Two negative tests - but feeling wierd -Please help

Hi All,
Firstly thank you very much for the time the people on these forums put in.

I had a very low risk encounter on the 4th Aug this year (Oral/Maturbation with Condom - no splits etc) in Amsterdam with a CSW that my friends had organised, as it was my bachelor party.

However, I was not erect when the girl put the condom on me, and se put the condom over my penis and then sucked it to get me hard.  She then rolled it all the way down and masturbated me.

Two days after, I started getting a mild sore throat and then the following week, i started getting random aches and pains in my body.  I then started to get a really hot feeling and my hands were sweating.  The following week, my throat felt like it had swollen up and I was still feeling really hot.  At this point I looked on the internet and was really shocked to see that the symptoms were similar to HIV.  By week 3 I was also getting headaches and started having difficulty sleeping more than 4 hours a night (which had continued since). I woke up with night sweats on two occassions during this period. In this period I have lost 2-3 kilos in weight - maybe stress?

After 4 weeks, I had a HIV-Duo test, which thankfully came back negative, and the doctor suggested that the risk of getting anything was soooo low that he didnt think I needed the test.  We did it anyways to try and reduce my anxiety - he also explained that he had never seen a negative test turn positive later.

Anyways, by the middle of week 7, I was really worried as the anxiety and sleeping pattern hadnt changed, so I had another HIV test carried out, and the doctor was adamant that I should not have been carrying it out as the risk stated above was so low, and that he hadnt known of anyone to have been infected in such a way, or test positive after a negative DUO test at the given (+28 days) interval.  Again, the result of the test at 7 weeks and 4 days was thankfully negative.

I also I went to see the GP, who ordered a general blood test and carried out all the routine checks, checked my glands (not swollen).  I mentioned I had been very anxious, and she said that the abdominal pain I was experiencing was solely down to anxiety and prescribed me some larozepam to help me sleep.  This worked wonders and I've been able to sleep 8 hours.

The problem now is that I have been waking up with pins and needles in my legs and generally feel very tired most of the day, and it has now led to me feeling like I'm losing my memory.  I'm generally a very intelligent and fast to react sort of person, however I am finding mundane tasks very difficult to concentrate on and feel "spaced out" and keep getting dull headaches.

Yesterday I went to the local GUM clinic and they again re-assured me that the risk was very small as no intercourse took place and then said as a routine, they would carry out all of the STD checks such as NGU, Syphillis (syphilis), Ghon, Chlamydia, Hep A, HepB and HIV, for which it will take 2-3 weeks for the results to come back.

From looking at Dr HHHs comments he says that 4 weeks in re-assuring and that after 6 weeks its very confident with the results.

I'm really stuck as I feel so confused and do not have anyone I can really talk to.

I have booked a councelling session for next week.

What do you guys think?  Is this my mind playing with me??

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

[meworried]

You did not have any risk of catching the HIV. Relax and stop thinking about the damn thing.

[Teak]

You did not have a risk.

[ExtremeStress]

no risk!!!!!

[murgaya]

I got the results for the swabs from the GUM, and they said I have NGU/NSU.  Should I still be worried about HIV as i can only relate this to the same event?

[murgaya]

Hi All,

I keep having bouts of memory loss.  I'm at work today and cannot remember any of my work.  I'm extremely stressed out and cannot think of any reason other than that above for the way I am feeling.  Any suggestions on what I should do?  I've got an appointment with the councellor on Monday, but dont know how i'm gonna get through the weekend...

[murgaya]

I just wanted to add that I've been smoking alot out of stress, and was wondering whether this would have an effect on my 8 week HIV test result.  The pains I am feeling are real, the lefft side of my abdomen below the rib cage is constantly aching, I feel like I have started to lose coordination of my body and feel like I'm not walking properly even.  The results from the GUM clinic are still two weeks away and I am really in a bad way.  I feel I may have to call the emergency services as my memory is definitely going.

[murgaya]

Hi All,

Just to keep you guys updated, I've been feeling a lot of pins and needles in my feet and my left eye and left thumb have been twitching a hell of alot.  THe abdomen pain seems to have diminished and I've been for  an 11 week Insti Test which has come back Negative also.

The Doc tells me that he ensures me that if I had HIV it would have been the fastest infected and symptomatic person he has ever heard of and that everything including my aches and pains and headaches and loss of motivation are depression related.  So I'm on with the medicine now and lets see how it goes...

[JuanJ]

Your symptoms are more consistent with stress than with HIV, especially as you were under no risk at all.
Relax!.

[murgaya]

Hi All,

I just wanted to say, the symptoms and lack of sleep have generally got worse over the last three months, and I've had another general checkup and they have come back saying that my Triglycerides are high.  I have a constant numb feeling on the left side of my face, and am still not feeling any better.  I went for an MRI scan last Friday, and am awaiting the follow up consultation this Friday.  Just wondering - if the hospital saw something unusual on my MRI scan, would they have called me sooner than the two weeks I have to wait for the consultation??

Many thanks again..

[HSci34]

You were not at risk from the incident. Let it go.