I'm paranoid that I have herpes

[Anxious2016]

About 10 days ago I had protected vaginal sex with a sex worker. I think she performed oral with no condom for a very short time, then used a condom, but I was a little drunk and don't remember for sure. A condom was definitely used for vaginal penetration. After a few days (really almost immediately) I started to notice some mild burning in the tip on my penis and I think frequent urination. I had no sores or marks (except a puffy spot on my shaft that becomes a hard vein when erect, but I think that is a separate issue), I also began to get chapped lips, and they seemed like normal chapped lips but I have now had them for almost a week. I went to the doctor today and he said that my lips looked like normal chapped lips and not like herpes. I never kissed the girl or performed oral sex. I have had a few mild infections in the past and had them cleared up with antibiotics, but as the years went by it started to seem like every time I had sex with a stranger I got something. That is why I am so nervous now. I am in a relationship so I felt incredibly guilty and anxious beginning the next day and immediately became paranoid that I caught something. It was the only instance out of my relationship in about a year and a half, but I know from past history that these diseases seem to grow on trees these days. How likely is it that I got herpes, and how likely is it that the herpes I got caused my lips to become chapped like they did? I got an STD screen today and will get the results next week, but I am scared to death to sleep with my GF because it would be devastating if I gave it to her, and I feel like if I wear a condom it is suspicious. I have read that it takes a few months to detect it so I will have a hard time not having sex with her by then. Even my doctor asked me if I need meds for anxiety even though I am usually an easygoing person. I can barely sleep I feel so ******. Is the burning all in my head? I even self-medicated with Flagyl and Doxycycline for the past week because my experience has taught me that they clear up several of the common infections I used to get, so I keep that stuff on hand. I read a lot about the power of the mind to create these symptoms, but it seems hard to believe.

[feelingundone]

Nothing you describe says hsv at all. You can forget any lip issues from this exposure. Condom protected sex is safe sex as your penis was covered. The brief oral sex is very very low risk. Your stress level is causing you to concentrate way to much on this. Hsv outbreaks most often take place within a week and rarely out to twenty days. Again your chances of hsv are extremely low if at all. Infact I would say the same for all std's.