Confused

[Scared_sweet_girl]

Hi Dr. HHH,

I am just rather confused on this testing process and was hoping you could help me out.. In the months of June/July I had a couple encounters of unprotected sex with a guy I knew, however, I don't know his HIV status.  I was tested at 10 weeks and it came back negative and will be going in for my 13 week test.. However the health educator advised me that my test was not conclusive until 6 months past exposure.  Is this correct? I am a total wreck now because I have been stressing out this whole time thinking I have HIV due to some symptoms.  And I know that symptoms don't mean anything.. I read the CDC guidelines and if I read them right they say that testing at 3+ months is 97% accurate.. Can you please help me get myself together, I am rather scared here. I am rather scared as you can tell..

[skerdstraght68]

Low

and we all have your symptoms because they line up with anxiety.  I had all yours plus more.. I tested neg.  So will you.

[Rob73!]

SSG, I would put the mortgage on your 3 month test coming back as neg. I was in exactly the same situation at the 3 month point. And mine came back NEG.

Don't stress it it will be cool!

[Scared_sweet_girl]

Thank you excel1234 ~ actually my 3 month/ 13 week test is next Tuesday or Wed I believe.. I am so hoping that it remains negative.. I have really been thinking about seeing a counselor about this aniexty problem.. it really is taking me over and it all is based on this HIV scare, and really I don't even know if he has it.. I am afraid to ask him, he has a girlfriend now.. You are a very sweet person, thank you for trying to help me out.

[excel1234]

sweetgirl, you are fine. don't worry about it, the dr. will confirm it. you already had a 3 month test and it was negative. I know it's hard not to think about it, I was the same when I went this past week to get everything done, and my dr. here told me the same thing as dr.H. there are few impossibilities out there. You having hiv is one of them. For me, my anxiety became a problem that i decided to seek professional help. Physically you are fine, but maybe you should speak to someone equipped to deal with such issues as anxiety. Again, relax. From a physical standpoint you have nothing to worry about.

[Scared_sweet_girl]

I was just so confused reading the CDC guidelines and then being told 6 months.  There is noway I would make another 3 months of worrying like this if I do have to test at 6 months. All I think about day and night is thinking I have it.  I am such a saftey girl, and I don't know what I was thinking when we didn't use a condom.. I know better.. I a so sick to my stomach everyday about this.. and my 13 week is coming up here soon..

[anxietyX5]

The doc says that 6 weeks is about 99% and by 8 weeks is close to 100%. And for someone to take longer than 3 months to show up on a test is virtually unheard of.