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Reliability of HIV tests taken

Had protected, vaginal sex with a woman who's HIV status is unknown. I'm 99.9% confident the condom did not break.  Went to the clinic and had a rapid test 26 days after exposure. This was negative. At 42 days or 6 weeks, I returned to the clinic due to anxiety and was administered another rapid test which was negative. The clinician recommended I have blood drawn and sent to the laboratory considering my anxiety. This was done the same day or day 42 week 6. This test came back negative as well.
I have read too many articles, making myself sick. This window period is the thing I'm most concerned about. How confident can I be in my test results and should I get tested again? Thank you.
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Reread about "didn't". The first step to peace is to stop googling cold turkey.
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fyi, If a condom fails it is a large rip down the seam and it hangs. therefore that didn't happen because it is hard to take off.
Thank you. Cold turkey it is.
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You didn't have a risk for HIV.  If the condom didn't VISIBLY break, exposing the head of your penis, you weren't at risk for HIV.

In any case, your tests are conclusive and there is NO reason to test again.  If you're testing out of anxiety for this no-risk event, then put the effort into getting treatment for anxiety rather than pointless HIV testing.  Hopefully, you can just move past this on your own.
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Thank you for the quick reply. I hope I can move past the anxiety on my own as well. I felt the tests to be conclusive however the clinician, after getting the blood work back from the lab which was negative, still said to test again after three full months. I asked if I could feel confident about the results and she just repeated, not conclusive until after three months. I'm losing my mind.
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