{"id":11719,"date":"2016-07-28T17:35:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T17:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=11719"},"modified":"2016-07-28T17:35:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T17:35:46","slug":"i-do-not-feel-enough-of-a-woman-as-someone-who-is-hiv-negative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/11719","title":{"rendered":"I do not feel enough of a woman as someone who is HIV negative…"},"content":{"rendered":"
I am sorry you are having such a difficult time with being positive and with the meds.<\/div>\n
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It must be very tough have to deal with all this at such a young aga – but it will also be making you a stronger person.<\/div>\n
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Is there anyone you can talk to about how you feel?<\/div>\n
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Talking to your doctor is especially important if your meds include a drug called efavirenz. Side effects of efavirenz include feeling tired, not sleeping well and mood changes that include want to end life.<\/div>\n
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Without you realising it, the meds could be making you feel this way and not you “real” self. So at least trying a different combination is important to try in case this makes a big difference.<\/div>\n
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Other than taking a pill or two each day, there is nothing that you can’t do just because of HIV.<\/div>\n
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This includes meeting partners and having a family if this is part of your plans. One study reported that being on treatment means you are unlikely to even pass HIV to other people.<\/div>\n
https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa-on-the-partner-study\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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It sounds like you are dealing with too much in isolation and might benefit from knowng other HIV positive young women. You are just as much a woman as anyone who doesn’t have HIV.<\/div>\n
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Taking extra HIV meds will not be good. Too many doses are not a good way to try to end your life.<\/div>\n
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Please tell your doctor that you are feeling like this.<\/div>\n
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What could happen if I take ten or more hiv meds at the same time?<\/p>\n

I really need a break from this zoo called life…no reasons to continue living! Death is the only way out…I am tired of taking the pills… I’ve taken the pills since last year november 2015 and I’m tired! Its not like the drugs are not working but I’m just tired… I can’t live a life of restrictions…<\/p>\n

I’m only 18 and I have yet to experience things but that is impossible because I’m not allowed to do certain thing or follow my dreams…I don’t feel like I’m woman enough, I don’t get to do what other HIV-negative women do…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,38,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-side-effects","category-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}