Mono Symptoms

So I have been reading a lot of the threads here and they have been very helpful in making me feel like this is just mono but I'm still worried theres more. My journey so far... 11/20 I began developing a sore throat and extra tiredness that night. I had gone out the night before so i figured it was due to that. The next day it still hurt and I was still tired. I figured I was getting a cold. I started taking Emergen-C and upping some health foods to combat the "cold" however not much more developed after that besides the sore throat and tiredness. I went to the doctor on 11/23 as I was going out of town for a week and if something else was going on I wanted to know now. They tested for strep and mono both were negative. Sent off saying its a virus that would go away. Packing was really tough that day for my trip but got it done. Took off on my trip and for the most part felt alright. Late in the evening I would get so tired I felt I was going to pass out bur during the day I felt alright mostly. I even continued running and doing my workouts. I did get a little more sore than usual. now during this time I didn't experience a fever or anything. I did have some slightly swollen glands but nothing extreme. 10 days before my symptoms began I was very foolish and had a moment of bad decisions so immediately my brain started going to thinking I had some std. When I returned from my trip I went back to the doctor the next day. 21 days after my moment of bad judgement and 11 days after sore throat and tiredness began. At this point my throat was better and not many other symptoms besides beginning to feel sore and some muscle leg cramps. I also started having some mild night sweats which of course made me panic and scared to sleep. The doctors tested for all STD and redid a heterophile antibody test because they said it could take a while to show positive. Well this time it did come up positive. So they said I had mono. Thay threw me off guard because of the incubation period. Aside from the incident on 11/9 I had not kissed anyone before then and I'm a bit of a germaphobe so I don't share drinks and food and such. I panicked thinking this positive meant something else because of course if you google false mono positive you learn that other things like leukemia and acute HIV can cause it. All STD came back negative although I also googled and it says 3 weeks isnt enough to be conclusive on HIV and due to similarity in symptoms panic sets in. especially when I didn't feel I experienced the traditional mono symptoms. The doctor said i should be over the worst part but things just started developing after this. I've read that acute HIV symptoms develop at the same time and mono seems to be different in that regard. So since diagnosis I began to have more sore muscles and that seems to be increasing in the past few weeks. I get burning feelings in my joints, particularly my elbows. I still have on and off night sweats and some are worse than others. This is all weird to me because I don't have fever and I check my temperature a lot. I also used to always get cold at night and now I'm warmer usually. I don't know if I'm sweating because of my blanket but the house heat is lower than usual too. I'm sorry this is so long but I'm going crazy I feel like. I've also had a couple instances of diarrhea like once or twice a week, not regularly although my stomach has been more sensitive and noisy than usual. I'm now headed into the 6th week since symptoms started and the muscle and joint pain seem to be staying or getting worse. I do get tired but it's not terrible fatigue. I have also had white tongue but doc doesn't think it's thrush. My acne is flaring up and my skin has always been pretty good. I'm going through some mild dry scalp dandruff. Everything you read online gives classic mono symptoms that should clear up in 2-4 weeks so why am I still feeling like this is my question. I took an OraQuik HIV test last week (6 weeks after bad decision) and it was negative. Some reassurance but I know not conclusive still. I didn't get CBC or other EBV bloodwork. Is that necessary? Only thing is I had my physical about a month before I got sick and then it showed slight anemia, slightly low wbc, and slightly elevated liver enzymes. I thought the lover and anemia could line up with possible mono incubation? Still baffled at how I got it and worried it is something else. Is all this normal? should my muscles, bones, and joints feel so sore? Is it ok I never got a fever? Should I be getting night sweats? I'm going crazy over here. I will be going to test for HIV again to clear my head but as of now it's on my mind and with the non classic mono stuff I have a hard time believing it's just mono. Is it just mono? Thanks everyone if you read this far and for your answers and help. By the way I have tried running still and I feel mostly ok during but then tired and sore and I can sleep a lot although I don't always when I used to not sleep so much. I do feel a little more energy on days I take vit c supp though I haven't tried more than that or a multi. Also I've tried coconut oil for my white tongue. God bless you all.

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