My time line: unprotected sex with 3 people in March (guy A, B), April (guy A,C), May (guy A ), June (guy A). On august 24th I got tested for HIV because my doctor said the genital lesions on my vulva could be herpes (first outbreak). I think I also had symptoms of HIV during my herpes outbreak-- hot sweats, swollen glands, very sore throat, throat crypts, tonsilloliths, pouches of smelly white blobs in the back of throat, muscle aches, very fatigue, one night I had frightening delusion when I would wake up every 20 minutes and thought that I just got positive results. I didn't get any sleep so I could have just made myself sick over stressing about having these viruses.
Results on 8/27
HIV AB, HIV 1/2, EIA, WITH REFLEXES SCREEN-- Nonreactive (nonreactive).
Questions: Did I wait long enough to take the HIV test to give me accurate results? I took the HIV tests 5 months max or 3 months minimum since first possible exposure to HIV. Can negative results be misleading?
**Is the HIV test most accurate after a certain amount of time since the infection OR exposure? Is it normal to have symptoms of HIV and Herpes simultaneously, at the same time?
**No one will give me a flat out answer. Is there a chance that I will get positive results for HIV when I go back to do bloodwork in 4-16 weeks?
I'm beginning to think that that the last person I had sex with (in june) gave me HIV. If it was the guy from March (5 months ago) wouldn't the test have detected antibodies by now??