HIV and stress are not a good combination. When you start getting stressed, what do you do to try and deescalate?

Question: Can anyone direct me to a resource that can help me understand exactly how stress impacts our hiv thus, impacting our health? I'd like to be better informed so I can make better decisions on managing stress and my health.

Living a healthy life with HIV involves a combination of medical treatment, lifestyle choices, and emotional well-being. Here are some key aspects:

Adherence to Medication: Consistently taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) as prescribed is crucial for managing HIV. This helps suppress the virus, maintain a strong immune system, and reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to others.

Regular Medical Care: It's essential for HIV-positive individuals to see their healthcare provider regularly… read more

Undetectable sounds great on paper however we are still like those who don’t have this disease.we can get non hiv health issues that everyone on the planet gets.anyone dealing with medical issues unrelated to hiv that affects them.and does having hiv make it harder to control your other conditions?

I’m a 30 year old male and was diagnosed with HIV in 2020 and till now have so many questions on dating with HIV. Would be interested to learn more about how it’s like for you guys and how you are managing because i think i’m ready to date again but as you may relate to the challenges involved with that.

I feel like I am reliving the beginning of the HIV epidemic back in the 80's. Lots of feelings from back then come to mind again. The lack of both the Reagan and Trump administration to ignore the science and growing numbers of cases and deaths, thus acting much too late. Tremendous fear of the unknown, and the feeling "am I going to get It"? All the loss of lives. And so much more. I feel numb. I think many of the long termers like me can relate especially to this. The good news, I… read more

Stress can be hard on healthy people and particularly those with chronic illness, or HIV. How would you rate your current stress level as the result of the coronavirus from a scale from 1 to 10? Also, what methods are using to reduce stress while living under the stay at home regulations?

Stay well everyone!

Now that the pharmaceutical companies have found a way to keep us alive for 30+ years with a one a day pill,what’s the incentive for them to come up with another pill. Wouldn’t it makes sense for all scientists,pharmaceutical companies etc to now spend all their effort to find a cure. In 15 years from now biktarvy,dovato will lose there patents and these pills will me made by many different companies in generic form which will drop the price for these drugs dramatically?no longer will they be… read more