Am i Overreacting??

[j7235a]

hi. i'm a male 30 years old. my concern is, about 7 days ago, i was out of town and at a bar late. i had a hotel room and met some people there and they came back to the room where we had some drinks. we were all drunk. the one couple left after a while and this one older woman remained. (about 40) she made it obvious she was interested in having sex but i had no protection so turned down the offer, i also felt as though i was gonna fall asleep. this was at about 6am. she was clearly upset and said i probably wanted her to leave. i said no its not like that, she could stay and i fell asleep shortly after on one of the 2 beds she was on the other. when i woke up the next morning around 10am, she was gone and i checked out and left. the next day i started to panic about what she could of done to me while i was sleeping. my main concern is that she took a needle and injected me with hiv infected blood. although it was a full day later i checked myself and couldn't find any marks on my body, but still i'm in a panic! i started reading about hiv early symptoms on the net and in the last day (six days after the event) i've got dry mouth! is this just anxiety do you think or something more serious. the more i analyze it the more i freak out. i'm so disappointed in myself that i would put myself in a possition like that with a person i know nothing about. the most worrisome thing is that i didn't want to fall asleep and thae last thing i remember about her is that she was put off/iretated with me.
what do you think, am i completly over reacting? What’s the chances of running into someone who would do such a thing?
thanks

[jason]

You are sooooo overreacting.

You think the lady wanted to murder you because you didn't sleep with her? That's a little far fetched.

If anything she wiped her butt with your toothbrush

[SageMother]

I think you are overreacting, but now that you have seen how you react to these possibilities, you might take steps to avoid repeating the experience by not inviting people up to your room.

[mrmick]

to put your mind at ease there is now rapid hiv testing. its still anonymous too.
call your local health clinic or hospital for the closest place for testing.

[HealthNiche]

What makes you think the lady has HIV/Aids or had a needle? I wasn't sure by your story if you had a reason to believe that.

I hope your mind is put at ease quickly.

[tater03]

Yes I would say that you are most certainly overreacting. I mean the majority of the people in this world would not do such things. But I agree that going to get tested is your best bet if you are really worried.

[Simplyme]

That is definitely over reacting. Even if you had contracted HIV or AIDS you would not show symptoms that quickly.

[justontime]

I think you are giving yourself a hard time because perhaps you feel you put yourself in a vulnerable position and perhaps you feel you compromised your own standards. She could have done all the things you have thought of, she could have taken your money too, but she didn't. You were drunk but you still had the sense to say no to unprotected sex with a stranger. Stop beating yourself up about this, just learn from it and don't put yourself in a situation you are not comfortable with in future,

[Serenity]

j7235a, I hope you feel better today and a little calmer within yourself. Mickie has given you some wonderful advice there. Excellent post, Mickie!

One other thought crossed my mind: I know you mentioned you didn't sleep with her because you had no protection (smart guy!) so you obviously look after yourself in that respect. Have you perhaps recently been with someone or know someone that's been diagnosed with hiv? It seems to weigh on your mind so heavily I wondered if you knew someone personally that was affected. If so, your doctor could allay your fears in that respect too if you mention it to him when you're there.

[Swastik]

You can go for HIV test also. Don't take tension. You can have a proper check up for this. Don't over react.