Igm tested positive twice for hsv2 is this my final answer?

[Sadsadgirl45]

Hi Grace,

Two weeks ago I had blood tests done 4 days after recent exposure (unprotected sex) it came back positive for Igg for hsv1 which I wasn't surprised about in high school and as a kid I would sometimes get cold sores and had chicken pox. However the dr. Told me for igg hsv2 I was negative, but for igm which was hsv2 specific I was "weak" positive. I have never felt so sick in my entire life. She told me it was pretty definite I had contracted hsv2, she told me I could come in again in a week to retest. So I went again one week later and yesterday she tells me my results were exactly the same as before igm weak positive. She said I definitely had hsv2 but if I wanted to continue testing she could look into it. Also I want to mention I have been freaking out about everything I had a couple of red dots on my butt that looks like follicles and would normally think nothing of and I had them cultured they came back negative. I have been examining myself everyday looking for anything. The dr put me on valtrex after my first test came back and I had some back pain when I started taking it at my tailbone. Also started taking a lot of vitamins. The other weird feeling I have is this tingling feeling like I have to pee. I thought I might have had a bladder infection because I get them often but the test came back negative for both. I have been going to the bathroom like 10 times a day feeling like I have to pee but then hardly anything. I had this once before and thought it was a bladder infection but it wasn't and then I got my period and felt better. I also need to mention I haven't had my period for almost 2 months. I took a pregnancy test blood test and I'm not pregnant. I also took the morning after pill after my unprotected sex. This has completely consumed me I am so utterly depressed I can't eat I can't sleep. They told me it is recent also and I keep going back in my mind and thinking of being itchy in the past or seeing a bump near my but or area. I told my dr. I wanted to do more testing over time but I just can't stop thinking about how she sounded on the phone like it was judgement day and this was my final verdict. I have never felt so much stress and anxiety in my entire life. And I can't stand this feeling like I need to pee all the time. Please help. I feel so lost and alone.

[doubidoo]

Ok I'm dealing with the same low positive test right now, not sure whether it's igg and igm. But here are my recs:
--> stop trying to use igm or igg tests! the most conclusive test by far is the western blot test. Only one lab does it but it's remarkably accurate. The problem with both igm and igg is that low positives have been proven to be quite inaccurate particularly in populations with low incidence (read, if you are someone going in and being routinely tested rather than someone going in because of symptoms)
--> stop freaking out, look up Herpes 2 symptoms and see that many people live with it quite healthily even if you do have it. Realize that an awful lot of your symptoms including nerve pain and feeling you need to pee or whatever are all psychosomatic symptoms!!! You are literally driving yourself sick because you are looking for things wrong with you. Whatever you have, you have, and as long as you are not sexually active you cannot do harm to others, so try to relax first and foremost

[gracefromHHP]

yes, test then and move forward.

[Sadsadgirl45]

Yes I have been thinking about doing this as well, but I know so much of the anxiety is also not knowing. How accurate will the tests be at 11 or 12 weeks? Do you think I could stop testing at that point? Thank you Grace

[gracefromHHP]

have you considered talking to a professional about this anxiety?  Sometimes having a stranger guide you through this and suggest ways to deal with anxiety better is helpful to move forward as well as gives you skills to use in the future in stressful situations.

[Sadsadgirl45]

So next week will be 12 weeks. I have been trying to keep busy and stay off the computer and keep my mind off of this, but mentally I am feeling more and more burdened everyday with this. I have become a complete hypochondriac which used to be the furthest thing from my personality. I keep  thinking about what happened over and over in mind, and I tried to ask the guy from the beginning when he was last tested and when he last had unprotected sex. He told me "Don't worry I never had an std and I never will." I kept trying to ask him when he was tested and if he could have had been with someone right before me who infected him and he refused to tell me and just said things like "well if I have anything to worry about it is from you."  The sad thing is before this ******* I was in a great relationship and hadn't been with anyone else for 7 years. And I hope to be with that person again someday. But this whole thing has caused me so much damage emotionally and the fact that this guy could with-hold information like that, I mean if someone outright asks you that how could you not tell them?  I keep trying to keep calm until next week but this IGM test has forced me to be completely paranoid and turned my life upside down. Hopefully if any positive comes out of this it will be that I never want to have sex or anything with someone I don't know and love. I just hope I can move on from this, and that after 12 weeks I can have closure, and not  keep retesting.

[gracefromHHP]

gllad you are finally getting answers :)