Lauren6144
11-10-11, 21:19
Hi All,
Recently I've been under a lot of stress about my health, starting a few months ago when I had a HIV scare. I was constantly on the internet looking up syptoms of HIV and convincing myself I had the symptoms, losing sleep over it and barely eating. About 3 weeks ago the test results came back negative, I was relieved but I keep thinking "what if they got my blood mixed up with someone elses? What if I tested too early?" I tested about 2 months after the unprotected sex but I've read you need to test at about 3 months for an accurate result. Would my negative result be accurate at 2 months? I had no reason to believe he had HIV but as part of my anxiety it was all I thought about.
Since this I've not been feeling myself, for about 2 weeks I've had a constant headache, mainly at the back of my head but sometimes it goes into my temples and the rest of my head and jaw. I've also had some pain in my right armpit and right groin, like a dull ache. I've tried to feel for swollen lymph nodes but as I don't know what they feel/look like I have no idea what I'm looking for. I'm also constantly tired.
I don't know what's wrong with me, is all this just in my head or are they real symptoms I should be worried about? There's no end to the diseases I've convinced myself I have, I've got myself into such a state about the headaches I think it's a brain tumour or something serious. I don't know if this is all stress related or whether I'm actually ill.
Any advice or reassurance would be very much appreciated.
Lauren
Recently I've been under a lot of stress about my health, starting a few months ago when I had a HIV scare. I was constantly on the internet looking up syptoms of HIV and convincing myself I had the symptoms, losing sleep over it and barely eating. About 3 weeks ago the test results came back negative, I was relieved but I keep thinking "what if they got my blood mixed up with someone elses? What if I tested too early?" I tested about 2 months after the unprotected sex but I've read you need to test at about 3 months for an accurate result. Would my negative result be accurate at 2 months? I had no reason to believe he had HIV but as part of my anxiety it was all I thought about.
Since this I've not been feeling myself, for about 2 weeks I've had a constant headache, mainly at the back of my head but sometimes it goes into my temples and the rest of my head and jaw. I've also had some pain in my right armpit and right groin, like a dull ache. I've tried to feel for swollen lymph nodes but as I don't know what they feel/look like I have no idea what I'm looking for. I'm also constantly tired.
I don't know what's wrong with me, is all this just in my head or are they real symptoms I should be worried about? There's no end to the diseases I've convinced myself I have, I've got myself into such a state about the headaches I think it's a brain tumour or something serious. I don't know if this is all stress related or whether I'm actually ill.
Any advice or reassurance would be very much appreciated.
Lauren