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Should Mental Health Be Studied And Addressed With HIV Infection?
A myHIVteam Member asked a question 💭

Do you suffer from anxiety, depression fear, anger …etc.? Has HIV prompted this or made it worse?
Do you think our primary care physicians and HIV facilities should look into short and long term effects on mental health with HIV infection?
Do you think it should be treated as a serious problem?

A myHIVteam Member

The “obvious” answer is yes.

Hello Members , Have You Ever Been Depressed After Telling Some One You Love That Your Hiv Positive
A myHIVteam Member asked a question 💭

I have been in a relationship with a white man ,he used to love me and care for me ,support me in everything I needed from him but I have never slept with him ,he was on his process coming to Uganda to visit me but out of fear I decided to disclose him my status before coming .now as am talking his nolonger communicating with me and he couldn't continue with me because his negative guys am depressed .and I really need to be with some one am tired of being single

A myHIVteam Member

Thank you

Do You Like How You Look Now?
A myHIVteam Member asked a question 💭

Sometimes HIV and its medications wear on us.
Whether it be weight, arthritis or other ailments like facial wasting , it can take its toll.....🙄
Has HIV affected your looks?

A myHIVteam Member

Somewhat

Ways To Cope And Learn To Accept HIV Status?
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How do you cope with your diagnosis?

A myHIVteam Member

Well said! I was given an AIDS diagnosis in 1984. Since there was no successful medical treatment until 12 years later, I just took it one day at a time
I adopted a healthy lifestyle: no… read more

How Dose One Get Over The Fear Of Infecting Your Partner, This Is To The Point Of Not Being Able To Have A Healthy Sex Life With Them?
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A myHIVteam Member

It’s hard but as long as you take your meds everything will be ok. You can’t live in fear all the time. That will put a wedge between you and your partner. To be safe have them to use prep. Set… read more

How Do You Cope With Learning You Are Hiv Positive And Do You Tell Your Partner?
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A myHIVteam Member

If you and your partner intend on a long term relationship, by all means it is your responsibility to inform them, I mean, why would anyone continue a relationship with deception and not tell them… read more

How Do You Deal With HIV Stigma Now Versus Before? Women Especially, Do You Get A Lot Of Stigma?
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A myHIVteam Member

I'm in those and if I disconnect without thinking about it

En esas ando y si me desconecto sin pensarlo

Co Infections Not Related To Hiv
A myHIVteam Member asked a question 💭

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?

A myHIVteam Member

@A myHIVteam Member. Yep.

Do You Actually Know How To Take Your HIV Medication?
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Have you ever read the pamphlet on your medications?
Some medications you can just take them without food.
Other medications you have to take them with food.
for the medications that you have to take with food do you know what kind of food you have to eat to make that drug work at its maximum?
Did you know that some HIV medications work better when you eat fatty foods?
It's important to read those pamphlets that come with the medications then you know how to actually take your medications.

A myHIVteam Member

I understand that meds have that time folded up paper glued to the bottle with stuff written on it. I just don't have a microscope to read any of it.

Do You Have Another Condition Besides HIV? Breast Cancer? Crohns? Heart Disease? Depression?
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If you are having other ailments that you are dealing with alongside with HIV, or even know somebody who is dealing with something who is not HIV+, check out this link: https://www.myhealthteams.com/. They have 27 conditions currently that is formatted like the HIV site here, for support for that specific condition. Please spread the word!

A myHIVteam Member

High Blood pressure, Pre Diabetes, Anxiety, Rectal HPV