Wondering for my sanity

[scaredyafraid]

Unprotected sex exactly 60 days ago. Guy says his HIV status is negative. I was the bottom. I have been diagnosed with general anxiety disorder (over this situation) and have been spazzing about the ordeal. It was STUPID...so I dont need to hear those comments. I realize that.

I was tested at 1 week, at 4 weeks, 6 weeks and 3 days shy of my 8 weeks. I think I have gone a little overboard with testing...but in my state it is free, so I am going to use the resources. All of them have come back negative.

5 days after possible exposure I started with my anxiety. Everything from chest pain to night sweats to dry mouth, dry tongue, and fatigue. I attributed them all to HIV so I started freaking even more until I was put on Lexapro. Everything went away but the Night Sweats and the Dry Tongue. I went off the Lexapro and the Night Sweats went away.

The dry, white tongue the pain in my arm pits, my sinus congestion, and a general sense of "blah"ness...just wont go away. As I have stated before it has been 60 days (8 weeks, 4 days) is the only thing that does not come and go away. I've had about 5 different phsyicians look at it and all of them say...looks normal to me. It's not thrush. I attribute it to my system being out of whack, but I dont really know for sure...do any of these sound like acute symptoms to anyone?

Also, my test result at 53 days (7 weeks, 4 days) was negative.

Is the combination of mild anxiety, my sinuses causing my craziness?

Also, once you show symptoms of HIV infection wouldn't your test results then be positive?

[Brian123]

ARS, if applicable at all in this situation, would not occur this late.
Since you tested nearly 8 weeks post-exposure, you can breathe a sigh of relief.
Considering the high-risk encounter, "I" would test @ 3 months as suggessted by regularjoe.
MORE than likely the result will be negative,

PLEASE learn from this experience....keep condoms handy dude.

B.

[regularjoey]

An HIV test usually goes positive at most 2-3 weeks since the onset of symptoms.
Your 53 day test pretty much proves that you are HIV negative.
I would recommend that you get another test after the 3 month mark, just because it's the CDC recommendation, but expect a negative result from your test now.