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@Daloures wrote:

I personally don't trust those vaccines and I recommend you think twice before taking this step.

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I'm not sure where you're getting your information from, but it might be time to switch to a reputable source.

[WilsonFitbit]

Hello everyone. Thanks for your participation in the community forums. 

I also appreciate the time you've taken to share your experiences after the Covid 19 vaccine. I'd like to let you know that if you have any concerns about your health, please talk to a healthcare provider. If you believe you are experiencing a medical emergency, call emergency services. 

Also, take into consideration that this feature and the metrics within this feature are not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition and should not be relied on for any medical purposes. It is intended to provide information that can help you manage your well-being.

See you around. 

[LJ1968]

My 'estimated oxygen variation' had the same drastic changes after receiving the Moderna vaccine.  I got my second shot mid-February.  My 'estimated oxygen variation' chart continues to show a very erratic pattern.  Pre-vaccine my 'estimated oxygen variation' graph only showed minor ups/downs and they were always in the green.  Does your 'estimated oxygen variation' graph continue to look so jagged??  

[1970GenX]

fascinating!!! Thank you so much for sharing this! I have an older fitbit without this capability, and this sort of information that is helpful to me. The marketing stuff is just not so useful 😞

[shipo]

I just reread this thread and have a different observation...

The OP noticed wider swings in his or her (I think "her") overnight O2 chart which coincided with her second COVID-19 vaccine.  On the surface, a very interesting observation.  So?  Glad you asked.

At about the same time this thread was created, I too noticed a sudden change in my overnight O2 chart and was initially curious; here's the thing, I didn't get my COVID-19 vaccination shots until April, May, and November, and when I did, my overnight O2 chart remained virtually identical to what I had been seeing between January and April.  My take on this is Fitbit updated their software/firmware sometime in January which had more sensitive O2 tracking, and this is what caused the sudden change in overnight O2 readings.

So, here's a question for the community, how many of y'all noticed a change in your overnight O2 readings in January, regardless of whether you'd been vaccinated or not?

[SebWotan]

@Ari5211 

Correlation is not causation.

What you observe does not mean the vaccine is directly responsible for it. 

There are much more plausible explanation, the more plausible one being that as the vaccine triggers an immune response (it is its job), your body was busy doing this during the night, building up an immune response and an inflammatory response, which :

- takes energy (increase in heart rate)

- increases body temperature

- decrease the Heart Rate Variability.

All those are normal and expected responses, a good sign your body is responding as it should to the vaccine.

But in turn, your body was under stress and a stressed body sleeps badly, usually. You probably turn around more, had more shallow breathing and this resulted in more SPO2 variations. 

@Daloures I would be happy to answer any questions you had about the vaccine. 

[BernadetteDavie]

Everyone has the right to their own opinion, and, normally, you want to share with others what happened to you to protect them. We learn from our own mistakes but also the mistakes of others.

[shipo]

Folks are welcome to their own opinions, but if those opinions encourage them to do stupid things which endanger others, then they are way out of line and their "opinions" become a danger to the public at large.  If someone doesn't want to have the vaccine, fine, lock yourself in your house.  If you do need to venture out, double mask so A) you are not exposed, and more importantly, B) you don't spread the virus when you do become infected.

[SebWotan]

@BernadetteDavie As long as it is an opinion, yes. But when this is not an opinion. It is not my opinion the sky is blue, it is blue, period. 
Do not make the mistakes of thinking everything is an opinion and that they are equal. Because both statements are wrong. 

[1970GenX]

Thank you for saying this. Seconded.