Thank you Nursegirl for the answer.
I will seek professional help to get through this and will seek support fin the anxiety forum if i find it difficult to do it alone.
thanks and god bless you.
You tested a YEAR after your exposure. Your result is more than conclusive. You don't need anymore testing.
Thanks a million Nursegirl for the quick reply.
You said:
"It's biologically impossible that you would have HIV and not have tested + for it by now"
I have not tested recently, my last test (3rd gen ab rapid blood test - alere Determine) was in May 2014 ie 375 days post exposure, does this change your above-mentioned statement?
Also as i said all my tests have been 3rd gen Alere Determine ab rapid finger prick test, no other rigorous lab based test I find myself questioning the accuracy of it after reading conflicting reports of rapid tests (all of them 3rd gen in my case) not being very accurate.
May i ask you if there is any need whatsoever for me to go for a lab based test for me to be absolutely sure?
thank you once again.
I agree with your GF, it sounds like you've become obsessed with HIV, and your anxiety levels are high. Anxiety will cause you to "what if" everything, which is exactly what you're doing.
Your risk was EXTREMELY low to begin with (if you even had a risk, it's hard to say), and you've tested WELL beyond the window period. It's biologically impossible that you would have HIV and not have tested + for it by now.
Get yourself some professional help to deal with the anxiety. You don't have an HIV concern, at all.
Teak, James anyone I need your help and advice..
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Thanks
Hi both,
Apologies for being repetitive but I need your help yet again. I only have had 3rd gen Alere Determine ab rapid finger prick test, no other rigorous lab based test and now I find myself questioning the accuracy of it after reading conflicting reports of rapid tests not being very accurate. Is there any need for me whatsoever to go for a lab based test for me to be absolutely sure or do I need to go for anxiety therapy?
I also keep thinking of seroconverting after the last test. Is it possible to seroconvert after 6 months?
Many Thanks.
Thanks for the reply James.
I am getting panic attacks and my gf is worried about me getting depressed and thinks I have developed OCD.
I just keep thinking of 'what ifs' ahh.
How to make myself believe it.:(
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Thanks James for the reply.
Just the last question that when u said that " you MAY don't have HIV" in your last post do You mean that there is a possibility that I may have it?
Do reply.
Thanks.
You are welcome.
I too have been there, - the anxiety is made worse because you value so much what you hold dear to yourself - this is normal.
The truth is that you may Don't have HIV and that you CAN start to live again... Don't let the worry consume you...
If you had caught HIV, your tests would show this...
You are conclusively HIV Negative with everything to play for in life.
Best Wishes
James
Thanks rocket27rocket,
i am going through a rough time due to my anxiety which i know is based on little scientific evidence. I am trying to get over it but am failing miserably. :(
i have this sinking feeling that i might lose everything that i have in my life now and this feeling keeps coming back again and again and making me unable to function normally.
thanks again for the support.
Just to reiterate, you can completely forget HIV as a concern from your encounter.
As per the excellent advice above, you can move on safe in the knowledge you are HIV Negatuve :)
I have never heard any product curing HIV. Thats hillarious :D
Thanks Nikhil for the help. i will try to find the belief on the test results.
Please take a look at the 2 posts claiming herbal cure of HIV/AIDS.
Are the reports authentic.
thanks.
Absolutely no testing required. You dont have HIV.
Thanks again Nikhil.
So you say i have absolutely no reason and need to be tested again ?
Do let me know.
thanks
Ok just one answer and your OCD will be gone in minutes.
Currently technology is advanced. The latests blood tests that we have is 4th generation where the window period is reduced from 3 months to 28 dates. If there would have been possibilities of a human being converting positive after 8-10 months post exposure then there should be invention of a blood test with window period 8-10 months. Now go back to the start of the answer, technology has reduced the window period from 90 days to 28 days. If we go by your query, technology by now would have introduced atleast 1 test for people who convert positive after 8-10 months? But theres no suck test as the case is invalid. Its simple logic. Indeed its OCD. But OCD will always trouble you and wont be of any help. You are letting OCD take over your good days. Come out of it, smell fresh flower, eat good food, listen to music, exercise, go to parties, medidate, there are so many things to do in life then why give OCD a chance to consume all your time? Rapid anibody blood tests detect the antibodies that are developed in the infected human being within 3-4 weeks. In your case you have tested yourself so manytimes, if you would have been infected your test would have displayed you are positive. You are negative. Go party with your love :)
Thanks Nikhil,
I have got the same reply at the testing center and also from Doctors but i am somehow not able too believe it though i really really want to.
Also i have only had the antibody rapid blood tests and not the duo test.
My girlfriend thinks i have developed OCD. I want to believe my results and not worry any more but the thoughts of "what if" always creep in and ruin whatever confidence i have in the results.
is it physically possible to seroconvert after say 8-10 months post exposure?
thanks.
You are safe from HIV :). Its time for you to spend some light romantic moments with your loved one coz you donot have HIV. You have done enough tests which were not needed as HIV detects in 28 days via 4th generation tests. There have been no cases of a person turning hiv positive after 1 year of his initial exposure. Symtoms dont decide HIV presence, its only blood test that detects it. Your symtoms are cartainly not any symtom for HIV. They might be normal cold but not all related to HIV I am sure of this :).
Regards,
Nikhil
Apologies, I was using my iPad which I hate with a passion...
There is no 'may' about it, it is definitely a 'don't have' - apologies for the typo!
You really can move on and forget about this now :)
James