Anxiety Disorders

[alienshadow]

Difficulty concentrating
Dizziness or lightheadedness
Dry mouth
Easy fatigability
Exaggerated startle response
Feeling anxious or on edge
Flushes or chills
Frequent urination
Irritability
Muscle tension, aches, or soreness
Nausea, diarrhea, or other abdominal distress
Palpitations or accelerated heart rate
Restlessness
Shortness of breath or smothering sensations
Skin rashes
Sweating or cold, clammy hands
Trembling, twitching, or feeling shaky
Trouble falling or staying asleep
Trouble swallowing or "lump in the throat

Okay here you go now you have stress symptoms and anxirty symptoms to refer to

[alienshadow]

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[FemmeFugazi]

Thank you, for posting such a complete list of stress and anxiety symptoms ! I have severe anxiety, and panic attacks... and have recently been diagnosed as "cardiophobic" - ie I am irrationally afraid of having a heart attack (despite being a female in my mid 30s).

Every one of these symptoms, I have experienced at one time or another.

As a matter of fact, I found your post because I was searching MedHelp to try and explain some my symptoms and see if they could be stress oriented because I've had a very stressful day.

Thank you, again, for your very informative post !

[MichalW]

does it also include weight loss (i eat normally and still lost 10% of my body weight within 4-8 weeks from last encounter ) I believe this is indicative or HIV

my skin is also recently very susceptible to cuts and I have yellow feets (perhaps co-infection with hepatitis)

[Teak]

Mental illness can cause weight loss and that is your problem, not HIV.

[FWK]

Hi guys,

what are ur exposures?

Stress can cause weight loss also

Thanks,
FWK

[MichalW]

oral and vaginal with HIV+ sex worker in condom, theoretically no risk practically i don't know if i didn't do something wrong in the meantime

[Teak]

No it is not "theoretically" it's not a risk at all. MOVE ON.

[LIZZIE LOU]

dont know if you did something wrong?  if you put a condom on your little willie and it stayed there and didnt bust...then you did nothing wrong.  ENOUGH!

[Ice_Man]

It's great to get this list of symptoms possible from Anxiety. I am mostly frightened by my rash. I have rash above my upper lip, 3 rather large spots which burn a little and there is slight itching also all around the mouth nose area. The rash has been presistant for 2 months, appeared just after I got my 8 week and 1 day negative result for hiv. Also I have swollen boundaries between my lower lip and skin all across, like when people have dry lips, it's redish. I'm not recalling having rash above my upper lip before so I'm worried about it. I hope it is from anxiety but I've been having severe anxiety for 4 months now. I always thought that symptoms from anxiety would be imagined symptoms, but the rash is REAL. Anyways, I finally gathered the courrage to re-test 25th June (120 days past exposure = 4 months), and am expecting results after the weekend.

[MichalW]

Ok thats enough for now!

I will comback and tell you my 8 week result after the weeknd I am extreamlly  stressed but I have faith it will come negative

[shenhua]

how about sore throat?
I had sore throat 3 times since my first unprotected oral sex.
first two time all went away quickly, but this time it lasted for little bit more than 7 days

[Teak]

Yes anxiety, you didn't have a risk. You don't have to have HIV to get a sore throat.