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Extreme Anxiety & Exposure Perspective

5 weeks ago I had anal and vaginal sex (condom was used, but not 100% of the time) with a guy I'd been dating for a couple of weeks.  We talked about past sexual history and I told him I'd been tested for HIV/STD's in Ocotober 2011 and negative for all.  He said he'd never been tested, but "always used condoms".  He's not a IV drug user, never had sex with men, etc.  Two weeks after we had sex I got a yeast infection and have been treating it ever since.  I went to
my ob/gyn for the yeast infection and asked to be tested for STD's and found out negative.  She wouldn't test for HIV since she said it was too early and for me to wait 12 weeks.  I'm FREAKING out at this point.  I've read that unprotected anal sex (without ejaculation) is the riskiest for HIV infection and there is NO WAY I can wait 7 more weeks with this anxiety.  I'm not sleeping and am worried beyond belief.  Can I test earlier for some piece of mind?  In this instance, what is the risk for this type of exposure?  
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You can test at 30 days for an idea , my doc says 30 and then 3 mths but the doctors on the this forum think 6-8 weeks is good if it was a low risk incident . Hope that helps.
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You don't have to have symptoms to be infected, get your conclusive test result 3 months post exposure.
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I forgot to add, I didn't have any symptoms (no fever, fatigue, swollen glands, etc), aside from the yeast infection, which I'm a cyclist and have and IUD, which contributes to the cause of the infection.  He ejaculated only when wearing a condom
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