So. Recently I had sex with a girl. She was tested for STDs before we met, and was clean. We used a condom, although it did slip off a bit while I was using it so that it had to be readjusted a few times. A while after that, perhaps something around give or take a month, I developed what I assume was Lyme disease. I had a circular red rash, a fever, muscle soreness, and fatigue. It honestly wasn’t that bad, but I went to the hospital because of the rash, and they gave me a prescription for antibiotics. Once I started taking them I felt pretty much just fine, maybe a little fatigued. I got my test results back and they came back negative. This is common especially during the beginning stage of the illness. But nonetheless because of this I have started worrying that I in fact did not have Lyme disease and actually contracted HIV, and it’s becoming kind of an intense preoccupation. I have a history of hypochondria and it is especially bad given the circumstances. A few days after antibiotics I found a small rash on the top of both of my feet that looked like a bunch of tiny bumps clustered together, which went away in a matter of days. I have also occasionally had a dry cough, and by occasionally I mean like maybe a few individual coughs every few weeks. I also now have dry lips in the corner of one side of my mouth and a tiny pimple or sore just above my upper lip. As I write these symptoms out they seem rather unimportant, and otherwise I feel just fine. But that doesnt stop me from worrying about them. This is made worse by the fact that the girl I was originally in contact with is now sick with what appears to be a cold, although she seems to have a wet cough which is not an HIV symptom I don’t think. My worry about this is intense and often leads to time consuming coping. I have looked at symptoms on the internet perhaps a little too much. I come here to explain my situation and see if anyone, especially those with experience of HIV, can tell me to what extent my fears are valid and to what extent I am overreacting, because I don’t really trust myself to make that determination.