{"id":24183,"date":"2024-10-13T16:49:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T16:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=24183"},"modified":"2024-10-15T20:59:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T20:59:53","slug":"what-if-i-stopped-meds-and-feel-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/24183","title":{"rendered":"What if I stopped meds and feel better?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Hi there<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Please talk to your doctor about this. It might be that there are other meds you could use that are easier to take.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Even if you decide to still not use HIV meds, it is really important to continue to be monitored.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Without realising it, even if you feel well, HIV risk could quickly become much higher.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Please stay connected to care though, hopefully using meds that are easier to take<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> I have been taking arvs since june 2023 up to september 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In October i stoped  my meds because i was really having problems with my pills. Whenever i took my ARVs i would have nausea almost everyday and loss of apetite i could not eat well. I would wake up feeling weak and sleepy everyday i thought the pills would adapt to my body but to na avail.<\/p>\n<p>After i stoped taking them i have started to gain my weight i no longer feel weak and dizzy and my appetite is good no more nausea&#8230; but my worry is that i have to take my ARVs but am not ready for all the effects it has on me&#8230;so what i do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-changing-treatment","category-stopping-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24183","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=24183"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25189,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24183\/revisions\/25189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}