HIV/AIDS

Hi, my name is BreathlessOstrich82. I'm here because I realy need help on how to deal with rejection and trauma expecially in relationship of people leaving with HIV virus

#MightyTogether #Depression #Anxiety

Hi, my name is do_you_know. I'm here because
I am struggling to find support with everything that seems to be happening around me . I am a gay male with HIV who is a survivor of childhood sexual assault, alone with numerous other childhood trauma's. I suffer from many mental health issues and substance abuse. Somedays are a struggle!
#MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #ADHD #Grief #PTSD #Insomnia

Hi, my name is Scorpion. I'm here because i sometimes need a place to go on the bad days. My alphabet soup of disorders just makes it extremely difficult. HIV, ADHD, IED Depression, Stress, and Anxiety. Recently the IED has become unmanageable and I've had to make a temporary medication change going back to a medication I hate. Sometimes sacrifices haft to be made for the greater good. though a build up of medication takes a bit of time. I am looking into a new mental health doctor to find a medication more acceptable to help control my anger. as well as support, I also am looking at hypnotherapy but can't seem to find anyone who has actually tried this avenue. I also am looking to see how much of the alphabet soup disorders I may have but as of yet are undiagnosed. My sister who was a witness to most of the abuse I took as a child believes possibly Bipolar and PTSD I've joined a couple of other community groups but 1 community doesn't seam to talk and the other talks to fast. not helpful for someone needing to talk. Trying to reach out for a hand up but cant seem to find one.

#MightyTogether #ADHD #Depression

Hi, my name is Debido1969. I'm here because after a 15 year (one-sided monogamous heterosexual) relationship filled w/emotional & mental cruelty, I became VERY sick & ended up hospitalized for over 2 weeks. I was eventually diagnosed w/HIV that caused multiple illnesses requiring hospitalization. That turned out to be the “good news” because subsequently, after being sexually inactive (now for 5 years), I was also diagnosed w/syphillis, which wasn’t caught upon my initial diagnosis- & due to the undiagnosed condition, I suffered a medication lapse for my HIV, which caused my body to do all sorts of crazy things, & being a new HIV patient, I accepted these symptoms as a “normal” result of unmediated HIV, & once returned to the proper medication, the symptoms gradually, but not entirely subsided… (still w/undiagnosed syphilis). I had to relocate to free myself from the damaging relationship, 2000 miles away to Huntsville, AL, where I was retested as protocol for finding ongoing HIV care. They gave me the surprising news about the undiagnosed syphilis, & I began researching how it was missed upon my previous testing, which led me to read about new research regarding the “highly under-diagnosed condition ‘Ocular Syphilis’. When I read the list of symptoms a huge lightbulb went on for me- it described ALL of my crazy symptoms experienced while unprotected by my HIV medication… I was happy to know that I could be treated for these ongoing issues until I spent the last 4 years being told that’s NOT what I have by all of the specialists (not HIV specialists, but symptomatic specialists, like Opthamologists, etc), & dismissed out-of-hand telling its old age, etc, without even looking at my medical history. I was treated successfully for the “regular” syphilis, but I cannot find any doctor that has the “power” to order tests to even look at my history & textbook symptoms. My HIV doctors believe in my condition but are powerless to order the tests or treatment to stop the progression of the complications of syphilis, which need a far higher dosage of antibiotics to cure. I know I fell through a weird crack, but I have a 13 year old child to support & my vision & range of motion are deteriorating (at a slower pace since my immune system is rebooted), but I am scared to death because I know I for all of the criteria for this complication of syphilis, but no one can or will help me get the treatment I need. I feel like I am crazy every time I try to explain my circumstances to another doctor. They may not be aware of the prevalence of this condition, as they don’t specialize in STI’s, but neither do I & the research make sense to me , especially because I am experiencing it firsthand. All I want is to provide for myself & my son & hopefully be around (& not blind or crazy), for as long as possible for him. He lost his dad to a life choice that does not include my son, or even supporting my son. WE NEED HELP. PLEASE.😢

Hi, my name is RandyKuntz. I'm here because

#MightyTogether #HIV #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Crohn 'sDisease#RheumatoidArthritis #Grief #EatingDisorder #Migraine #PTSD #AutismSpectrumDisorder

Hi, my name is RandyKuntz. I'm here because

#MightyTogether #HIV #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Crohn 'sDisease#RheumatoidArthritis #Grief #EatingDisorder #Migraine #PTSD #AutismSpectrumDisorder