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Are these symptoms of HIV?

I have recently tested negative for HIV and all the other STDs after two weeks of having unprotected sex.
I have been so worried and worried thinking I contracted HIV and I am wondering is my anxiety getting the best of me?

These are my symptoms
Headaches ( not severe) migraines
My head is always pounding
Chest pain
Random breakdowns (crying and sadness)
Dry lips
My heart is always beating fast
Back pains
pains in my back neck
Pain in my shoulders
Hard to fall to a sleep
My hands seem to Shaking
Runny nose
Pain in my shoulders
PLEASE someone help here I think I'm going crazy, could these be symptoms of seroconversion for HIV or I'm I causing myself these symptoms due to anxiety... Could this be more? Please answer I may sound silly but I can't stop worrying...
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Nora,

I went through this three years ago, I had EVERY symptom you could imagine - all at the right times..

The up-shot was I spent almost two years worrying with a stupid amount of tests, the issue is anxiety, not HIV.

Have a 4th Gen test at 28 days and believe the result...

Hope that helps :)
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Thank you I'm new to this site I don't know how to use it but thank u for writing back. @howardh
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As you were correctly advised in your other thread a few days ago, you cannot judge possible HIV by symptoms. Only testing counts. Anyway, of the symptoms you list, almost none goes along with a new HIV infection. However, almost all are typical for the physical symptoms of anxiety, stress, etc.

Don't continue two threads. If you still have concerns, please address them in follow-up comments in your first thread, not this one. And I would suggest you carefully re-read the answers you had there. Believe them, suck it up, and move on.
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