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Mental Health & HIV / Re: Has HIV given or increase your anxiety or depression? Or is it just life?
« Last post by Tonny2 on Today at 03:52:10 pm »



                  ojo.              Dust the attitude!!
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I Just Tested Poz / Re: Update - Just under a month since DX
« Last post by Tonny2 on Today at 03:50:28 pm »



            Ojo.                Hello there! … congratulations, I’m glad that your medication is suppressing the virus now now it’s just keep taking your medication as prescribed and learn how to live with HIV, it depends in how long it takes you to digest your new normal. Stigma= Ignorance so the best thing that we can do is mine our own business and don’t pay attention to others. You don’t have to tell anyone about your status. So I wish you the best and please keep us posted. By the way, you can rant all you want that’s why we are here for you, there are love of us who prefer to keep our status to ourselves and here, on this forums, you can express yourself.… Hugs
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Mental Health & HIV / Re: Has HIV given or increase your anxiety or depression? Or is it just life?
« Last post by idontknowhowbuthereitis on Today at 03:20:26 pm »
I am very new to the club, so my opinion is probably not that relevant.

That being said,

I think with any chronic illness you naturally get increased chances of anxiety or depression, regardless of HIV or something else. And as you get older, I guess the "stakes" get higher (with health in general) which wears one down.

Best thing we can all do is take our meds, rely on our respective support groups, be it online or in real life, and try and stop and smell the roses and be thankful what we have.

Easier said than done.

Treat yourself and be kind to yourself.

For example, the meds I am on, no one really knows what will happen in 30 years time, completely outside of our control, I am riding it out like a bad acid trip




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Do I Have HIV? / Re: Risk, PEP and Testing
« Last post by Jim Allen on Today at 02:24:43 pm »
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Do I Have HIV? / Re: HIV risk from small cut
« Last post by Aman08 on Today at 02:01:02 pm »
Thank you Jim , you re really doing a great work !
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Do I Have HIV? / Re: HIV risk from small cut
« Last post by Jim Allen on Today at 01:16:52 pm »
Asked and answered.

The cut isn't even a route for HIV, you had no HIV risk. Move on with your life.

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Do I Have HIV? / Re: HIV risk from small cut
« Last post by Aman08 on Today at 12:49:49 pm »
Hey Jim ,

Thank you so much for response.

It’s been a day now , again I observed my nipples . I can now see a small clear scar.
Considering this, there definitely have been some tiny amount my blood involved when he bit my nipples.
Does this pose any hiv risk ? Please reply, I am getting anxious again.
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I Just Tested Poz / Update - Just under a month since DX
« Last post by idontknowhowbuthereitis on Today at 12:48:37 pm »
Wanted to update on my situation since a month getting DXd and 3 weeks on meds.

My original VL test results was over a mil (caught during the acute stage) and got my new results yesterday they are about 1.5k.

Amazing - the medication truly works, if you have access to meds - you are blessed.

I also am very grateful to have a nurses / Dr who are really supportive and check in on me regularly, on a welfare level.

I feel bad that I use hospital resources, due to have unprotected sex and constantly apologizing for taking up hospital staff time, but they never rush me and always so happy to chat.

Honestly:

In hindsight, I was arrogant before DX, I never valued social workers, health care workers or therapists - I just thought people should sort their own issues out - I urge everyone to reach out to healthcare for help and support.

I have been truly humbled at the level of compassion and empathy I have received from the health support system and I have obviously changed my previous arrogant attitude.

As for my own personal mental health since DX, its a rollercoaster - an absolute mind fuck.

I can only imagine the challenges people had in the 80s, 90.

One day I accept my status, the next in denial / grief.

Walking around the city center I see beautiful girls and I think fuck me, how have I made myself less desirable by 99% to all of these girls. Sorry if this offends anyone who has come to terms to their status, I am still early days and the self-stigma is strong.

HIV is cruel, because of the stigma.

I have so far kept my DX a secret to EVERYONE, and maybe this will change one day, as the stigma is too much for me. Its hard enough dealing with it yourself never mind how truly devastated friends and family would be explaining it to them and having to reassure etc

Disclosure is such a tricky one for me because I would love to be a force for good for HIV by educating and showing it doesn't define my life, but it feels like its a losing battle and also HIV isn't something I particularly want associated with, but no choice now.

Its truly a mind fuck.

I hope as time goes on and hit u=u the self stigma will lesson and I can come to peace with my DX and be more open.

More arrogant honest confessions:

Would I have had a one night stand with someone with HIV before I was positive? Reality is, no chance. "plenty of non HIV fish in the sea" and all that. I guess I was an asshole. Hetrosexual community its not a common topic btw, I guess I was just non educated on the whole thing.

Sorry for my rant and if I have offended anyone with the above, less than 3 weeks into this journey, I hope I can find peace on this.

On a positive, the meds are working :) Take your meds

Hopefully I am more at peace with things when I do a next update, thanks for listening folks :)

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Living With HIV / Re: Regular labwork didn’t go as planned
« Last post by leatherman on Today at 12:25:29 pm »
Quote from: numbersguy82 on Today at 08:57:56 am
Yea thanks for putting that whole “Charley eating me after I’m dead” fear in my head 🤣
omg!!! do you know that's exactly why I quit taking ARVs one time?!?! That damned Sustiva (which would go on to become part of Atripla) really messed with my head. One day I fell down the stairs, only getting bruised, but all 7 cockers came to kiss me and "make things better" as I laid in a crumpled mess at the foot of the stairs trying to recover from my tumble. That night the lovely Sustiva dreams/nightmares gave me some terrible worries about my doggies not being so helpful as I laid at the bottom of the steps with a broken leg or neck.

TBH stopping Sustiva and ending up in the hospital nearly dying of pneumonia a few months later really was worth not becoming puppy chow. ;D

Quote from: Jim Allen on Today at 09:08:09 am
Charley could get confused.
and that's why I have dogs not cats. LOL
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Mental Health & HIV / Re: Has HIV given or increase your anxiety or depression? Or is it just life?
« Last post by Tonny2 on Today at 12:06:47 pm »



               ojo.            Hi there!, I feel the same about you, I wish I had the wisdom to tell you what to do to make you feel better, but I only can send you a hug hoping that makes you feel that you are not alone and you can count on me whenever you feel down or you need someone to talk to, I’m always here for you. You always put a smile in my face… More hugs from Ohio.
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