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confusing symptoms after taking PEP
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i am 34 YO man who have had receptive anal sex with another man with unkown status. he rimmed me at first then i put a condom on his penis and he tried to penetrate his condom. it was my first time and very painful for me and he couldn't finish his job. when i turned into another position he suddenly woke up with the fear of condom failure and went to toilet. when he returned and i asked him about the incident he told me that he had tough the condom got borken so we checked the condom with cold water( off course the condom he showed me as the right condom) we couldn't find any evidence of condom failure in it. but in noticed that i have some blood stain on the toilet paper when i checked my anus. he told me that he is clean but i couldn't trust him so i reffered to an STI clinic and doctor prescribed PEP for me. drugs were consist of zidovudine + lamivudine that i should have take twice a day. i should say that i started my PEP after 60 hours post probable exposure. after 5 days taking the pills i experienced fatigue and dizziness and discomfort so that i couldn't tolerate people around. it faded after 1.5 days by itself but again after 3 weeks post probable exposure i felts uncomfort and a terrible fatigue so that i talked hardly to people around and it was so hard for me to wake up from the bed and liked to stay in bed all day. but there were no evidence of fever or sore throat or something but i had an skin burn that last just a few hours and an ulcer in my mouth that last just a day and faded by itself. i am doubtful if these symptoms are related to HIV ARS or side effects of drugs that i am taking. i need to know if this regimen is enough in my situation and how long after taking these drugs is the right time to go for an elisa test.
best regards.
i am 34 YO man who have had receptive anal sex with another man with unkown status. he rimmed me at first then i put a condom on his penis and he tried to penetrate his condom. it was my first time and very painful for me and he couldn't finish his job. when i turned into another position he suddenly woke up with the fear of condom failure and went to toilet. when he returned and i asked him about the incident he told me that he had tough the condom got borken so we checked the condom with cold water( off course the condom he showed me as the right condom) we couldn't find any evidence of condom failure in it. but in noticed that i have some blood stain on the toilet paper when i checked my anus. he told me that he is clean but i couldn't trust him so i reffered to an STI clinic and doctor prescribed PEP for me. drugs were consist of zidovudine + lamivudine that i should have take twice a day. i should say that i started my PEP after 60 hours post probable exposure. after 5 days taking the pills i experienced fatigue and dizziness and discomfort so that i couldn't tolerate people around. it faded after 1.5 days by itself but again after 3 weeks post probable exposure i felts uncomfort and a terrible fatigue so that i talked hardly to people around and it was so hard for me to wake up from the bed and liked to stay in bed all day. but there were no evidence of fever or sore throat or something but i had an skin burn that last just a few hours and an ulcer in my mouth that last just a day and faded by itself. i am doubtful if these symptoms are related to HIV ARS or side effects of drugs that i am taking. i need to know if this regimen is enough in my situation and how long after taking these drugs is the right time to go for an elisa test.
best regards.
i know that is clear when a condom breaks but as i was the receptive guy i didn't notice until the insertive side told me doubtfully. he asked me to check the condom toghether but we couldn't find any evidence for condom failure but both of us were so panic and i can't trust this check up. thats why i went for PEP but after 3 weeks i had terrible fatigue and achy muscle in two point of my body and itchy mouth that i don't know that is because of PEP(zidouvodine and lamivudine) or HIV symptoms.
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