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HIV anxiety/stress constant headaches

Hi all and happy Holidays!
I just wanted an opinion really,I'm currently waiting on my test results 6 weeks after a broken condom incident,is a 4th gen so will be conclusive,abit of a nerve wrecking time for me having to wait.
For the last couple of weeks I've been getting a dull headache daily at the back of my head.
It seems to come in the morning and then continue most of the day,it's not painful just feel pressure at the back of my head when it's there.
I am pretty stressed at the moment,with work and then all this.
Like most other people went straight online which didn't help at all.
Also got an irritation in my throat,makes me swallow a lot and feels dry.
Has anyone else had anything similar?
Or have any insight if it is the stress of all this going on causing this?
Thanks all
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Hi I posted in the hiv prevention forum and still having symptoms from an oral exposure. Keep hearing it's not poss to get hiv this way but I have pain and am tired a lot! Lymph pain? In my groin/thighs area plus other random pain in my body that comes n gos. Been scared and anxious for so long and it's getting hard to keep going. I get how ur feeling so ur not alone. I haven't tested yet :/ I'm not in a good place right now but trying rly hard to get thru all this. I'm not sure if I've had lymph pain in my shoulder/left or if it's stiff neck that's lingering on cuz it gets better then worse but has gone on a while. Did u get any pains in thighs/groin? Shoulder? How have ur symptoms been are they better? Thanks n hope ur doing well (:
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I'm still waiting on my conclusive 4th gen results,taking abit longer as it's Christmas,but been 6 working days so far,so may have to wait a few more days.
My question was more if anyone else has had constant headaches/throat issues due to anxiety?
Feel like I'm rattling with all the pain killers I'm taking,I wake up with a headache which for me is strange,I've never really dealt with stress/anxiety like this so not sure if this is normal when someone is stressed.
Thanks again,I do appreciate what you have said in my previous post you seem to be very knowledgable when it comes to issues people have when they post on here.
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Your doctor is the person to see about headaches. Could be sinus, migraine etc. but you need to take the right med for a sinus headache instead of just regular Tylenol.
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Can anyone relate to this or maybe help?
Many thanks in advance
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I explained on the HIV forum that HIV doctors don't pay attention to symptoms, and you agreed you are over-analyzing your body in fear, so there is no available insight.

You were told your first test is conclusive and are doing another, so if you can't accept that test you should go for therapy because you are needlessly wasting your young life in fear.
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