Window Period After PEP

[anxiousfree]

Dear all,

First of all, I apologize again for the further post. I have an update on my situation that I wanted to share and a follow-up question after some reading. I hope you bear with me and extend me the courtesy of responding to one FINAL inquiry.

As I wasn't pleased with the advice of my doctor, I scheduled an appointment with an infectious disease specialist today who works on HIV specifically. I communicated my test results to him and my situation. He says my testing is conclusive and that he recommends no further testing. This is very much in-line with what members of the forum have said and was a huge relief for me.

However, I was reading similar posts in the forum and some members seem to say that conclusive testing with IV generation is at 6 weeks after PEP not at 4 weeks. I saw this as recently as a couple of weeks back. I asked my doctor about this and he said: "it depends on who you ask" which only confused me further.

My final and last question is: what's the difference between testing at 4 weeks vs. 6 weeks. Has anyone in the forum seen someone with a negative at week 4 change to a positive at 6 weeks pending no further exposure. I'm very anxious about this and a response will resolve all my fear. It's been hard for me to move on but I'm really working on it and the support would help.

I hope my post does not get deleted. I promise this will be the last one regarding my situation. Thank you for the consideration.

[Kirstie_MHModerator]

Advice posted by members in this forum is offered from the best and latest available information.  Continuing to ask the same question will not result in different answers from members here, and we are not able to offer support for anxiety.

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