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HIV Anxiety
Had unprotected intercourse and oral with a girl I presumed was clean due to a friend having consistent intercourse with her. Afterwards I got diagnosed with NGU but no bacteria or std was detected. I also got a wart burned off. Since the encounter I have been freaking about everything. Of course once one has something happen to them they immediately realize a kink in their armor. Since then my anxiety and stress has been at an all time high. I feel as if I have had every symptom in the book. Currently I only have body aches and armpit aches. I have been to two different doctors and have received ultrasounds and no swollen lymphs were present. I have been in contact with the girl and the previous guy who have all been tested and negative for everything. I have been tested at 17 days blood sample, and 6 and 8.5 week oraquick both negative. The anxiety is basically taken over my life. I have never been this way. What are my odds here based on my situation and my last two tests being negative. Defintely an eye opening experience that really puts your life into perspective in terms of what's important and what isn't. Help response would help.
I relate to everything you went through. I am very well mannered in terms of thinking clearly, but obviously getting something from this sexual experience has made me worry. Googling is 100% of the cause of my stress and anxiety overload. The one thing I can tell people from the experience I have been going through is to not Google symptoms as the gentleman here has stated. The one thing I learned when googling is everything leads to HIV or cancer. Literally everything! Weird fart... Cancer! Rash... HIV! Aches and pains... HIV, cancer! It really is ridiculous! The main thing I'm trying to get back to is we aren't doctors so stop trying to be. I'm a male and broke down to the point of crying cause I thought I was doomed! I'm still not out of the window period but I can totally understand how the experience Im going through has put me down a weird path, and I see how people get to where they're anxiety is overwhelming! It's a slippery slope. Anxiety and stress symptoms are real! And once you get to that bad state, you really do convince yourself something is terribly wrong and it is hard to escape. I am hoping for the best as my 3 month point is in 2 weeks. But I've just come to terms with everything. That's how I am coping and stepping out of the stress and anxiety. What's done is done.
I've been in a same kind of situation once.
For me after having unprotected sex with a female once, outside of my last relationship. I tested after 6 weeks for normal STD, but I didn't dare to test for HIV until I got panic attacks at 5month post exposure. So then I tested HIV and negative. I have spoken with a lot of experts at the clinic and learned a lot about STD's. Everthing was ok, but suddenly I had some kind of rash on my feet. (proberly yeast infection) but I started thinking: I've never tested for Syphilis as the doctors and experts think it's not neccesary as I didn't had a canker at all etc. I've seeked for help of professionals as I couldn't get rid of the idea being infected and could be possibly everyone around me.(really crazy) it helped, but still once in a while this fear comes and that's normal. After a year I got a cold and had blood with my nosal discharge for more then a week, first thought was again Syphilis and when I calmed I thought it's taking too long this is TBC or long cancer. Now that I have had more than two years of professional help on Anxiety I've not really have had any fall back.
But to get back on your Anxiety problem. If you're going to google a lot, you will end up like I did (if your not already at this point) and then it will take much longer to get it solved. So maybe it would be good to speak with your doctor or other help to solve the anxiety before it's too late. Stress is really very harmfull for your body.
For me after having unprotected sex with a female once, outside of my last relationship. I tested after 6 weeks for normal STD, but I didn't dare to test for HIV until I got panic attacks at 5month post exposure. So then I tested HIV and negative. I have spoken with a lot of experts at the clinic and learned a lot about STD's. Everthing was ok, but suddenly I had some kind of rash on my feet. (proberly yeast infection) but I started thinking: I've never tested for Syphilis as the doctors and experts think it's not neccesary as I didn't had a canker at all etc. I've seeked for help of professionals as I couldn't get rid of the idea being infected and could be possibly everyone around me.(really crazy) it helped, but still once in a while this fear comes and that's normal. After a year I got a cold and had blood with my nosal discharge for more then a week, first thought was again Syphilis and when I calmed I thought it's taking too long this is TBC or long cancer. Now that I have had more than two years of professional help on Anxiety I've not really have had any fall back.
But to get back on your Anxiety problem. If you're going to google a lot, you will end up like I did (if your not already at this point) and then it will take much longer to get it solved. So maybe it would be good to speak with your doctor or other help to solve the anxiety before it's too late. Stress is really very harmfull for your body.
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