A 2&3 week or a quick baseline test neg

5 week 4th Gen neg

She had a 9 week comb4th gen negative

I had a 5 month negative oraquick neg

I had a 6 month 4th Gen neg

My question is

1. Can I call my results conclusive even with the high risk?

2.Would me having Hep C effect my test results like delay my seroconverting?

3. Would me taking anxiety med OR melatonin effect my test results? 

I've read so much online saying wait 6 months or a year to test if you have Hep c already and I was OK with my results at 6 months until seeing this. I'm freaked out and hope it's not to late to have learned my lesson. Thanks guys

1.   Test results for both you and your wife are conclusive. Testing with combination HIV antigen/antibody tests is conclusive at any time more than six weeks after an exposure. There is no need for additional testing. 

2.   If you have hepatitis C it will have no effect on the reliability of your test results or if you had acquired HIV (you did not) the timing of seroconversion. 

3.   No, neither anxiety medications nor melatonin would have any affect on the reliability of your test results. 

 I hope that this information is helpful to you. Take care. EWH 

Also what really brought this all on is I got what I feel is a rash on my belly and chest kinda look like little flea bites maybe if I had to describe. My temp is at the moment 99.6.. and I feel like my gland in right side of throat is a bit swollen. Keep in mind we didn't have another sexual encounter outside of our marriage since July. I swear I had this last 4th Gen and within a day of results I developed these symptoms. Heck it's January now. 

I'll finish this up with the question of why people say if you have hep c you should wait 6 months to a year? Seems like a long time but I'm no expert you are sir.  I just want to be sure if I should test in say another few months or 6 months that I do and I get this right so I don't infect my wife or anything.  I know you've heard it all but I greatly appreciate you taking your time out to listen to my crappie and respond. 

Can I ask one other thing before I go and please not offend you? Is this truly Dr Hook responding or do you all have others that help handle the traffic you receive?  Thank you so much for your time and your kind words.

 I have no explanation for why people sometimes provide overly conservative time windows for test results. It may be that they are out of date or alternatively, that they are afraid of being wrong.   On this site our responses are science-based using the most current scientific information that we have access to. We stand behind them. 

 And yes I am really Dr. Hook' and Dr. Handsfield is really Dr. Handsfield. No substitutes. Take care. EWH 

I can't get pasthe these "symptoms" I'm having. Just awful odd to me. I forgot that ruffly 4-5 weeks ago my best friend and I work together and had busted both our knuckles and they came in contact with each other at work. We were pulling wire and our hands came in contact. I remember distinctly because he said "well if you have it so do I now" in a jokingly matter. I've drove him nuts at work over my fear.  My problem with him is as even my best friend in the world he's a lady's man and sleeps around alot!!!!!! How risky would our skinned knuckles with some dried blood smears be between us? I have no clue of his status and he said he's not worried and refuses to test I'm worried the 4th Gen test I took this past Saturday wouldn't have picked up the infection from him seems it may have only been 4-5 weeks....... 

Again sir I'm sorry for the rambles and asking so much of you but if you could shed some light on this I'd be forever grateful. 

 As this is my third response, this will complete this thread. Before I close I should also warn you that repetitive, anxiety-driven questions may be deleted without comment. It will be far more helpful to you to seek counseling than to return to the site with questions like this. I say this out of concern,  nothing more. Take care. EWH