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@Justagirl

It's easy to see why it would be easy to fall into this trap. They play into peoples fears and play the victim so well. But what you need to look out for to tell them apart from the serious ones is pretty easy to spot.

1. They test an obscene amount. Different kinds of tests over and over again.

2. They tend to change their story, or their story gets better and better. Or they back track on their story when someone calls them out.

3. They say they have the most horrible symptoms, but usually the symptoms are the basic HIV 101 symptoms. For example, I have swollen painful lymph nodes in my neck, thrush cause the tongue is white, a sore throat, and night sweats. They never say they have genital warts, severe itching (like under the skin itch) fatigue to the point where they don't even log on to the computer, swelling of the face, anal warts, or any of the other really gross signs or symptoms. Also the simple truth is that HIV symptoms in the Acute infection stage is not overly common or go unnoticed or is excused off as a common cold. Also these symptoms would slowly increase, peak, then decrease and then disappear not be continual or go away then come back over and over again. Even with meds. And I am talking from experience. I had symptoms, I originally thought it was strep through cause I tend to get it very easily and very severe. I had the itching, I had swelling, but I thought it was from the antibiotics and the strep. And I will through them a bone sort of. Night sweats is not just you wake up sweaty like you went for a jog. Most people sweat at night to some degree or another. I would liken night sweats more to being like waking up to find out the jolly green giant decided to piss all over you while you were sleeping or that the apartment upstairs water bed burst open with the force of TNT and it all came down on you. Ask anyone that has gone through menopause they will tell you the difference. Night sweats require the sheets to be changed and a shower. But they never ever go into detail about their symptoms. To me I would say "Hey, I sweated so bad last night I thought I pissed myself what do you guys think?" I mean you don't go to the doctor and say hey I got a sore throat. You describe every single thing in detail even if its not that accurate. My throat is sore, I can barely swallow, it burns every time I do, it also feels like.....etc.

4. They refuse to listen to anything that goes against their belief that they are infected. Most people when faced with rational and scientifically proven evidence will agree with it. These people refuse the answer and find "proof" against it. They also pick and choose what quotes they use from documents. They refuse to believe trusted resources like W.H.O. or CDC or the Body, and try to find evidence to back up their claims through sources like Wikipedia, or some blog.

5. When given information that they can't deny they twist that information to fit their situation. For example someone who already tested HIV+ starts haart and in a few cases they don't show antibodies a few months later, means everyone who starts pep will be undetectable thus they instantly have HIV if the test is negative.

6. They attack the people who are trying to give them the logical and accurate information telling them they are wrong because they found some dimly lit article somewhere by someone written sometime on the internet that says otherwise sort of.

7. They post repeatedly asking pretty much the same thing over and over again trying to find someone that agrees with them. They need the reinforcement of their idea that they are infected.

I'm sure others on here can think of more tall tell signs of these kinds of posts, but these tend to cover the basics of what is just a person who is having an issue are. And should be ignored by individuals that have a just cause for concern.

Hope that helps you decipher the difference between an actual concerned post and one of these individuals.

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