Pain in muscles/joints (possibly HIV related/Anxiety)?

[ainxtein]

I am not native English speaker, so my description my be a little awkward (I can explain further if needed).

I had unsafe sex 4 weeks ago and the first minute after it I began to panic. Little sleep in the following week, and then I started to experience pain in my muscles and joints. The panic resulted from strong feeling of guilty, and a strong fear of HIV infection.

At first it is only some minor feelings like needles in my knees/toes, and later it developed into muscle/joint pain all over my body (it is not unbearable but it is clear) after three weeks of anxiety. Sometimes it is like that there is an aching line from my finger to elbow. Sometimes it feels like someone is using a drill or something on the bones of my finger/shin/lower arm. There is no simultaneous pain in two different places though. Sometimes my upper arms have pulsing pain.

And every time it last about 3-5 minutes, and disappear completely (by pressing the area afterwards there is no further pain, so I guess it is not muscle injury). It seems that these pain occur in muscles/bones/joints.

This is weird. Does anyone have experience on similar situation? Any suggestions? Thanks a lot!

P.s. I suspect it is HIV related, but assessment of my risk is low. So I guess it may be more a result of anxiety/depression...

[sparkeler]

Was your unsafe sex risk heterosexual or homosexual sex?  One time vaginal sexual exposures are 1/2000.  One time anal exposures is 1/500.  

Your right, risk is low & I doubt hiv is your problem.  ARS symptoms almost always include a high fever.  Your symptoms do sound classical for anxiety.  Why not have an hiv test done to eradicate the fear?  It will be negative & you can get on with your life.

[ainxtein]

Yes. I got low fever (up to 37.5C, lasting a few hours) several times. I also got night sweat in the past two weeks. I don't know whether these are also related (to HIV or to anxiety). ...

[Estabel]

I recently thought that I had HIV but my risks are extremely low and I had to realize that it was anxiety and not HIV. But I think that you should talk to your doctor and ask him/her what the symptoms of HIV are. Once you know what the symptoms are you can assess your risk and your probability of having the disease? Also I don't recommend looking for health information on the internet(I don't mean sites like these/this site is great!) like at the mayo clinic or webmd. These sights are kinda of scary and offer a lot of common symptoms and link them with serious diseases so if you have anxiety definetly stay away from those sites because they will make you think that you have every horrible disease known to man. Hope this helps. Best

[malm]

i am exactly the same i had unprotected sex  with a horrible partner and he gave me clamidiya and now i have an amazing boyfriend and i feel guilty incase i have given him HIV . i was treated for clamidiya straight away but i wondered what else this ex partner could of given me. i worry about HIV and i always look on sites like these at symptoms and i when i get into a bad staight of mind i get symptoms like cramp in my feet etc it is taking over my life i darnt get tested incase i don't like what i hear. i am seeing a counciler at the moment which suspects it is anxiety but i feel that this feeling  has come from having clamidiya and feeling gulity about not using a condom.i am getting help i hope you can to because when i have a bad day i can't sleep and i shake and get up 2 be sick and have awful stomach pains. i hope you have the guts to go get tested coz right now i don't. good luck i hope you are fine.